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April
2024
Volume 68, Number 3
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About This Issue
Where women lead and toil—be it in the church or the home—continues to be a lively debate in ecclesial discourse. Are complementarians and egalitarians as opposed to one another as we think? For our April cover story package, one theologian argues for a resounding no and two female ministry practitioners—a complementarian and an egalitarian—issue a charge to each camp for preserving their respective movements. Also in this issue, staff writer Sophia Lee brings stories of a reconciliation ministry from Israel, news writer Daniel Silliman explains the latest debate within a new Methodist denomination, and theology editor Stefani McDade tells us why theologians are beginning to study the human body more closely.
Cover Stories
The biggest New Testament passages on gender roles may have more to do with marriage than ministry.
I want to continue to call myself a complementarian. But we need to reclaim the term.
Are churches moving to an egalitarian model truly embracing female leadership?
Scott W. Sunquist calls the American church to observe the diversity in ecclesiologies around the world.
Features
Mary Magdalene was a recipient of grace with a story to proclaim.
We’ve got little information on Jesus’ appearance and personality. But that’s the way God designed it.
A Christian reconciliation group in Israel and Palestine warned that war would come. Now the war threatens their relevance.
As my doubts about his teachings grew, so did a secret fascination with Jesus.
Views
Will our gender be removed or renewed in the Resurrection?
When I married into a Jewish family, antisemitism hit home. Now, the holy day reminds me of our future hope.
Only on our best days do we get a glimpse of the joyful labor to come.
Aslan is fictional, but the real Lion of Judah reminds us that we’re forgiven.
Reviews
When it comes to defending the faith, local congregations have long been the first line of defense.
How a romance author journeyed with God through an unwanted divorce.
Nijay Gupta helps us rediscover the compelling strangeness of the earliest Christians.
Like the disciples, we need to learn the difference between trust in Jesus and spiritual cockiness.
News
Ahead of the first general conference, the new denomination is weighing possible limits on leaders.
Here’s why the new denomination may or may not fit the label.
And other brief news from Christians around the world.
Attention to bodies and cultural conflict has brought attention to the question of what it means to be human.
How groups like Hillsong learned to let go of the literal in favor of creative collaboration.
More from this Issue
Secondary church issues have the potential to divide us, but we can choose to stay united as the body of Christ.
