Does God invite Women to fully participate in all the assemblies of God?Among churches of Christ, the voices of Women are typically silent and excluded from visible leadership in assemblies gathered for prayer and praise.
They share five living children and six grandchildren..
He has authored or co-authored eighteen books, lectured in twenty-two countries and forty states, and is married to Jennifer.
He has taught for thirty-nine years in schools associated with churches of Christ.
John Mark Hicks is Professor of Theology at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN.
Gorman, Associate Professor of History, Johnson University.
James L.
Part autobiography, part history, part exegesis, and part biblical theology, Hicks\'s exploration of the Bible\'s teachings on the role of Women in congregational gatherings offers several invaluable components.-Dr.
Hicks writes with a familiarity of Restoration Movement hiStory that few can boast, with an accompanying dedication to searching the scriptures.- Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby, Instructor in the Department of Bible, Missions, and Ministry, Abilene Christian University.
This book is a gift to twenty-first century Churches of Christ.
Joshua Graves, Otter Creek Church, Brentwood, Tennessee.
With characteristic depth, rigor, and generosity, Hicks offers his own Journey toward embracing the inclusion of women\'s voices in the assembly.
Drink deeply from this well!-Dr.
Hicks is a trusted guide in navigating the depth of scripture and the complexity of our cultural moment.
Barton, University Chaplain, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CADo we believe that the Holy Spirit equally equips both Women and men to carry out Jesus\'s message of reconciliation? Dr.
Sara G.
I recommend John Mark as a trustworthy guide.-Dr.
Bethany Joy Moore also contributes an essay from the perspective a minister\'s daughter who is now pursuing a graduate degree in theology.
John Mark is detailed, fair, and vulnerable about his own Journey and our collective Journey inChurches of Christ.
Along the way, he describes some of the hiStory of churches of Christ as well as his own Story but ultimately focuses on the meaning of biblical texts and how they support the full participation of Women in the assemblies of God.
Three women, Claire Davidson Frederick, Jantrice Johnson, and Lauren Smelser White, respond to and extend John Mark\'s thoughts.
John Mark describes his movement from the exclusion of the voices of Women and Their leadership in the assembly to a limited inclusion, and finally to the full inclusion of those voices and Their leadership.
In this book, John Mark Hicks tells the Story of his own Journey to understand how Women have served God throughout the unfolding drama of Scripture.
Does God invite Women to fully participate in all the assemblies of God?Among churches of Christ, the voices of Women are typically silent and excluded from visible leadership in assemblies gathered for prayer and praise
