{"id":4024,"date":"2012-02-08T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=4024"},"modified":"2018-11-03T20:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:18:24","slug":"ministry-office-sponsors-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2012\/ministry-office-sponsors-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Office Sponsors Series of Sessions on Women in Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4025\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/lisa-m-wolfe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"181\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Photo by: courtesy of Ministry Office<\/small><br \/><em>Lisa M. Wolfe<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Church of the Brethren\u2019s Ministry Office, in cooperation with the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership and Bethany Theological Seminary, has put together a series of sessions on women in leadership for the 2012 Annual Conference.<\/p>\n<p>On the theme, \u201cWomen in Leadership: Four Biblical Stories,\u201d the series features the leadership of Lisa M. Wolfe, associate professor in the Endowed Chair of Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma City University, who also teaches for Saint Paul School of Theology. She holds a doctorate from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University, and a master of divinity from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and is ordained in the United Church of Christ. Published works include a recent book from Cascade Press, \u201cRuth, Esther, Song of Songs, and Judith,\u201d and a related \u201cLiving the Questions\u201d Bible study DVD. Her article in the United Church of Christ&#8217;s \u201cStill Speaking\u201d magazine, &#8220;On Being an Irritant,&#8221; received a 2010 Associated Church Press Award of Excellence for Theological Reflection.<\/p>\n<p>The series includes the Clergywomen\u2019s Breakfast on July 8, on the theme, \u201cBeyond Bitterness: Naomi\u2019s Story\u201d; a noontime insight session on July 8 titled &#8220;Finagling Justice: Tamar\u2019s Story\u201d; an evening insight session on July 8 titled \u201cBy the Hand of a Woman: Judith\u2019s Story&#8221;; and a noontime insight session on July 9 titled \u201cForgotten Minister: Phoebe\u2019s Story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, plans are being made for Wolfe\u2019s books to be on sale at the Brethren Press Bookstore during the Conference, and for a book signing. Find the flier for the series at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cobannualconference.org\/StLouis\/InsightSessionWomenInMinistry.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cobannualconference.org\/StLouis\/InsightSessionWomenInMinistry.pdf<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of the Brethren\u2019s Ministry Office, in cooperation with the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership and Bethany Theological Seminary, has put together a series of sessions on women in leadership for the 2012 Annual Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1258,1268,1269,1267],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-4024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-annual-conference","tag-bethany-seminary","tag-brethren-academy","tag-ministry-office"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4026,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4024\/revisions\/4026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4024"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=4024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}