If you grew up hearing that the gifts of the Spirit ended with the book of Acts, this episode asks what happened in between.

Dr. Karen Murphy, who teaches at Fuller Seminary and was raised Pentecostal, tells us where to look: the monasteries, convents, and margins where women kept exercising these gifts. We meet Brigid of Kildare, Hildegard of Bingen, who had visions and called popes to account, and Julian of Norwich, who insisted “all shall be well” in the middle of the plague.

Karen also traces the roots of modern Pentecostalism to William Seymour and the 1906 Azusa Street revival, and we talk about who is hurt most when we tell people the gifts have ceased.

Then we bring the story forward to women living it now. Maria Adkins shares how she found her own overwhelming encounter with the Spirit described in a book about the revivalist Maria Woodworth-Etter, and Pauline describes the quiet, informal prayer ministry she leads.

We close with what Scripture warns happens when a generation stops telling the stories of God’s goodness (Psalm 78, Judges 2, Deuteronomy 4), and why the next few episodes are full of stories from women using their gifts today.

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Thank you to our contributors in this episode, Karen Jorgensen Murphy and Beth Felker Jones — you can find links to their work below. And a special shout out to Maria and Paula for being part of this episode.

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In the first episode of Weird Women, we start in a prayer room in St. Louis and with worship leader Chante Rivers, who tells the story of singing “How Great Is Our God” in the middle of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. From there we go back to the first recorded worship leader in Scripture: Miriam, the prophetess who led Israel in song at the Red Sea. Dr. Christopher Hays of Fuller Theological Seminary walks us through the female prophets of the Hebrew Bible, including a scholarly case that Miriam’s song may be older than Moses’.

Then we widen the lens and look at the whole of scripture. Dr. Beth Felker Jones of Northern Seminary affirms that the gifts of the Spirit never ceased, and Dr. Craig Keener traces the promise of Joel 2 — “your sons and your daughters will prophesy” — through Luke’s Gospel and the day of Pentecost. He also shares an eyewitness account of the 2023 Asbury revival. Over the next six weeks, we’ll be sharing the stories of real women using the gifts Scripture promises for the blessing of the church.

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Important Links:

“Faithfully Dissident Daughters” by Chelsea Kim Long

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Contributor Links:

https://fuller.academia.edu/ChristopherHays

https://craigkeener.com

https://bethfelkerjones.com

Today we are sharing the recording from Theology Girls Live on October 2nd with Tara Beth Leach. Tara Beth and Katy discuss what it’s like to be a female pastor, what women’s leadership looked like in scripture and where the church has lost their way. They also discuss challenges female leaders face and Tara Beth offers encouragement for women who feel called to lead.

*In this episode, Tara Beth mentions Galatians 5 while talking about household codes but she meant to say Ephesians 5

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https://tarabethleach.com

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Links Mentioned in Episode:

“Junia Was Not Alone” by Scot McNight

https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/junia-not-alone/

Podcast Tara Beth references about female leaders of organizations:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-maxlife-podcast-with-ben-laws/id1807089251?i=1000735016734

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