Women in Ministry Resources - Ministry Exchange (MX)

By Ashleigh Greene (UNC-CH ‘08) UNC IV Women’s
Retreat
UNC IV Multi-Ethnicity Team Leader (‘06-07)

Spring ‘07
ashreb@email.unc.edu Women in Ministry Study Resources

Comparative Views (compl. and egal. writings and responses)
Women in Ministry: Four Views (InterVarsity Press, 1989; 252 pg.)

Bonidell Clouse & Robert G. Clouse (eds.) Robert D. Culver, Susah Foh, Walter Liefeld, & Alvera Mickelsen
Two Views on Women in Ministry (Zondervan, 2001, 2005, 368 pg.) Stanley N. Gundry & James R. Beck (eds.) Linda L. Belleville, Craig L. Blomberg, Craig S. Keener, & Thomas R. Schreiner

Basic Complementarianism
Man and Woman in Biblical Perspective (Zondervan, 1981; Wipf & Stock, 2002;

288 pg.) James B. Hurley *one of several older texts
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (Crossway Books, 1991, 576 pg.) John Piper & Wayne Grudem (eds.) *the most popular and comprehensive complementarian text
Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than 100 Disputed Questions (Multnomah, 2004, 864 pg.) Wayne Grudem *a sort of update to Recovering.
Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood http://www.cbmw.org *evangelical organization promoting complementarianism, provides articles, sells books, and provides online texts to Recovering. and Evangelical Feminism.

Basic Egalitarianism
Beyond Sex Roles, 3rd ed. (Baker, 1985, 2006, 272 pg.)

Gilbert Bilezikian *originally written in greatly in response to Hurley, one of several older texts
Good News for Women (Baker, 1996, 274 pg.) Rebecca Merrill Groothuis *a somewhat easier-to-read overview; focuses greatly on the supposed logically fallacy of “equal in being, unequal in function”
Discovering Biblical Equality, 2nd ed. (InterVarsity, 2005, 528 pg.) Ronald W. Pierce, Rebecca Merrill Groothuis & Gordon D. Fee (eds.) *the newest, most comprehensive egalitarian text
Christians for Biblical Equality http://www.cbeinternational.org *evangelical organization promoting egalitarianism, provides articles and sells books

Different/Expanded Approaches for Further Study
Men and Women in the Church: Building Consensus on Christian Leadership

(InterVarsity, 2003, 332 pg.) Sarah Sumner *written by first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, is critical of both egalitarianism and complementarianism at points
Slaves, Women and Homosexuals (InterVarsity, 2001, 301 pg.) William J. Webb *in the end, more supportive of women’s leadership than not, but based on a “redemptive-movement hermeneutic” that denounces slavery, promotes gender-equality, and rejects homosexuality

Ethnic-Specific Resources for Female Leaders
Chosen Vessels (InterVarsity, 2002, 237 pg.)

Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo *discusses God’s plan for African-American women, how Satan messes with that plan, and how to escape from that to get back to all God calls them to be and do
It’s Not About You, It’s About God (InterVarsity, 2004, 168 pg.) Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo *along the same lines as Chosen Vessels, encouraging African-American women to be change agents for God in every sphere of life by relying on God’s strength
Invitation to Lead (InterVarsity, 2003, 252 pg.) Paul Tokunaga *on Asian-American leadership more generally but includes some discussion of women
Growing Healthy Asian-American Churches (InterVarsity, 2006, 221 pg.) Peter Cha, S. Steve Kang, Helen Lee (eds.) *includes sections on leadership with mention of women in leadership as well as gender-relations more generally
More Than Serving Tea (InterVarsity, 2006, 208 pg.) Nikki A. Toyama, Tracey Gee, & Jeanette Yep (eds.) Kathy Khang, Christie Heller de Leon, & Asifa Dean *Christian Asian-American women write on ethnicity- and gender- related issues, including leadership
Rise Up: A Call to Leadership for African-American Women (InterVarsity, 2004, 144 pg.) Sylvia Rose *encourages African-American women to aspire to leadership in various areas of life and develop the character and skills of a Christian leader

Women in the Church and Theological Academy
Daughters of the Church: Women in Ministry from New Testament Times to the

Present (Zondervan, 1987, 560 pg.) Ruther Tucker & Walter Liefeld *an basic Euro-focused history of women in ministry; “objective” but written by egalitarians
The IVP Women’s Bible Commentary (InterVarsity, 2002, 874 pg.) Catherine Clark Kroeger & Mary Evans *covers complete OT & NT, emphasizing the women featured in the biblical narrative, the way the Bible speaks to the female experience today, and the importance of seeing Scripture through the eyes of women as well as men (as done in most evangelical commentaries)
Living on the Boundaries: Evangelical Women, Feminism, and the Theological Academy (InterVarsity, 2005, 203 pg.)

Social Sciences and Practical Living
Equal to Task (InterVarsity, 1998, 224 pg.)

Ruth Haley Barton *promotes positive, cooperative relationships and communication between men and women on ministry teams, in the workplace, marriage, etc.; discusses sexuality, stereotyping, and other important issues; egalitarian-leaning
Gender and Grace (InterVarsity, 1990, 278 pg.) Mary Stewart VanLeeuwen *a look at gender identity and roles through the social sciences; egalitarian-leaning; followed by My Brother’s Keeper
My Brother’s Keeper: What the Social Sciences Do (and Don’t) Tell Us About Masculinity (InterVarsity, 2002, 250 pg.) Mary Stewart VanLeeuwen *a follow-up to Gender and Grace, a male-focused continued look at gender identity and roles through the social sciences, egalitarian- leaning
Women Caught in Conflict: The Cultural War Between Traditionalism and Feminism (Wipf & Stock, 1997, 262 pg.) Rebecca Merrill Groothuis *an egalitarian analysis of some of the cultural/historical backgrounds of traditionalism and feminism, presuppositions we hold, etc.

Gender-Inclusive Bible Translations
Distorting Scripture?: The Challenge of Translation & Gender Accuracy

(InterVarsity, 1998, 240, pg.) Mark A. Strauss *a generally positive take on gender-inclusive translations; by a complementarian
The Inclusive-Language Debate: A Plea for Realism (Baker, 1998, 224 pg.) D. A. Carson *criticizes some aspects of certain gender-inclusive translations but also more positive; by a complementarian
The TNIV and the Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy (B&H, 2005, 494 pg.) Vern S. Poythress & Wayne Grudem *criticizes the TNIV and other “gender-neutral” Bible translations from a complementarian perspective

Additional Resources on Related Issues
Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism (Crossway, 2006, 272 pg.)

Wayne Grudem *complementarian perspective on how egalitarian views may lead to theological liberalism; recent enough to interact with Discovering Biblical Equality
The Trinity and Subordinationism: The Doctrine of God and the Contemporary Gender Debate (InterVarsity, 2002, 282 pg.) Kevin Giles *an egalitarian perspective exploring the “eternal subordination of the Son” as proposed by many complementarians
Welcoming But Not Affirming (Westminister John Knox, 1998, 210 pg.) Stanley J. Grenz *an evangelical response to homosexuality by an egalitarian (i.e., indirectly counters claims that egalitarians support homosexuality)