Raising Women Leaders: Perspectives on Liberating Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Contexts

Pentecostal & charismatic churches should be at the vanguard of raising female leaders. They share a history grounded in the pioneering ministry of Spirited filled women. They have formal structures of ordination based in giftedness rather than gender. And they develop their theology out of a shared spiritual experience that overcomes the barriers of class, race & sex. Despite these potential forces for equality, women in many churches still experience sexism, & find it much harder than men to rise to senior positions of leadership. This book responds to this situation. It is driven by a passion to reclaim the tradition of empowering women. It seeks to provide the next generation with theological & practical tools that will help them follow the leading of the Spirit in the pursuit of their goals & dreams. Raising Women Leaders brings together the expertise of authors from various scholarly disciplines, exegetes, theologians, historians & philosophers, along with leadership theorists & practitioners, all from diverse denominational backgrounds. Together, they share the belief that the gospel facilitates liberation from oppression & encourages all people, women & men alike, to flourish in life & ministry.