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Cynthia Hester​​

Catalyzing the Conversation on Women, Leadership, and the Church

Dr. Cynthia Hester

Cynthia teaches, writes, and speaks on topics of faith and women, both women in the Bible and church history. She earned her Doctor of Ministry Leadership (D.Min., 2022) and Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE,  2017, summa cum laude) at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS). Her dissertation focused on biblical, historical, and theological views on women and church leadership. Studying Koine Greek was a key part of her studies.

In 2021, Cynthia founded Theology of Women Academy®. In her online Academy, she teaches the spectrum of orthodox views on women and the church (see Course tab).

A contributing author for the book 40 Questions About Women in Ministry (Kregel, 2023), Cynthia writes for Engage at Bible.org, blogs (see Blog tab), and her writing has appeared in Fathommag.com, Parker County Today, HeartStrongFaith.com, and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Cynthia has leadership and teaching experience in the workplace, church, and non-profit ministries, including DTS Spiritual Formation Leader (2022—present, Ft Worth; 2015—17, Dallas), Chair & Chair Emeritus of the Association for Women in Ministry Professions (2019—20, awmp.org), international Bible conference teaching in Ajijic, Mexico, Miragoane, Haiti, and at Kyiv Theological Seminary, Kyiv, Ukraine, and as a minister to women in a Bible church (2011—14).

Married to her Baylor Bear sweetheart Lindsey, they have two married sons and three adorable grandkids and live in Weatherford, Texas.

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Egalitarian

We Connected Through Twitter: My Interview with Egalitarian Marg Mowczko

I logged into Twitter early one April morning to tweet a request for ideas on Christian egalitarian women to interview. To my delight, Marg Mowczko (pronounced “Moss-Koh”) reached out and offered an interview. I’d previously read several of her blog articles, but we’d never before met or spoken. After arranging a Texas to Australia connection, Marg joined me via Facetime from her home in New South Wales.

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Book Cover: The Making of Biblical Womanhood
Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: THE MAKING OF BIBLICAL WOMANHOOD: HOW THE SUBJUGATION OF WOMEN BECAME GOSPEL TRUTH

For forty years, Beth Allison Barr (Ph.D.), associate professor of history and associate dean of the Graduate School at Baylor University, agreed with the complementarian theology of women, often described as “biblical womanhood.” Complementarians believe God divinely ordained men as leaders; therefore, men lead, and women follow (or help) men. The majority prescribe a husband’s “headship” over his wife and restrict women from serving in the church as an elder or lead pastor. But, they draw different lines in the sand on what context and to whom women may teach or lead. They hold a wide range of views on whether a woman may baptize, serve communion, hold the position of deacon or pastor, or be ordained. Read a concise description of evangelical views here.

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Cynthia Hester​​

Theology of Women​

Catalyzing the Conversation on Women, Leadership, and the Church