Growing up, my dad used to tell me stories about history. This gave me a great love for the subject, and I developed a special interest in women’s history. One of my favourite heroines is Josephine Butler (1828-1906), a British social reformer who fought for the rights of prostitutes. Many Victorians believed “fallen women” were unworthy of help and avoided discussing sexual issues in “polite society.” However, Butler’s Christian faith led her to bond with and advocate for these women....

From Genesis to Junia was intended as a research project on the egalitarian-complementarian debate with Preston postponing his conclusion until after his study. As such, the reader is taken on a journey though Scripture (stopping, for example, in Genesis 1-3, with Deborah in Judges, alongside dusty Nazareth roads with Jesus, and in the busy city centres of Corinth and Ephesus) and evaluating each passage and theme for their teaching on Women in Leadership without a predetermined aim or...

The Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality (ASBE) is pleased to announce the recipients of its new Award for Female Seminary Students . The three 2026 recipients, all students at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, are Melissa Deelstra (Belfast, PEI), Jacqueline Ogwal (Centreville, NS), and Sarah Stevens (Greenwood, NS). The three recipients of this year’s award bring a rich variety of ministry experience to their seminary studies. We are delighted to support these women...