Sentences with phrase «by evangelical women»

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These were zealous, energetic, Evangelical Protestants, men and women who were motivated almost entirely by their religious commitments.

If the GOP would quit trying to take away women's rights (as confirmed by the Supreme Court) and concentrate on FREEDOM for all, the party would gain more votes from women than they would lose from evangelicals who must have other concerns that are just as important as taking away a woman's right to chose.

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His early religious outlook was colored by the evangelical Baptist faith of his parents and a Calvinist theology of predestination - the belief that the fate of all men and women had been predetermined by God, PBS.org said of Lincoln in its «God in America» series.

Mother's Day struck a resonant chord in the culture - with all those unnerved by women's suffrage and urban migration, with Protestants long familiar with the maternal ideals of evangelical womanhood, with business leaders (especially florists) who were quick to see the commercial potential, with politicians who still regularly voiced the Enlightenment precept that virtuous mothers were the essential undergirding of the republic in nurturing sons to be responsible citizens.

One of my goals in writing A Year of Biblical Womanhood was to help evangelicals «take back» Proverbs 31 as a blessing, not a to - do list, by identifying and celebrating women of valor.

If Piper really wants to protect women, he might start by confronting some of America's most vocal abuse apologists these days: evangelical Christians.

The hypocrisy here is staggering, for as everyone knows, white evangelicals overwhelmingly support President Trump, a man who has been accused by more than twenty women of sexual assault, who is on record bragging about those assaults, and who was recently found in a Christianity Today poll to be evangelicals» «most trusted celebrity.»

Many evangelicals are beginning to grasp the fact, that certain ways of reading the Scriptures and certain doctrines about the Scriptures may actually become the means of oppression of modern women by the imposition of first century social patterns.

That Was the Church That Was (I think I can reveal without causing any grave difficulties to anyone) is dominated by factional differences between evangelical conservatives and liberal Catholics, by office politics, by money troubles, and by struggles over homosexuality and over the ordination of women.

The tour is marketed to evangelical women to «celebrate what matters,» and also features appearances by female evangelical authors and media personalities.

A more curious inconsistency is the unwillingness by some evangelicals to apply their hermeneutical method equally to the question of women in the church and to the question of women in the family.

Spelled out in a lengthy lead editorial entitled «Evangelicals in the Social Struggle,» as well as in books such as Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Henry's understanding of Christian social responsibility stressed (a) society's need for the spiritual regeneration of all men and women, (b) an interim social program of humanitarian care, ethical proclamation, and personal, structural application, and (c) a theory of limited government centering on certain «freedom rights,» e. g., the rights to public property, free speech, and so on.18 Though the shape of this social ethic thus closely parallels that of the present editorial position of Moody Monthly, it must be distinguished from its counterpart by the time period involved (it pushed others like Moody Monthly into a more active involvement in the social arena), by the intensity of its commitment to social responsibility, by the sophistication of its insight into political theory and practice, and by its willingness to offer structural critique on the American political system.

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.

And yet, as the years went by, I soon learned that to be a woman in the conservative evangelical subculture is to never quite understand your place in this world.

We Christians of the Third Millennium, guided by the Second Vatican Council and its great champions John Paul and Benedict, are graced to be witnessing a return of the papacy and episcopacy to the model of the age of the Fathers: boldly evangelical, passionately committed to mission, and with true humility inviting the men and women of our time to consider the proposal that truth is to be found in the person of Jesus Christ.

The women's ministry leader was responding to the wave of Christian reactions to news that LifeWay Christian Stores had stopped selling books by Hatmaker — one of the biggest writers and speakers among today's generation of evangelical women — after she spoke out in support of same - sex marriage.

As a woman whose opportunities for Christian leadership were severely limited by the conservative evangelical culture in which I was raised, blogging has given me a voice and a reach I would not have otherwise had, and I am so grateful for that.

Although many readers will be put off by her evangelical jargon — and I admit to some bewilderment at it — I found her language reassuring in its emphasis on the family as something more than the nemesis of self - actualized women.

(The following statements are somewhat characteristic of such schools: Bethany Theological Seminary affirms that its object is «to promote the spread and deepen the influence of Christianity by the thorough training of men and women for the various forms of Christian service, in harmony with the principles and practices of the Church of the Brethren»; Augustana Theological Seminary «prepares students for the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church with the special needs of the Augustana Church in view»; the charter of Berkeley Divinity School begins, «Whereas sundry inhabitants of this state of the denomination of Christians called the Protestant Episcopal Church have represented by their petition addressed to the General Assembly, that great advantages would accrue to said Church, and they hope and believe to the interests of religion and morals in general, by the incorporation of a Divinity School for the training and instructions of students for the sacred ministry in the Church aforementioned.»)

For example, at a breakfast conversation sponsored by the Emerging Women Leaders Initiative, women from main - line churches shared powerful words of hope and encouragement with evangelical women who struggle to have a voice in their traditWomen Leaders Initiative, women from main - line churches shared powerful words of hope and encouragement with evangelical women who struggle to have a voice in their traditwomen from main - line churches shared powerful words of hope and encouragement with evangelical women who struggle to have a voice in their traditwomen who struggle to have a voice in their traditions.

His departure appeared to be set in motion by an article on the website of the evangelical magazine World that accused D'Souza, who is married, of sharing a hotel room with a woman whom he allegedly referred to as his «fiancé» at a Christian conference.

How I Changed My Mind about Women in Leadership: Compelling Stories from Prominent Evangelicals, edited by Alan F. Johnson

Two years ago, Reed predicted evangelicals» demand for a bold outsider with a magnetic personality in an op - ed coauthored by evangelical communications strategist Joel C. Rosenberg and Concerned Women for America CEO Penny Nance.

Recognized by Newsweek and Christianity Today as one of the «50 Evangelical Women to Watch,» lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with her husband Matthew.

It's considered pretty liberal by most evangelicals because they refuse to put doctrine above relationship and are anti-creedal (which leads to some churches being open and affirming, women pastors, etc.).

The Gospel Coalition stood by them both, refusing to alter or take down the post, even after prominent and respected evangelical leaders — both men and women — asked them to take it down or at least amend the language.

Rhonda Kelley, co-editor of the New Evangelical Women's Commentary, said this of young Christian women today: «Not only do they not have a framework, but in many situations our women students have been raised by mothers who were a product of the feminist moveWomen's Commentary, said this of young Christian women today: «Not only do they not have a framework, but in many situations our women students have been raised by mothers who were a product of the feminist movewomen today: «Not only do they not have a framework, but in many situations our women students have been raised by mothers who were a product of the feminist movewomen students have been raised by mothers who were a product of the feminist movement.

Yet, Gold's generation represents one exception to the pattern; unlike any other age group, millennial evangelical women were more likely than their male counterparts to vote for Trump, according to the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) provided to CT by Ryan Burge, politics researcher and blogger for the site Religion in Public.

We, Evangelicals and Catholics together, affirm the truth and the reality of marriage as a covenant between a man and a woman, established by free and mutual consent and by God's action.

An evangelical megachurch pastor has lost his job and is being investigated by the Lake County, Ind., Sheriff's Department after admitting that he had an «improper relationship» with a young woman, a spokesman for First Baptist Church of Hammond said.

And — the million dollar question — why do you think that many evangelical churches today forbid women from taking on the very same roles assumed by Deborah and Huldah and Priscilla and Phoebe?

Based on a novel and play by Bishop T. D. Jakes, an evangelical preacher who plays himself in the film, «Woman» is the story of Michelle Jordan (Kimberly Elise), a young woman who was raped as a child by her mother's brutal boyfriend (Clifton PowWoman» is the story of Michelle Jordan (Kimberly Elise), a young woman who was raped as a child by her mother's brutal boyfriend (Clifton Powwoman who was raped as a child by her mother's brutal boyfriend (Clifton Powell).

LSUC benchers voted in April 2014 not to accredit the law school proposed by TWU, a British Columbia - based evangelical Christian university, because of its community covenant that asks students to refrain from «sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman,» a stipulation critics argue is discriminatory against LGBTQ individuals.