Lady Preachers and Teachers of the Christian Era

[~Zao~]

Egalitarian Forum

I’ll start with a book suggestion because of the wealth of information contained within. Very few books by these ladies have survived, but because of the efforts of faithful Christians some out of print classics are being revived.

Jessie Penn-Lewis wrote 'War on the Saints' during the early twentieth century and was an integral part in the Welsh Revival. As a result she was well aquatinted with the move of God and the enemie's counterfeit.

The book itself (one of her many) is considered the most comprehensive textbook on spiritual warfare ever written on the work of deceiving spirits among the children of God’

While it is recommended only for the mature, spirit-filled believers, it holds much for those who are questioning also. The reason for the mature-warning is because of satan’s increased attacks against those who learn about and expose his wiley ways.

Great stuff included within but the enemy of your souls would much rather you didn't read it


Peace

 

[bekkilyn]

Thanks for bringing her to our attention, I bought her 7-books-in-one kindle edition that includes War on the Saints.

 

[Dave-W]

I have heard of her but have not read any of her works.

 

[~Zao~]

Phoebe Worrall Palmer​

In the Methodist tradition, Phoebe Worrall Palmer (1807-1874) and her sister Sarah Lankford Palmer (1806-1896) revived Wesley’s concept of entire sanctification and developed “Altar Theology.”

Palmer thought that the entire sanctification could happen instantaneously in this life when believers presented themselves as living sacrifices on the altar. This personal experience is called the “second blessing.”

Palmer believed that according to the Scripture, Christ was the sacrifice for the sin of humans as well as the altar on which humans should consecrate themselves to God.

By “putting oneself on the altar,” Palmer meant that through Jesus Christ, believers were willing to reckon themselves as dead unto sin and alive unto God and acknowledge themselves as belonging to God permanently.

For Palmer, once believers sacrifice themselves upon the altar, they would be sanctified and enabled to submit themselves to love God devotedly and observe His commandments.

Palmer maintained that to live a holy life, believers should fully and continually submit themselves to God. The second blessing, itself a choice of submission, allows the objective power of sanctification to manifest and is reinforced by the persistent subjective acceptance of that power, less ‘persuasive’ and more evidential. It gives rise to “signs and wonders” of spiritual power.

Eventually, the Pentecostal movements of the late 1800s and early 1900s would reinforce this second blessing as glossolalia. Palmer’s holiness teachings and activities led to the establishment of the National Camp Meeting Association for the Promotion of Holiness in 1867, later the National Holiness Association.

Free agency was crucial in her approach. Human free will, through exercising faith, plays an important role in attaining the dramatic personal experience of entire sanctification.

Jin Meng 2018

 

[~Zao~]

There’s so much to be said on this topic that giving a few more book references for one’s personal study may be more effective to re-educate that which has been so scrupulously erased from his0story.

1) The Hidden History of Women's Ordination: Female Clergy in the Medieval West ~ Gary Macy

“Really provides a good overview of the existing scholarship on the subject, the history of both the roles of women as ecclesiastical leaders and the systematic efforts of the church to both change the role of women and erase history that contradicted that new doctrine.”

2) Women Preachers and Prophets through Two Millennia of Christianity ~Kienzle, Beverly Mayne

“This interesting book offers a thorough look at the history of women teaching and leading others in the Christian faith. In spite of patriocentric efforts to erase the existence of such women (as this book itself acknowledges), women have flourished as spiritual leaders and soldiers of Christ.”

3) Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 ~ Catharine A. Brekus

“This book will reveal forgotten women who paved the way for women today in ministry. Research has been conducted and the findings are great!”

Just a few books about a topic that is considered taboo in too many circles.


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