This resource is provided in an effort to allow Covenanters to experience the wealth of Christian insight provided by the preaching gifts of women clergy. If you need assistance finding other names, please contact the Department of the Ordered Ministry at ministry(at)covchurch.org or at (773) 583-3211. Continue Reading »
Women in Ministry
Guest and Supply Preaching List (2012)
Balcony Women
Balcony Women was compiled by the Women’s History Commission of the Department of Women Ministries and was released at Triennial XIII. It highlights over sixty brief stories of women who have encouraged and inspired the “ordinary” and extraordinary women of the Covenant. Women from all over the Covenant have contributed to this publication giving thanks and recognition to the women who most influenced their walk of faith. Continue Reading »
Women Ministries Bulletin Inserts
These bulletin inserts are available for printing and distributing in your church. Inserts include the 2013 Annual Project, Global Goods for Congo (Rip ‘N Roll), information on the book Balcony Women from the Women’s History Commission, and an announcement about the availability of the AVA Online Tutorial. Continue Reading »
Women in Ministry Articles
This collection of articles (from The Covenant Quarterly, May 2009) is a continuation of the dialogue on women in ministry in the Covenant. Continue Reading »
Called and Gifted Study Guide
This study takes people on a personal journey of learning where their own view of women in ministry came from, understanding principles of interpreting scripture, and then a careful examining of many relevant passages. Continue Reading »
Called and Gifted Material
In sixteen pages, this pamphlet “reaffirms the biblical basis for the full participation of women in the ministries of the church.” It is presented in a question-and-answer format and designed specifically for use in Covenant churches. Four pages are devoted to an explanation of why the Evangelical Covenant Church has taken this stance as policy, instead of as a matter of choice. This is a quick read as an introduction to the issue of women in vocational ministry. Continue Reading »
All God’s People: An Exploration of the Call of Women to Pastoral Ministry
This study approaches the issue of women in ministry with a wide-angle lens instead of with a laser focused on particular passages of scripture, though it is certainly biblically solid. Phelan challenges the presuppositions people often bring to the interpretation of scripture, from culture to translation to science. Continue Reading »
A Biblical & Theological Basis for Women in Ministry, Occasional Paper
This eight-page paper was written ten years after the Evangelical Covenant Church voted to ordain women (in 1976), in order to put the arguments on paper. It is a very quick tour of women in the Bible, and the passage that affirm their ministry and value. The paper treats the “problem” texts briefly, discusses the issues of submission, authority, and doctrine. All in all, this paper serves as a quick review reminder for those who have studied this issue more deeply. For those unfamiliar with the Bible, the many references without much explanation may be difficult to fully appreciate. Continue Reading »
Summer to Wonder
This narrative is a discussion of the role of women leaders in the church that tells of two college students that spend a summer thinking, praying, reading in order to discern their view on women in church leadership. Continue Reading »
Women in Ministry
In eight sessions, this study examines the biblical support to make a case for the full participation of women in every aspect of ministry. It explains what the issue is from the perspective of a fully-convinced scholar taking on the historic objections to women in ministry. Continue Reading »
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