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Encouraging women in ministry

February 10, 2019February 7, 2019 by Ben Gray

When I asked one of my female colleagues the question, “How do I encourage you in ministry?” her answer was: “By being normal”. So as I think about how we can encourage women in ministry, the theme is “trying to be normal”. I want to consider how we…

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Why consider gender and the local church?

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 by Jane Tooher

Jane Tooher is the director of Moore College’s Priscilla and Aquila Centre. Here she shares with us a little of how this centre aims to encourage the complementarian ministry of women in partnership with men. Jane, can you tell us a bit about your…

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Feminism and faith: Some further thoughts

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 by Christine Bransdon

This is the second part of Christine’s article. The first part can be found here. I have invested a lot of effort in researching feminism and trying to express why I think it is at odds with Christianity. I’ve struggled to reconcile the…

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Making sense of feminism and faith

November 11, 2018November 11, 2018 by Christine Bransdon

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a name that is currently dominating feminist Instagram. Despite her youth, gender, and ethnicity, she has just been elected to Congress in the mid-term elections. After she won the democratic primary in June,…

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Teaching and Learning in the Bible: An Interview with Claire Smith

November 4, 2018November 2, 2018 by Claire Smith

Claire Smith is a graduate of Moore Theological College and a well-known speaker and writer. In 2012 she recently published a detailed and internationally recognised academic monograph on teaching and learning in New Testament churches—the…

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Learning by doing: Isobel Lin on ministry training

October 22, 2018October 21, 2018 by Isobel Lin

Isobel Lin is a chaplain at Moore Theological College, the chair of the EQUIP women’s conference, the wife on Bishop Peter Lin, and the mother of three teenage daughters. As you can imagine, she’s involved in training across lots of different…

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Blindspots & Barriers

February 2, 2018 by Jane Tooher

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