Lydia, the seller of purple fabric/dyed cloth! She supported the early church with her business, opened up her home to become a house church, and also, after she herself was saved, led her entire household to salvation!
I recently read Tell Her Story by Nijay Gupta and he writes about Phoebe. The women entrusted to deliver Paul’s (arguably) most theologically important letter to the Romans - the person delivering would have also been the one to read it aloud AND interpret it for the congregation.
Junia!! She was an apostle and imprisoned with Paul. Romans 16 has all sorts of women leaders in the church that are worth noting...but Junia's story has politics and intrigue that are important to know - a short quip here -- https://juniaproject.com/who-was-junia/
Keep writing about our faith mothers please! Beth Allison Barr's book The Making of Biblical Womanhood had my jaw drop on multiple occasions!
Lydia, the seller of purple fabric/dyed cloth! She supported the early church with her business, opened up her home to become a house church, and also, after she herself was saved, led her entire household to salvation!
Jesus praises the faith of the bleeding woman, and implies that Jairus, the synagogue leader, should have faith like hers.
I recently read Tell Her Story by Nijay Gupta and he writes about Phoebe. The women entrusted to deliver Paul’s (arguably) most theologically important letter to the Romans - the person delivering would have also been the one to read it aloud AND interpret it for the congregation.
Rahab hiding the spies sent to scope out Jericho - saving the spies, protecting their intel, and saving her family.
Junia!! She was an apostle and imprisoned with Paul. Romans 16 has all sorts of women leaders in the church that are worth noting...but Junia's story has politics and intrigue that are important to know - a short quip here -- https://juniaproject.com/who-was-junia/
Keep writing about our faith mothers please! Beth Allison Barr's book The Making of Biblical Womanhood had my jaw drop on multiple occasions!
Zelophehad's daughters. In Numbers. Never remember hearing about them in Sunday School or in my OT college classes. And now one of my favorites!
I hadn’t heard of Huldah before! I am excited to learn more.