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How Women Are Breaking the Church’s Glass Ceiling
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Jana Melpolder
Jesus treated women differently than others would have treated women during his time, serving as a sort of early feminist, says the Rev. Susan Sparks, senior pastor at Madison Avenue Baptist Church. “Maybe you could even say Jesus was sort of the Betty Friedan of first century Palestine, because you look at how he honored…
Violence Against Women: The Faith Response
By
Jana Melpolder
During their lifetime, one out of every four women will experience violence from an intimate partner. Today, clergy are reaching out and supporting those women who become victims in their own homes. Originally posted on Odyssey Networks.
Bishop Elias Taban on the New South Sudan
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Jana Melpolder
January marks the two-year anniversary of South Sudan’s independence referendum, a vote for formal separation from Sudan after several years of disputes between the two regions over the land. Elias Taban, the national bishop of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of South Sudan and Uganda, experienced the impact of Sudan’s war first hand. Just after his…
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir from Obama’s Presidential Inauguration
By
Jana Melpolder
Originally published on Odyssey Networks.
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