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    12 Trail-Blazing Christian Women to Celebrate

    -March is Women's History Month, so for the next few weeks we will be hearing a lot about women inventors, humanitarians, entertainers and entrepreneurs who are changing today's world. We will probably also hear a lot about Hillary Clinton and her chances of shattering the glass ceiling in American politics—but I'm not convinced that all the great women heroes of the past would be cheering for her political views.

    When I think about the empowered women of my generation I'm reminded that they stand on the shoulders of brave women pioneers who didn't have today's advantages. We should especially be grateful for the Christian women who defied religious and cultural traditions—and sometimes paid with their lives—to free African slaves, protect children from abuse, denounce injustice, preach the gospel in foreign nations, heal the sick and win women the right to vote.

    This is certainly not an exhaustive list, but here are 12 women I'm celebrating this month:

    1. Mary Magdalene – She was the pioneer of pioneers and the forerunner of all forerunners. As a passionate follower of Jesus, and the first person—male or female—to be commissioned to preach the gospel, she proved to a male-dominated, first century-world that God can and does use women to do His work.

    2. Jarena Lee (1783-1855) – Authorized to preach in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, she traveled hundreds of miles on foot to share the gospel. When people questioned a woman's right to preach, she told them: "If the man may preach, because the Savior died for him, why not the woman, seeing he died for her also?" She was the first black woman in the United States to publish an autobiography.

    3. Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) – Born a slave in New York—and later sold to a second owner for $100—she eventually became an abolitionist. In her most famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman?" delivered in Ohio in 1851, she demanded equal rights for both women and blacks. She became a Methodist in 1843 and felt God calling her to ministry. "The Spirit calls me, and I must go," she wrote. During one speech in Boston she admitted that she once hated white people, but that after she met Jesus she was filled with love for everyone...

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    1 Cor 14:34 - Let the women be silent .....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    1 Cor 14:34 - Let the women be silent .....
    Someone should make you wear a dress..

    (Taken from a youtube video on how to deactivate an altarboy)

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    Romans 17:7- Let Norwegians be really really silent

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    I enjoy reading biographies of missionaries and have read those of some of the women listed. They are very inspiring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    Romans 17:7- Let Norwegians be really really silent
    I could quote lots of scriptures on dwellers of the region 'down under' but I will refrain. For now. Now wear your dress !

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