God's Yes to Women: Why the Bible's Vision of Partnership Is Good News for Us All

Is the message of the Bible good news for women? Does God say "no" to women who desire to use their gifts to serve the church? What is the Bible's vision of true partnership between men and women?

This book is about the profound, wonderful news that followers of Jesus are one in Christ, in their difference as women and men. It outlines the biblical pattern of serving together, without hierarchy or exclusion, for the good of God's people. The message of the Bible is good news for women, good news for the church, and ultimately good news for all.

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Table of contents
Foreword — Aimee Byrd

1.     Introduction: Even better news —Laura Rademaker

Part 1 – Reading the story of the Bible

2.     Reading the Bible as God’s over-arching Story —Amy J. Erickson

3.     Partnership from page one —Paul A. Barker

4.     Disney princesses, superheroes, influencers, and women of the Old Testament —Jill Firth

5.     What have the Romans ever done for us? Women, the Christian gospel, and the Greco-Roman world —Michael Gladwin

6.     “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Women’s discipleship in the Gospels —Hannah Craven

7.     Interdependence in the Spirit: love, gifts and the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians —Amy J. Erickson & Laura Rademaker

8.     How the New Testament turns marriage on its head —Scott Goode

9.     Leadership, teaching, and women in 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus —Michael J. Bird

10.  Rank or reciprocity? Hierarchy or gift? The Trinity, authority, and gender relations in the church —Jacqueline Service

Part 2 – Stories from on the ground

11.  Unpacking the backpack: a story of women’s ordination in Australia —Laura Rademaker

12.  A bigger picture: how scripture on women taught me to better see women —Andrew Cameron

13.  Chinese Bible woman meets Australian Christianity —Grace Lung

14.  God chooses the least expected —Vanessa Bennett

15.  The experience of an Australian evangelical ordained woman —Megan Powell du Toit

16.  The pastor’s husband as helper —David C. Ray

17.  Hope on a tightrope: when the church you love doesn’t let women preach —Leisa Aitken

FAQs and what’s next for you

18.  Frequently asked questions: complementarianism, egalitarianism, culture, and the Bible —Erica Mandi Manga

19.  Epilogue —Anna Boxwell