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Why do women often feel unequal to men in the church? with Liz Cooledge Jenkins and Andy Kind

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Today on Unbelievable? Andy Kind hosts the first part of an occasional series on the topic of women in the church, how women are portrayed in the Bible, and questions around women in ministry. Why do women often feel unequal to men in Church? There are plenty of differing views and we will cover a number of them in the coming months. Women in the Bible frequently emerge as devoted followers of Jesus, prominently present at significant events such as the tomb and the Cross. They function as followers and disciples of Jesus, with the Apostle Paul acknowledging and respecting female coworkers. However, our understanding often falls short in fully recognising the humanity of these female characters, as attention tends to be directed solely toward Jesus' interactions with them. This series aims to delve deeper into the lives of these women, offering a more comprehensive exploration that may reshape our perspectives today. First up we have Liz Cooledge Jenkins, a writer, preacher, and former college campus minister, and the author of Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women’s Humanity from Evangelicalism. Follow Liz Cooledge Jenkins on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizcoolj Find out more and shop Liz's book 'Nice Churchy Patriarchy': https://lizcooledgejenkins.com/nice-churchy-patriarchy/ • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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You see a letter from a Roman governor that kind of references these two enslaved women as leaders in the church.

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And you know, this governor is not kind toward these women, but the fact that he mentions them as people who are leading, like they're the people that you want to like get to if you're going to mess up the church, right? Like, so even though they were women and they were enslaved and they did not have a lot of

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power or respect within the broader Roman world or culture within the church they were respected as

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leaders and looked up to.

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Hello and welcome to Unbelievable show that engages in what we hope are meaningful

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conversations about faith, life and belief.

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I'm your host Andy Kind and today we're embarking on a new and important journey,

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an ongoing series where we'll dive into the topic of women in the

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church women in ministry and how women are portrayed in the Bible. Well joining me

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today is Liz Coolidge Jenkins Liz is a writer, preacher, former college campus minister based in the

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Seattle area and a theological seminary alumni. She writes extensively on the intersections of faith, feminism and social justice.

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This has also penned a book entitled Nice Churchy Patriarchy, reclaiming women's humanity from

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evangelicalism.

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In this occasional unbelievable series we'll be discussing differing views

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on women's roles within the church and biblical interpretations of women's stories.

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But rather than our usual debate format,

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