Black Christians : Texas mayor tells council member women can’t pray at city meetings because Bible forbids it

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Texas mayor tells council member women can’t pray at city meetings because Bible forbids it

Texas mayor tells council member women can’t pray at city meetings because Bible forbids it

Eric Hogue, the mayor of Wylie, a small city just north of Dallas, Texas, is now under fire for telling a member of the city council that women should not be allowed to pray at public meetings because the Bible forbids it.

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Eric Hogue (L) is mayor of Wylie, Texas. | Facebook/Wylie City Hall
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Blame Martin Luther for People Thinking the Bible’s Female Apostle Was Male

Blame Martin Luther for People Thinking the Bible’s Female Apostle Was Male

When we think of the ‘apostles’ we usually think of the main twelve followers of Jesus who accompanied him during his ministry in the Holy Land. You might also mention St. Paul, who became a follower of Jesus after a vision on the road to Damascus and is known as an ‘apostle’ or, more...

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And yet the Bible does call one woman—Junia—not just an “apostle” but “highly esteemed among [them].”

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Why the Church needs more focus on discipleship than 'biblical manhood and womanhood': author

Why the Church needs more focus on discipleship than 'biblical manhood and womanhood': author

Whenever the subject of gender and the Church comes up, controversy seems to inevitably follow and for some, the way in which "biblical manhood and womanhood" has been taught has been detrimental to them.

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As evangelicals continue to debate who can and cannot serve in leadership positions in the Church, the vast majority must be trained to find their calling in God's Kingdom and in the Church, she maintains, and in order to do that the entire biblical metanarrative around conventional ideas regarding manhood and womanhood must be reengaged.

Aimee Byrd, theologian and author with Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals | Photo: Courtesy of Aimee Byrd


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If they got women wrong, they also got Jesus wrong




What Did Jesus Wear?
We may imagine Jesus in long robes with baggy sleeves, but this is far from how he would have dressed

What Did Jesus Wear?

We may imagine Jesus in long robes with baggy sleeves, but this is far from how he would have dressed.

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The Jesus we’ve inherited from centuries of Christian art is not accurate, but it is a powerful brand. A man with long hair parted in the middle and a long beard – often with fair skin, light brown hair and blue eyes – has become the widely accepted likeness.


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