Baptists And The Ordination Of Women In Malawi

Author : Klaus Fiedler,Hany Longwe
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789996066870

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Baptists and the Ordination of Women in Malawi by Klaus Fiedler,Hany Longwe Pdf

Baptists are keen to go directly to the New Testament in all major issues of faith. If the Bible is the first argument, then history (and therefore tradition) is another line of argument, that both promoters and opponents of women's ordination can and do use. This book is largely concerned with not just the history of women's ordination, or even of Baptists and women's ordination, but offers perspectives from history that may be useful for the discussion of this issue. The thrust of the arguments are aimed at highlighting that differing biblical interpretations are possible, and it must be admitted that Baptists have their own history, over which, much diversity has developed.

Author : John Dubbey,Rachel Nyagondwe Fiedler
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 9789990876024

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Women of Bible and Culture by John Dubbey,Rachel Nyagondwe Fiedler Pdf

This book argues that the Baptist religious denomination underscores the empowerment of women and the expansion of their cultural sphere in Malawi. The study provides the theological background, and gives the history of Baptist women in the south of the country for the period 1961-2001. Women, baptism and marriage is a further subject of study. The author is a theologian, specialising in gender issues.

Author : Barnabas E. S. Salaka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Anglican Church
ISBN : IND:30000057362281

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The Ordination of Women Debate in the Diocese of Southern Malawi by Barnabas E. S. Salaka Pdf

Author : Longwe, Molly
Publisher : Luviri Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789996066221

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African Feminist Theology and Baptist Pastors' Wives in Malawi by Longwe, Molly Pdf

This book presents a story of the experiences of being church of the pastors’ wives within the Baptist Convention of Malawi (BACOMA). Formed in 1970 out of the missionary endeavours of the North American-based Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), BACOMA is a voluntary national association of Baptist churches. Molly Longwe‘s book presents a concise picture of African Feminist Theology and to relates it to the lived experiences of pastors‘ wives in the Baptist Convention of Malawi.

Author : Hany Longwe
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789996066436

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Setting the Record Straight by Hany Longwe Pdf

"Kusadziwa Nkufa Komwe"(Lack of Knowledge is as Being Dead) is a Nyanja maxim, African Philosophy that is true the world over. A person who lacks knowledge is as good as dead, inactive and insensitive. A dead person does not contribute to good life. Lack of knowledge leads to destruction, but having knowledge leads to informed decisions and freedom. Setting the Record Straight is about correction wrong understanding and replacing it with liberating knowledge, to the benefit of both church and society.

Author : Hany Longwe
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789996027024

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Christians by Grace-- Baptists by Choice by Hany Longwe Pdf

"The Baptist convention of Malawi (BACOMA) grew out of the Baptist Mission in Malawi's work that began almost 50 years ago as a result of plans by the Central African (Southern Baptist Convention) Mission to expand their works from Zimbabwe to Malawi. Although BACOMA owes much of their tradition to the white Southern Baptists of the US, they are typically a Malawian expression of the Church. In five chapters the author, a long standing Principle of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Malawi, offers a history of the Baptist convention of Malawi. The five themes being: BACOMA's Polygenetic Nature; Evangelistic Zeal and the Development of BACOMA 1970-1989; Women and Youth in Evangelism and the Development of BACOMA; Separation and Cooperation: A "Loose" Partnership and The People."--

Author : R. Ross
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9789996060755

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A Malawi Church History 1860 - 2020 by R. Ross Pdf

This is the first attempt to comprehend the whole of Malawi's church history in a single volume. The focus of this book is about documenting the religious experience which was at the centre of founding the new nation of Malawi as we have come to know it. The book strikes a balance in covering issues pertaining to both mission activities and African agency. In many instances interesting pieces of evidence have been marshalled to corroborate or emphasize some of the conclusions reached.

Author : Volker Glissmann
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789996066610

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Towards a Malawian Theology of Laity by Volker Glissmann Pdf

A key theological emphasis of the church is the priesthood of all believers. This emphasis implies that lay empowerment and lay participation are central to what the church does. Yet, lay participation is a bit of an unfulfilled promise in many cases. This book brings together church leaders, theological educators, as well as practitioners who are actively involved in lay ministry here in Malawi, so that a stronger theology of laity for the Malawian church can emerge.

Author : Anthony J. Masala Nkhoma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Ordination of women
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124287942

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Women in Search of Identity by Anthony J. Masala Nkhoma Pdf

Author : Paul Schirrmacher
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789996066917

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Paul in Conflict with the Veil by Paul Schirrmacher Pdf

Thomas Schirmacher argues that from the biblical teaching that man is the head of woman (1 Cr 11:3) the Corinthians had drawn the false conclusion that in prayer a woman must be veiled and a man is forbidden to be veiled, and that the wife exists for the husband but not the husband for the wife. Paul, however, rejects these conclusions and shows in 11:10-16 why the veiling of women did not belong to God's commandments binding upon all the Christian communities. Schirmacher presents an alternative exposition, discusses quotations and irony in 1 Corinthians, and deals with other New Testament texts about women's clothing and prayer and about the subordination of wives.

Author : Isabel Apawo Phiri
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Chewa (African people)
ISBN : 9789990887280

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Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy by Isabel Apawo Phiri Pdf

This is the first book by a Malawian woman theologian. First released in 1997 it won an honorable mention in the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1998 and is now updated here with a new introduction by the author. The study traces the struggles and contribution of Chewa women to the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. Amongst the topics are female mediumships in traditional religion, post-missionary developments in Chigwirizano, womens attempts to achieve some public manifestation of their personal relatioship to God in open ministry, and the current women's organisation in Nkhoma Synod. Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri is in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Malawi.

Author : Nelson Hayashida
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645083085

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Women and Leadership (Revised Edition): by Nelson Hayashida Pdf

Grace, Tolerance, & Forgiveness The fact that African women cooperated to have a male American missionary document their stories speaks volumes of the capacity for grace, tolerance, and forgiveness on their part. It also speaks to the regard that they had for the Hayashidas. Nelson Hayashida has demonstrated how skilled people can facilitate the liberation process for others. This book exposes the gap between carefully crafted statements affirming women and the reality of reluctant submission to women in leadership. We hear the voices of women themselves. This book is academically sound and characterized by excellence based on sound methodology. The questions raised, the voices heard, and the potential corrective measures are a vital contribution to an important conversation within the church community. While this book is mainly focused on the Baptist church in South Africa, it presents many possibilities for stimulating debates and policy and experiential changes in other faith communities. —DESMOND HOFFMEISTER Executive Director, Global Prophetic Network American Baptist Seminary of the West

Author : Klaus Fiedler
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789996066573

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For the Sake of Christian Marriage, Abolish Church Weddings by Klaus Fiedler Pdf

Over the last decades, an ever-growing gap has developed between traditional marriage and the officiation of it as a church wedding, because of the expenses involved in a "proper" church wedding. These are not demanded by the churches, but by common social expectations. Irrespective of whether a church sees marriage as a sacrament or as a civil order, much emphasis is put on it, by the churches and by society. Many churches exclude those "not properly married" from the sacraments. But why should the churches put so much emphasis on their church wed-dings, a ritual not found in the New Testament, and which came into the church only almost a thousand years later?

Author : Fiedler, Rachel NyaGondwe,Hofmeyr, Johannes W.
Publisher : Mzuni Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789996045202

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African Feminist Hermeneutics by Fiedler, Rachel NyaGondwe,Hofmeyr, Johannes W. Pdf

This book has six chapters: The first Chapter deals with a brief history on the genesis of African Feminist theologies as an 'irruption within an irruption' of Feminist theological movements in the world including a reflection on its relationship to the secular Feminist Movement, and to similar theologies such as Contextual Theology, Liberation Theology and the Holiness Feminist Movement. The second chapter deals with an introduction to African Feminist Hermeneutics. In this chapter, the three branches of African Feminist Hermeneutics, the general theories, principles and approaches to African Feminist Hermeneutics are highlighted. The third chapter deals with an Evangelical Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics of the Old Testament. The fourth chapter deals with an Evangelical Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics of the New Testament. The fifth is about how Malawian Christian women interpret culture, Bible and power relations to realise their own liberation and chapter 6 concludes the book.

Author : Phoebe Chifungo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789996066849

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Let My People Go! by Phoebe Chifungo Pdf

"Let My people go and serve Me regardless of sex" is the ultimate appeal from God. Unfortunately, some cultural practices and wrong interpretations of the Bible have excluded some, especially women, from attaining key leadership roles. Culturally, women are considered second class and men's property, source of evil and "weaker vessels." A wrong interpretation of the scriptures has sidelined women from obtaining decision making positions. This is the result of what may be called, "a One-Dimensional Approach," and a recommendation is made to "re-read" the biblical texts as well as Chewa culture and the history of the synod with a "Multi-Dimensional Approach" in which the literary, theological-rhetorical and historical-cultural aspects are all considered, because this approach liberates the oppressed and the marginalized.