Holding Up Half the Sky: A Biblical Case for Women Leading and Teaching in the Church - Paperback

by Graham Joseph Hill (Author), Grace Ji-Sun Kim (Foreword by), Margaret Mowczko (Foreword by)

Women have played significant roles in ministry and leadership throughout the history of the church and the pages of the Bible. Today, women make up more than half the church, and do much of the mission, ministry, and discipleship in the life of the church. But women have often been held back from ministry roles. Graham Joseph Hill outlines the biblical vision for women in ministry and leadership. He offers a biblical and passionate call for women to be released to teach, to lead, to preach, to serve, to pastor, and to minister in every area of the church. The Bible paints a radical vision of women, empowered and emboldened for full ministry participation in Christ's church. The biblical vision for women and for their role as teachers, witnesses, disciplers, and leaders transforms not only personal lives, but also the church and the world. This book offers a biblical case for women teaching and leading in the church. Hill then explores practical ways that we can empower and release more female leaders in the church, and ways that we can amplify the voices and honor the gifts of women in the way Jesus intended. Together women and men can revitalize the church and renew the world.

Author Biography

Graham Joseph Hill is Research Coordinator of Stirling Theological College (University of Divinity) in Melbourne, Australia. He is the founding director of The Global Church Project and the author of Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World (with Grace Ji-Sun Kim); Global Church: Reshaping Our Conversations, Renewing Our Mission, Revitalizing Our Churches; and Salt, Light, and a City: Ecclesiology for the Global Missional Community.