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And when we turn to the New Testament we find women engaged in all kinds of employment. For some it was the work of bearing and rearing children. For others it was bringing aid to folks in need. And for still others it was as businesswomen engaged in profitable enterprises. For many it was some form of ministry for Christ and his kingdom.
The Businesswoman Lydia (Acts 16) Our first story is about a woman in the northwest Turkish town of Thyatira, known for its guilds of craftsmen, especially the guild of the professionals knowledgeable in the production and sale of expensive purple dye. Lydia was a member of that guild. We don’t know how it was that a woman had become one of ...
The Old Testament gives us many examples of women who made wise decisions because they feared God. Shiphrah and Puah feared God, and that gave them both the wisdom and the courage to defy the Pharaoh (Exodus 1:15-21).
Women Make Jesus’ Work Possible (Luke 4:14-19) Jesus’ Teachings Include Women; The Businesswoman Lydia (Acts 16) The Intellectual Damaris (Acts 17:17) The Businesswoman Phoebe (Romans 16:1-2) The Tentmaker Priscilla (Acts 18:2) The Jewish Palace Insider and Benefactor Junia (Romans 16:7) Conclusions About Women Workers in the New Testament
The seeming insignificance of many of the women mentioned in the New Testament is put to rest in this insightful Bible study about women in the New Testament, which delves into the many examples of those-such as Anna, Joanna, Susanna, Dorcas, Lydia, Priscilla, Phoebe, and Junia-whose stories show the critical roles they played in helping Jesus in his ministry and in the formation of the church.
Jesus’ Teachings Include Women. The four gospel accounts of Jesus’ earthly ministry contain the mention of more women than virtually any other secular writing of that era. In them we hear Jesus praise women for their faith (the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15:28; Martha in John 11:26-27) or for their generosity (a poor widow’s gift, Mark 12 ...
Conclusions About Women Workers in the New Testament. Article / Produced by TOW Project. Women as well as men were leaders in those first-century churches. That practice was a radical departure from pagan philosophical notions accepted at that time. So the wider culture began pushing back against women leaders in the churches.
Going throughout Galilee’s cities and villages proclaiming God’s Good News (Luke 4:18-19), “the twelve [male disciples] were with him as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many ...
Bible Commentary / Produced by TOW Project. In the parable of the persistent widow (Luke 18:1-8), a poor, powerless person (the widow) persists in nagging a corrupt, powerful person (the judge) to do justice for her. The parable assumes John the Baptist’s teaching that holding a position of power and leadership obligates you to work justly ...
It referred to “one who preaches, teaches, and presides at the Lord’s Table.”. Obviously Phoebe, the business woman was more than merely a benefactor. She was a leader of the church in Cenchreae. Like the businesswoman Lydia, Phoebe used her wealth and influence to grow the Christian church. She even leveraged a business trip to spread ...