Note to Briefing readers: If you have already read this article in the paper edition of Briefing #313, the ‘web extra’ component is the section under the heading ‘Looking forward’, which was cut from the printed version for space reasons. You might like to skip forward to this section.Bible-believing
We evangelicals ought to face fairly and squarely the uncomfortable truth that we are not good at disagreeing with one another.This weakness has a long pedigree and a bewildering mixture of proper and improper attitudes which underlie it. We, like those who have gone before us, recognise the importance of
What do the Scriptures say? Is it appropriate for a woman to preach to a mixed congregation? In answering these questions, the long debate over woman's ordination has not helped.One of the encouraging signs of life in evangelicalism is a demonstrable concern to develop the ministry of women in our