Theology of Women and Leading Groups and Teams

Assignment Week 4: Written Assignment (Mid-Term)

Study Assignments:

Must Reading: 

1. Women Called to Witness, All Chapters

Discussion Forum: 

Reflect on the following questions: 

What are three takeaways from your reading of “Women Called To Witness”? What does the involvement of women in past reformation movements tell us about how to shape current reformation movements and how to create future reformation movements?

Written Assignment: 

Mid-term Paper 

Write a 1500-word paper covering the following topic

The mayor of an American city cited scripture and said that prayer was allowed to open a city council meeting, but a woman could not lead the prayer. Identify the hurdles for Christian women to occupy positions of leadership in your society, e.g., hurdles based on an interpretation of scripture, hurdles based on “religion”, hurdles based on gender bias, hurdles based on your culture’s view of women. How can these hurdles be overcome?