On Tues 5th January 2010, Bishop Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead chaired a second meeting of representatives of AWESOME & Reform. This time we were joined by invited theological consultants as guests. We met to discuss differences among evangelicals over biblical teaching about women’s ministry and leadership and the implications of such teaching for any church committed to ordering its life as a faithful, obedient response to that teaching and were assisted by papers written by some of those attending. Our focus was mainly but not exclusively on issues of biblical theology, exegesis and hermeneutics rather than current political issues relating to women bishops.
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Interview with Jemma Sander-Heys
(Ordinand at Mirfield College)
Jemma Sanders-Hey
First let me ask you to tell me a bit about yourself, what your background is and something of your current life situation, apart from being at College?
I’m thirty years old, I met my husband Joel whilst studying French & German at Exeter Uni, and moved to Poole on the South Coast as that was where his family were from. I began to explore my vocation in 2005, on the advice of a non-stipendiary priest at the church I attended and have led children’s and adult’s drama workshops and music groups on and off for several years. In January 2009 I had a baby girl.
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Kate Stacey’s Reflection
In Solidarity with Christ.
The gospel reading where a woman anoints Jesus with oil, defying a plethora of codes, [Mark 14:1-11] came on Monday 5 October, a week after the start of the Awesome conference in Derbyshire.
I treasure this beautiful story of a brave woman, anointing Jesus, and recognise the proximity of Jesus receiving this ministry from her, and Judas going to the chief priests. Having listened at the conference to stories of suffering and exclusion from some women in ministry, then reading this passage afresh I was struck by the cost to Jesus of including and affirming women. READ MORE
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