Suggested Reading List

The Alban Institute. The Male-Female Church Staff: Celebrating the Gifts; Confronting the Challenges. Boston, MA: The Alban Institute, 1994.

Bristow, John Temple. What Paul Really Said About Women. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1988.

Bushnell,  Katharine C.  God's Word To Women.  Mossville, IL: God's Word to Women Publishers,1923.

France, R.T. Women in the Church's Ministry:A Test Case for Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1997.

Grenz, Stanley J. and Kjesbo, Denise Muir. Women In The Church: A Biblical Theology Of Women In Ministry. Downers Grove, IL: Inter Varsity Press, 1995.

McGee,Lee and Troeger, Thomas H. Wrestling with the Patriarchs: Retrieving Women's Voices in Preaching. Nashville, TN: Abington Press, 1996.

McKenzie, Vashti M. Not Without a Struggle: Leadership Development for African American Women in Ministry. Cleveland, OH: United Church Press, 1996.

Malcolm, Torjesen Kari. Women At The Crossroads: A Path Beyond Feminism & Traditionalism. Downers Grove, IL: Inter Varsity Press, 1982.

Mitchell, Ella Pearson. Those Preaching Women: Volumes 1-3. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1996.

The Alban Institute. The Male-Female Church Staff: Celebrating the Gifts; Confronting the Challenges. Boston, MA. The Alban Institute, 1994.

Ricci, Carla. Mary Magdalene and Many Others: Women who Followed  Jesus. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1994.

Schneider, Carl and Dorthy. In Their Own Right: The History of American Clergy-Women. New York, NY: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1997.

Scholer, David M. The Caring God: Biblical Models of Discipleship. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1989.

——— A Biblical Basis for Equal Partnership:Women and Men in the Ministry of the Church. (Revised). Valley Forge, PA: American Baptist Women In Ministry Program, 1997.

Stendahl, Frister. The Bible and The Role of Women. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1996.

Torjesen, Karen Jo. When Women were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church & The Scandal of their Subordination in the Rise of Christianity. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publisher, 1995.

Zikmund, Barbara B., Adair T. Lummis, and Patricia M. Y Chang. Clergy Women: An Uphill Calling. Louisville, KY: Westminster, John Knox Press, 1998.