Articles and Papers
Grasham, Bill
From a Traditional Perspective
Ferguson, Everett – Two papers delivered at the 2012 ACU Summit.
Lewis, Jack P. A paper delivered in Malibu, California in 1992.
Lightfoot, Neil R. A paper delivered in 1993.
From a Gender Inclusive Perspective
Pauls, Dale. A paper presented by the Stamford Church of Christ in 1998.
Pulley, Kathy J. An article in Leaven, Spring 1996.
Viola Frank.
Wright, N. T. A paper presented at a 2004 conference in Durham, England.
Expanded Study Guides
Piper, John and Grudem, Wayne. Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, 1992.
“A Community Without Barriers: Women in the New Testament and the Church Today” Manhattan Church of Christ, 2010
Books
Barton, Sara, A Woman Called: Piecing Together the Ministry Puzzle. Leafwood Publishers, Abilene, TX, 2012
“The call to ministry is profound and life-changing, one that women are often forbidden to answer. In this sensitive and moving memoir, Sara Barton speaks openly and vulnerably about how the conflict ha played in her life within Churches of Christ.”
Grudem, Wayned, Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than 100 Disputed Questions. Crossway, Wheaton, IL, 2012
“This book is a response to 118 arguments often levied against traditional gender roles. Grudem counters egalitarian and feminist critiques with clarity, compassion, and precision.”
Gundry, Stanley N., ed. Two Views on Women in Ministry, revised edition. Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI, 2005
“What does the Bible say about women’s roles in the church? This book furnishes you with a clear and thorough presentation of the two primary views on women in ministry so you better understand each one’s strengths, weaknesses, and complexities.”
Osburn, Carroll, Women in the Church: Reclaiming the Ideal. ACU Press, Abilene, TX, 2001.
For conservative churches continuing to seek the middle ground between radical feminism on the one hand an unhealthy patriarchalism on the other, it is useful to discuss existing option. Radical feminism and patriarchalism fail to survive biblical and sociological analysis. Egalitarianism and hierarchal complementarianism must be critiqued in terms of their biblical basis and sociological viability…
Sermons