Women in ministry – some resources
Here’s a selection of resources that explore biblical teaching on the role of women and men in Christian ministry.
Two views on Women in Ministry, ed James R. Beck & Craig L. Blomberg. Zondervan, 2005. (Egalitarian and complementarian).
Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism, ed. John Piper & Wayne Grudem. Crossway, 1991. Available online at http://cdn.desiringgod.org/pdf/books_bbmw/bbmw.pdf (Complementarian)
Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood, ed. Wayne Grudem. Crossway, 2002. (Complementarian)
Discovering Biblical Equality, ed. Ronald W. Pierce & Rebecca Merrill Groothius. IVP, 2005. (Egalitarian)
Christians For Biblical Equality offers, among other resources, this chapter from the above book. (Egalitarian)
Women and the Anglican Ordained Ministry. Church Society. Available online: http://churchsociety.org/issues_new/ministry/wompriest/iss_ministry_wompriest_intro.asp (Complementarian)
Reform – various resources available online at: http://www.reform.org.uk/resources/media-downloads/src/category/god-s-way-women (Complementarian)
The Bible and Women’s Ministry. Rosie Ward. CPAS, 2011. (Egalitarian)
Women And Authority: The Key Biblical Texts. Ian Paul. Grove Books. (Egalitarian)
Fulcrum (‘Renewing the Anglican Centre’) has a number of relevant articles. (Egalitarian)
‘Women, Men and God’. Ch. 12 in Issues Facing Christians Today. John Stott. Zondervan, 2006. (Complementarian)
‘The Challenge of Biblical Interpretation: Women’ and ‘Let’s Stop Making Women Presbyters’. Chapters 13 and 16 in Collected Shorter Writings, Vol 3. J.I. Packer. Paternoster Press, 1999. (Complementarian)