Papers & talks focusing on some issues surrounding the ministries of women including resources for ministry wives
There is a spectrum of views on this page & therefore the Priscilla & Aquila Centre does not necessarily endorse each view, rather the talks & articles are here to help people work out what they think, & also to help us understand where other people are coming from.
Last updated 24/05/13
There are general ministry resources on the Resources page. This page focuses more specifically on issues surrounding the ministries of women.
Priscilla & Aquila Centre
- 'The Priscilla & Aquila Centre', short talk by Jane Tooher,
PAA, PAA video, 06/02/12
Genesis
- Doctrinal Atomism and Theological Adamism - blog post by Carl Trueman, 18/01/13
- Genesis 1-3, 2 talks by Mark Thompson, full text:
Gen 1_MDT, Gen 2-3_MDT, Gen 1_MDT & Gen 2-3_MDT, talks from the 2012 Newcastle Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, 13/03/12
- 'The implications of Genesis 1-3 for a woman in vocational ministry: a personal testimony', Tara Stenhouse, Gen_TJS, 13/03/12
- Gen 1-3 - talk by Peter Jensen at the 2011 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference. This is part 2 & the Q&A session. Unfortunately the recording of part 1 did not work. PAA -- PFJ.MP3, 07/02/11
- Annotated Bibliography for "Adam & Eve: The Bible, Historicity and Humanity", Adam_Eve_bibliography, 2012 EFCA Theology conference, 18/01/12
- Adam & Eve, Part 1, talk by Greg Strand,
Adam_and_Eve.ppt 2012 EFCA Theology conference (pre-conference talk), 18/01/12
- Adam & Eve, Part 2, talk by Hans Madueme, Evangelicals_Debating_Adam.ppt 2012 EFCA Theology conference (pre-conference talk), 18/01/12
- Male and Female He created them - sermon, Gen 1:26-28, John Piper, 14/05/89
- In the beginning - sermon, Gen 1, John Woodhouse, 26/02/91
- Blessed in creation - sermon, Gen 1, William Taylor
- Who rules - sermon, Gen 1, Melvin Tinker
- Creation revealing God's glory - sermon, Gen 1, Angus MacLeay
- Design: and it was so - sermon, Gen 1, Hugh Palmer
- In the beginning - sermon, Gen 1:1-25, David Jackman
- The Bible & human identity - sermon, Gen 1, Vaughan Roberts
- Value: in our image - sermon, Gen 1, Hugh Palmer
- Our place in God's world - sermon, Gen 1, William Taylor
- The first family - sermon, Gen 2, Mark Dever
- Different by Design - sermon, Gen 2, Alistair Begg
- Genesis 2 - sermon, Gen 2, David Jackman
- Prime Rib - sermon, Gen 2, David Short
- What we believe about sin - sermon, Robin Sydserff
- Can I love a hiding God - sermon, Gen 3, Hugh Palmer
- The Fall: groaning of creation - sermon, 3, Angus Macleay
- Gen 3 - sermon, David Jackman
- Paradise Lost - sermon, Gen 3, Hugh Palmer
Judges
Proverbs
- The Excellent Mom - sermon, Steve DeWitt, Pro 31:10-31, 13/05/12
- The wife of noble character - sermon, Vaughan Roberts, Pro 31, Proclamation Trust Spring Wives conference, 2011
- Making Life Work: The A-Z - sermon, Marcus Nodder, Pro 31, 30/03/08
Romans
1 Corinthians
Prophecy
Ephesians
1 Timothy
- Response to Simon Robert's review of Hearing Her Voice - blog post by John Dickson, 06/02/13
- Reflections on Hearing Her Voice - blog post review of John Dickson's Hearing Her Voice by Simon Roberts, 02/02/13
- Hearing Her Voice? - blog post review of John Dickson's Hearing Her Voice by Christopher Ash, 28/01/13
- In defense of inadequate books on preaching: A response to Lionel Windsor's critique of Hearing Her Voice - blog post by John Dickson, 11/01/13
- What's happening to our preaching? A response to John Dickson's Hearing Her Voice: A Case For Women Giving Sermons - blog post by Lionel Windsor, 03/01/13
- 'Living out 1 Timothy 2: a personal testimony', elective from the 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference by Kara Gilbert,Living out 1 Tim 2, 06/02/12
- 1 Timothy 2, main talks from 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference by John Woodhouse: 1 Tim 2 outline,
Full Notes of 1 Tim 2 talks,1 Tim 2 part 1 audio,
1 Tim 2 part 2 audio,
1 Tim 2 Q&A audio,
1 Tim 2 part 1 video,
1 Tim 2 part 2 video,
06/02/12
- 'Widows and 1 Timothy 5', elective from the 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, Andrew Ford & Marg Orpwood, Widows and 1 Timothy 5.MP3 (this elective didn't end up dealing much with the text of 1 Tim 5), 06/02/12
- 1 Tim 2:8-10 - sermon by Carl Trueman, 23/10/11(this is not a direct link to the sermon, you will need to search for it)
- 1 Tim 2:11-15 - sermon by Carl Trueman, 20/11/11(this is not a direct link to the sermon, you will need to search for it)
- 1 Tim 2:1-10 - sermon, David Helm
- 1 Tim 2:11-15 Part 1 - sermon, David Helm
- 1 Tim 2:11-15 Part 2 - sermon, David Helm
- Men and women in God's household - sermon, Danny Rurlander, 1 Tim 2:8-10, 22/05/11
- Men and women teaching - sermon, Danny Rurlander, 1 Tim 2:11-15 , 29/05/11
- Video talks by John Woodhouse from Moore College chapel 2010: 1 Timothy 2:8-10 & 1 Timothy 2:11-15
- The flow of 1 Tim 2 - Don Carson
- The ministry of women - sermon, Jonathan Fletcher, 1 Tim 2:8-15 , 05/06/05
- Paper on 1 Tim 2:8-15 by Glenn Davies, 1 Tim 2 Biblical Study Paper G Davies.pdf This paper was originally given in 1985 at Moore College for the School of Theology 'Personhood, Sexuality and Christian Ministry'. It is published in Explorations 1 (ed. B.G. Webb).
2 Timothy
Titus
- Titus 2:1-10 - video of Talk 1 by James de Costobadie (Costa), Costa Talk 1.mp3, 04/02/13
- Titus 2:11-15 - video of Talk 2 by James de Costobadie (Costa), Costa Talk 2.mp3, 04/02/13
- Q&A session on Titus 2 - James de Costabadie, 04/02/13
- Titus 2:4 Nature, nurture, or culture? - elective by Peter Bolt & Claire Smith, 04/02/13
- Do you think Titus 2 gives us a model and a curriculum for women's ministry, or just a model, or something else or maybe neither? - blog post by Jean, 27/11/12
- Making doctrine beautiful - sermon, Christopher Ash, Tit 2:1-10, 25/01/09
- Tit 2, talk by Richard Coekin, 9:38 conference, 08/01/09
- Tit 2, talk by Vaughan Roberts, 9:38 conference, 04/11/08
- Godliness in the home - sermon, Marcus Nodder, Tit 2, 24/04/05
- Tit 2, 3 week sermon series, Phillip Jensen, January 2005
Pastorals Generally
- 'Like fathers & mothers: ministry to older people', Alistair & Sarah Seabrook, Ministry to older people, elective, 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, 06/02/12
Pauline Generally
1 Peter
- A Life of Submission - sermon, 1 Pet 2:13-3:7, Vaughan Roberts, 13/11/11
- Beautiful Marriage - sermon, 1 Pet 3:1-7, David Starling, 04/09/11
- Champion Marriage - sermon, 1 Pet 3:1-7, David Cook, SMBC, 30/03/11
- Men, women and the trinitarian life by Melvin Tinker.pdf, 1 Pet 3:1-7, 11/3/07
Language for God
Masculine & Feminine Christianity?
Some of the language used when discussing the ministries of men & women
- 'Unity? Equality? Is one more Biblical?' by Mark Thompson, Equality Unity Outline_MDT & MP3, 2011 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, 07/02/11
Talks aimed specifically at women in ministry
- Ministry to women & children - Priscilla & Aquila seminar by Helen Jensen Ministry to women & children These are Helen's fullnotes. This session was not recorded at Helen's request, 31/03/12
- Preaching for your heart - 3 video talks by Vaughan Roberts, (Biblical overview of the heart; Ps 27; and Jn 4), Proclamation Trust's Women in Ministry conference, January 2012
- Keeping fresh in ministry - talk by Vaughan Roberts, Proclamation Trust's Women in Ministry conference, January 2010
Female Leadership & the Ministries of Women - The various ministries God has given me the joy to be involved in - video of Wendy Colquhoun that was shown at the conference, (11min 27secs in length) (pre-recorded December 2012), 04/02/13
- T2: Ministry apprentices for older women - elective by Michelle Philp & Ben Pfahlert, 04/02/13
- Older women teaching younger women - elective by Moya Woodhouse, Nicky Fortescue, Stephanie Menear, 04/02/13
- The Complementarian Woman: Permitted or Pursued? - blog post by Jen Wilkin, 26/04/13
- Encouraging women in lay ministry, Lesley Ramsay, Uniquely Gifted To Serve, Encouraging Women Outline, Lesley Ramsay_Encouraging women in lay ministry, 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre Newcastle conference, 13/03/12
- I'm a Complementarian, But...Women Can Be Deacons - blog post by Thabiti Anyabwile, 04/02/11
- I'm a Complementarian, But..Women Should Pray in Public - blog post by Thabiti Anyabwile, 24/01/11
- I'm a Complementarian, But...Women Must Be Taught And They Must Teach - blog post by Thabiti Anyabwile, 06/01/11
- I'm a Complementarian, But... - blog post by Thabiti Anyabwile, 03/01/11
- A Worthy Conversation on Women Teaching Women - blog post by Kathleen Nielson, 16/11/10
- Christian women and corporate leadership.pdf - paper by Caroline Spencer
- Submission to the Commission on Women in the Episcopate - paper by Mike Ovey
- What's wrong with women bishops? - mp 3 talk by Gerald Bray, Reform London, 2005
- Bishops, Presbyters and Women - article by Gerald Bray
- The Role of Women in Christian Ministry - article by Graham Beynon
- The role of women in the local church short video talk by Carrie Sandom, Reform
- Men, women and ministry topical talk by Vaughan Roberts, 06/11/01
- Report of the committee on women in church office - 55th Gen Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1988
- Hermeneutics of women in ordained office - paper presented to the 54th Gen Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1987
Resources for ministry wives
- 10 years on... - blog post by Jenny, after 10 years of being a minister's wife, 17/01/12
- What not to share - blog post by Megan Hill, 24/06/11
- How to help your husband when he is criticised - Carolyn & CJ Mahaney answer this question to a room full of couples training for ministry (2008).
- Starting a new year - Vaughan Roberts speaking on Lk 6:17-26 to a group of ministry wives, 21/09/11.
- Proclamation Trust - talks aimed at ministry wives including biblical expositions and topical. In the search box on the Proclamation Trust resources page, enter either 'Summer wives' or 'Spring wives' and numerous talks from over the years will come up.
Women Teaching
- 'Appropriate teaching? Women upfront in the Sunday service', Craig Roberts, Phil Wheeler, Warwick de Jersey, Phil Colgan, and Antony Barraclough. Appropriate teaching? (the recording of this varies at times), 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, 06/02/12
- 'Dare to go where few women studies will go ', Jenny Salt & Paige Brown discuss the joy and challenge of teaching other women God's word, 19/07/11
Male Leadership & the Ministries of Men
Teamwork
- Purity in ministry - video of elective by Rick Smith, Nigel Fortescue, & Deb Earnshaw, Purity in ministry_mp3, 04/02/13
- 'Ministering overseas', Kellie Nicholas, Ministering overseas, 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, 06/02/12
- 'Student Ministers: Is it worth it?', Daniel Morris & Kate Haggar, Student outline. Student Ministers, 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, 06/02/12
- 'Kicking off for the long haul', Geoff Lin & Laura Maddock, Kicking off outline Kicking off for the long haul, 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, 06/02/12
- New Wave Complementarianism: A Question and a Concern - blog post by Kevin DeYoung, 03/05/13
- A New Wave of Complementarianism - blog post by Wendy Alsup, 16/04/13
- God's Good Design - interview of Claire Smith by Peter Hastie, AP magazine, Fall, 2013, Claire Smith God’s Good Design .pdf
- Adam & Eve & Pinch Me - blog post by Carl Trueman, 14/01/13
- The implications of complementarianism - talk by Don Carson, 14/12/12
- The implications of complementarianism - Q&A with Don Carson, 14/12/12
- God's good design - book review by Louise Davies of Claire Smith's book, 21/09/12 Book Review.God's Good Design
- The Anti-Conan - blog post by Carl Trueman re Complementarianism & whether it's a gospel issue, 29/08/12
- How important is Complementarianism? A response to Carl Trueman- blog post by Denny Burk, 29/08/12
- Confused by Complementarianism? You probably should be. - blog post by Carl Trueman, 24/08/12
- Why TGC is Complementarian - blog post by Collin Hansen, includes a link to a video with D. Carson, T. Keller, & J. Piper, 15/08/12
- What's wrong with patriarchy? - blog post by Don Carson, 14/08/12
- Why I am a Complementarian - short article by Jane Tooher, first published in EBD Journal (July 2012, Issue 53)
- Complementarianism for dummies - blog post by Mary Kassian, 03/07/12
- Complementarianism: Essential or Expendable? - video interview with Greg Gilbert, Ligon Duncan, Russell Moore, and John Piper at T4G (Together for the Gospel) conference, April 2012
- Different by design - book review by Caroline Freitag of Carrie Sandom's book, Sandom review by C Freitag
- Mutuality 2012 Posts - series of blog posts by various authors promoting egalitarianism, 12/06/12
- Trinity, gender, and subordination - series of blog posts by David W. Congdon, 07/06/12
- Complementarianism or patriarchy? What's in a name? - blog post by Denny Burk, 07/06/12
- It's not complementarianism; it's patriarchy - blog post by Rachel Held Evans, 03/05/12
- 'After patriarchy, what? Why egalitarians are winning the gender debate' - article by Russell Moore, JETS 49.3 (2006):569-76, JETS_49-3Moore
- Different by design - book review by Priya Samuel of Carrie Sandom's book, 16/05/12
- Different by design - book review by Christopher Ash of Carrie Sandom's book
- Book reviews by Kathleen Nielson of Divine Design (Mary Kassian & Nancy Leigh Moss); Different by Design (Carrie Sandom); Feminine Threads (Diana Lynn Severance); and God's Good Design (Claire Smith), 24/04/12
- The future of complementarianism (ii) the search for the one true Complementarianism, blog post by Mark Baddeley, 24/04/12
- The future of complementarianism (i) feeling, nothing more (Christianity has a masculine) feeling, blog post by Mark Baddeley, 19/04/12
- Bibliographies from CBMW and CBE.pdf, 2012 EFCA Theology conference, 18-20th January, 2012
- 'Understanding the Complementarian Position: Considering Implications & Exploring Practices in the Home & the Local Church', talks from the 2012 Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) Theology conference. Speakers include Bob Yarbrough & Don Carson.
- Complementarian vs Egalitarian patterns of leadership.pdf- paper by Carrie Sandom, Reform conference, 2010
- Complementarianism and egalitarianism - 9 blog posts by Mark Baddeley, from October 2010
- Why do the New Calvinists insist on complementarianism? - blog post by Kevin DeYoung, 02/07/09
- Undermining tolerance of egalitarianism - blog post by Mark Dever, 31/05/06
Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Journals
Submission
Gender
Singleness - see also sermons on 1 Cor 7
- How can the gospel be good news to gays? - short article by Sam Allberry, 10/01/13
- A battle I face - Interview with Vaughan Roberts, October 2012
- Practical singleness: Is it ok to pursue men? - abbreviated post of Carolyn McCulley by Susan Bruce, Singleness_McCulley
- Singleness & Marriage - talk by Andrew Cameron, Centre for Christian Living, Moore College
- Church-Planting and the Single Woman - blog post by Carolyn McCulley, 29/12/11
- The high calling of singleness - Rupert Bentley-Taylor, Northern Men's Convention, 2011
- Lonely Me: A Pastoral Perspective - blog post by Steve DeWitt, 04/08/11
- Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye? by Carolyn McCulley - book review by Kate Haggar, 07/01/10
- Contented with singleness - interview & talk with Jonathan Fletcher & Jane Legge, 02/07/08
Marriage - see also sermons above sorted by relevant passage
- Marriage vows - short article by Peter Jensen, Sydney Morning Herald, 29/08/12 Marriage vows PFJ
- Evangelism & Motherhood: 10 Lessons Learned Along The Way - blog post by Melissa Kruger, 19/08/12
- Singleness & Marriage - talk by Andrew Cameron, Centre for Christian Living, Moore College
- An Open Letter to Believing Wives with Unbelieving Husbands - Jason Helopoulos, 04/01/12
- Book review by Aaron Armstrong of Real Marriage by Mark & Grace Driscoll
- The high calling of marriage - Rupert Bentley-Taylor, Northern Men's Convention, 2011
- In Praise of Marriage, part 1, video lecture by Peter Jensen at the Northern Region conference, 2011
- In Praise of Marriage, part 2, Peter Jensen, 2011
- In Praise of Marriage, part 3, Peter Jensen, 2011
- Oliver O'Donovan on marriage - blog post by Andrew Errington, 15/10/10
- God and Sex - article by Christopher Ash
- Mars or Venus - God's pattern, sermon by Christopher Ash 23/02/05
- Numerous talks on marriage from various conferences including Equip Ministry Wives available to buy from Matthias Media
- Numerous talks (some are videos) on family & relationships including child raising & separation & divorce by Phillip Jensen
- Keith Condie's, video review of Christopher Ash's books Marriage: sex in the service of God & Married for God
- Book review by Lesley Ramsay of Married for God by Christopher Ash Married For God .pdf
- Book review by Victoria Colgan of Finding the hero in your husband by Julianna Slattery Finding the hero in your husband.pdf
- Book review by Lisa Dorman of What did you expect? Redeeming the realities of marriage by Paul D. Tripp What did you expect_ by Paul Tripp_Book review by Lisa Dorman.pdf
Parenthood
Motherhood
Ethical issues including Abortion
Modesty
- 'Modesty', short talk at 2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference by Jane Tooher, Modesty mp3, Modesty video, 06/02/12
- 'God, my heart, and my clothes' - chapter by C.J. Mahaney, 2008 God_heart_clothes_Mahaney
- A vision of Biblical modesty - talks by S. Pelletier, C. Behrens, and S. Griffin, 09/05/06
- The soul of modesty - sermon by C. J. Mahaney, 2003
Websites / blogs with book reviews on a variety of topics
- Nicole's blog - Nicole has written book reviews that cover a variety of issues, including marriage & motherhood.
Blogs with an interest in gender issues
