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Dear
Sisters,
It is our prayer that you are finding daily opportunities to put to use
the Spiritual Gifts that God has endowed you with-- that you have found a
ministry that imbues your life with passion and joy!
This past weekend I entered into a dialogue with a remarkable woman
named Leonie Herrera-Gillham who lives in Belmopan, Belize. Leonie is the
founder and director of the King's Children's Home that is a Christian
refuge for about 60 children. Leonie was led to start this home on her own
back in 1985. This incredibly compassionate ministry was taken on as a
project by Canadian University College's "Helping Hands to A Better World"
project in 2001. It is our desire to have a close link with this ministry,
so please stay tuned for more news in this regard. In the meantime, check
out the King's Children's Home at
http://www.kingschildrenshome.org
If you click on our banners and purchase items from these websites, you
will be helping to support these and other ministries-- thank you!
Some of you will have read the very fascinating book called Ten Lies
the Church Tells Women The Author, Lee Grady, writes:
"For centuries, a patriarchal system of control has kept women in
spiritual captivity through distortion of the Scriptures. It's time to
debunk the myths.
We live in the 21st century, but if we're honest we have to admit that
in some ways the church is still in the Dark Ages - especially when we
look at the way we treat women.
Even though the Scriptures never portray women as secondary to men, our
male-dominated religious system still promotes Biblical misinterpretations
of female inferiority. Women are tired of this, and as a man, so am I -
because such demeaning attitudes don't reflect God's heart.
Jesus challenged gender prejudice at its core when He directed so much
of His ministry toward women. In a Middle Eastern culture that considered
women mere property, He healed women, disciplined them and commissioned
them to minister. Yet today we spend much of our energy denying them
opportunities - and using the Bible to defend our prohibitions.
I've identified 10 erroneous views about women that have been
circulated in the Church, preached from pulpits and written in the study
notes of popular Bible translations for too long. I believe we must debunk
these lies if we want to see the Church released to fulfill the Great
Commission."
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A Christian Woman's Guide to Learning & Living God's Plan for Her
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