‘Women may preach but men must govern’: Gender Roles in the Growth and Development of the Bible Christian Denomination

When the Cornish lay evangelist, William O’Bryan, founded the first Bible Christian societies in the late autumn of 1815 he was responding, in the main, to female initiatives. This is not altogether surprising. For several decades before 1815 women had been playing a much larger role in English evan...

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Main Author: Shorney, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1998
In: Studies in church history
Year: 1998, Volume: 34, Pages: 309-322
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