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What an amazing year it has been!
What an amazing year it has been! I have been overwhelmed by the uniformly enthusiastic responses to all the seminars I have given on the oneness of man and woman in Christ in Conferences in Uganda and Kenya, Universities, Seminaries, and churches. It was a special...
Phil lecturing in Uganda, Kenya, Podcast #2
My wife, Nancy, and I are flying to Uganda and Kenya in July, to speak to couples, Kyambogo University Chapel, a pastors' conference, Uganda Christian University, and the CBE Annual Conference in Limuru, Kenya. Chris Date has posted Part II of his podcast interview...
Podcast Chris Date interviews Phil Payne
Yesterday, May 18, 2012, Chris Date, a self-avowed complementarian, interviewed me for approximately three hours for a podcast for his blog. You can hear the first half of the interview now at http://www.theopologetics.com/2012/05/17/episode-85-one-in-christ/ Part II...
More Fuller Students’ Payne Class Feedback
I pray that Fuller offers this course many more times in the future. Shari Monson, M.Div., Fuller Seminary Northwest Thank you for a great class this quarter. Laura Terasaki, M.Div. student, Fuller Seminary Northwest Enjoyed and learned so much through your teaching...
Another Fuller Student’s Payne Class Feedback
Philip B. Payne's class on Women, the Bible and the Church was one of the best classes I have ever taken in seminary. It showed the importance of being able to read the Greek text and to know how to use the resources that are available to help us read the Greek text...
Phil’s Upcoming Speaking Engagements
If you are in the area, I would love to see you at one of my upcoming talks in Washington, Texas, Uganda, and Kenya. Redmond, WA, March 31, 2012, main speaker at the Christians for Biblical Equality Puget Sound Spring Meeting at Overlake Christian Church, 9900 Willows...
Fuller Student Feedback from Women, the Bible, and the Church
I have been overwhelmed and greatly encouraged with positive student feedback from my course at Fuller Seminary Northwest on "Women, the Bible, and the Church." Following is just one message: I want you to know what an absolute privilege it has been to sit under your...
I am teaching at Fuller Seminary Northwest
I am having a delightful time teaching a course on Women, the Bible, and the Church on many Fridays from 6 through 9 PM and Saturdays from 9 AM through noon from January through March. Following are some photos of the class.
Phil Payne’s CBE 2011 Conference Plenary Lecture
On Friday, July 29, 2011, from 12:30 - 2:00 PM I will be presenting the Christians for Biblical Equality Annual Meeting Plenary Lecture 1 at the Doubletree Guest Suites Seattle Airport/Southcenter. The title of the lecture is "The Biblical Foundation for Mutual...
Prof. Aïda Spencer’s Review of Man and Woman, One in Christ in JETS
Professor Aïda Besançon Spencer of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary reviews Man and Woman, One in Christ in the latest issue of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, calling it "a mammoth achievement, a book of exhaustive scholarship." Highlights...
Phil was a Panelist at Irving Bible Church, TX Addressing 1 Cor 11:2-16 and 14:26-40
The Irving Bible Church of Irving, Texas invited me to participate in two two-hour"We Engage" panels March 29, 2011 discussing 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and 14:26-40. Professor Sandra Glahn of Dallas Theological Seminary and Dr. Alice Mathews of Gordon-Conwell Theological...
The Misuse of the Word “Role”
Kevin Giles, a Biblical Theologian well known for his carefully researched books on Paul and Gender and the Trinity, has kindly authorized me to post his insightful study, "The word 'role' in complementarian literature": In post 1970s "complementarian" literature the...
The Society Of Biblical Literature’s Review Of Biblical Literature 02/2011 Includes A Fine Review Of Man And Woman, One In Christ.
I was in the midst of a delightful conversation with Dr. Teresa Okure of the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, at the Society of Biblical Literature in Atlanta in November, 2011, when she noticed my SBL exhibitor badge and asked "Are you the...
Is It True That In The NT No Women, Only Men, Are Identified By Name As Elders, Overseers, Or Pastors, And That Consequently Women Must Not Be Elders, Overseers, Or Pastors?
Even if in the NT no women were identified by name as elders, overseers, or pastors, and many men were, this would not logically exclude women from those leadership positions any more than the actual lack of Gentile men identified by name as elders, overseers, or...
Does Jesus Being Male Mean Elders Must Be Male?
S. A. from S. Barrington, Illinois, asks for comment on a statement by Alexander Strauch arguing that since Jesus was male, "biblical eldership" ... must be an all-male eldership."For the Bible-believing Christian, the primary example of male leadership is found in...