The one side argues that a Christian woman in today's society should be ordained to ministry if she possesses the gifts and has the training. The other, by such otherwise disparate individuals as George Knight, Elisabeth Elliot, and Larry Christenson. 5 One faction is represented by supporters of the Evangelical Women's Caucus like Nancy Hardesty, Lucille Sider Dayton, and Virginia Mollenkott. Moody Monthly, Logos, The Reformed Journal, Eternity, Vanguard, and Sojourners have published repeated articles on the issue 3 Daughters of Sarah has come into being to provide for evangelical women who believe Christianity and feminism are inseparable 4Īs the discussion has proceeded among evangelicals, sides have been drawn. News and Notes (June 1975), and The Wittenburg Door (August-September 1975) have devoted whole issues to the topic of women 2 Other journals like Christianity Today. Evangelical periodicals such as The Other Side (July-August 1973), Right On (September 1975), Post American (August-September 1974), Theology. 1 Bill Gothard, through his Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts, has offered teaching on the subject of women's rightful place to thousands, as have Francis Schaeffer, Howard Hendricks, and Tim LaHaye. Knight's The New Testament Teaching on the Role Relationship of Men and Women have taken varying positions and have been widely read and debated in evangelical circles. Paul Jewett's Man as Male and Female, Letha Scanzoni's and Nancy Hardesty's All We're Meant to Be, Elisabeth Elliot's Let Me Be a Woman, and George W. Larry Christenson's The Christian Family. Don Williams's The Apostle Paul and Women in the Church. *Books such as Marabel Morgan's The Total Woman, Virginia Mollenkott's Women, Men, and the Bible, Helen Andelin's Fascinating Womanhood. Stirred by the steady stream of feminist literature which has caused a revolution in Western society, and prodded by the more liberal wing of the church which opened up the discussion on the ordination of women twenty or more years ago, contemporary evangelicals have become increasingly interested in reevaluating the role of women.* It is almost impossible for the interested individual to keep abreast of the burgeoning discussion among evangelicals on women's place in the church and Christian family.
Johnston Chapter Three: The Role of Women in the Church and Family: The Issue of Biblical Hermeneutics Evangelicals at an Impasse: Biblical Authority in Practiceīy Robert K.
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