Mount Enon Missionary Baptist Church 1501 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way Dayton, OH 45402 Pastor Cory J. Pruitt Website www.mtenonbaptistlive.org Sunday School – 8:30 A.M. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:00 A.M. Mount Enon Youth Church – 9:30 A.M. Daily Prayer Line – 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. (Dial 937-265-4344 – Ext. 101, Enter Code 502801253#)
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MT. ENON’S VISION STATEMENT
MOTTO Our motto is "Because We Care, We Share". We share our love, resources, and faith with all. We are a Christian family and invite all to become children of God in the fullest way by receiving the teachings and gift of salvation. MISSION Our Mission is to maintain the general design of the Church as outlined in the New Testament of the Holy Bible. To extol and magnify Christ and His teachings: To promote the spiritual and moral welfare of its members. To advance the Christian faith and religion: To enforce good order: To aid the needy and suffering within the sphere of its influence both within the congregation and
The vision of Mount Enon Missionary Baptist Church is to: EXALT the Lord through worship, EVANGELIZE the Lost through relationships, EDIFY, EDUCATE and EMPOWER the Laity through discipleship and to ENCOURAGE the Laborers through fellowship. Because we are a striving congregation in Dayton, Ohio, which has been called and commissioned to become a group of believers in whom the Lord will be well pleased by developing each member as true disciples of Jesus Christ: We will LOVE the Lord according to Deuteronomy 30:1516 We will LEARN the Word according to Deuteronomy 17:18-20 We will LIVE the Word according to Joshua 1:8 and We will LEAD the World through the Word according to Acts 1:8 We are challenged today, to get involved, and take responsibility, and we must understand that we are ambassadors of Christ and of Mt. Enon Missionary Baptist Church. We decree and order that all Mt. Enon Missionary Baptist Church would experience a greater move of God in their lives because they submit to live by God’s biblical order to win Lives to Christ.
community. “God can do anything; you know-far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.” (Ephesians 3:20) Pastor Cory Pruitt
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Contents
Volume I, Issue 5 March 2019
Christian Education Voice
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Youth Voice
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Senior Voice
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100 Bible Verses About Women
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Let’s Talk…. March
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Book Excerpt – The Black Female Leader 22 Who Are We As African Americans?
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Scheduled Meetings & Events
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Editors-in-Chief – Pastor Cory J. Pruitt – Andrea Foy Managing Editor – Lois Foy Contributors –
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Sis. Andrea Foy Sis. Lois Foy Sis. Glennia Gilyot Bro. Johnnie Freeman Sis. Judith Dammons Sis. Rhonda Mundy Sis. Ann Jones
The Mt. Enon Magazine is produced monthly.
“Our Shephard” Pastor Pruitt,
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FROM THE EDITOR
Materials for inclusion are due on the 15th of each month and are subject to approval by the Editorial Board. Not all submissions are guaranteed to be included.
Publishing Schedule
Next Deadline Mar 15th, Uploaded Online – Apr, 1st
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Ministry Voice Christian Education Rhonda D. Mundy Ministry of Christian Education Director
Women’s History Month Recognition at Mt. Enon Coordinated by Christian Education Ministry Theme: Daughters of the King Scripture: “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful. I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14 Purpose of Women’s History Month: • To increase consciousness and knowledge of women's history: to take one month of the year to remember the contributions of notable and ordinary women, in hopes that the day will soon come when it's impossible to teach or learn history without remembering these contributions. Goals for WHM Recognition at Mt. Enon: • To celebrate Christian womanhood and God’s purpose for women • To educate and enlighten congregants about Black women’s theology • To highlight some of the significant historical contributions of black women to the church and specifically, Mt. Enon • To examine relationships • To encourage and lift up women Activities: Sunday School General Assembly, March 3, 2019 Facilitator: Minister Tammy McGhee
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Guest Preacher for Sunday morning service, March 3, 2019, Minister Rose Irwin, United Baptist Church
“Bridge 2 Healing,” March 9th-9:00-12:00 PM Interactive women’s workshop that will examine the influence of father/daughter relationships on all relationships. Facilitator: Dr. Sandra Mundy
“Women’s Tea”: March 16th-10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Transformation of thinking Eternal Lifestyle Living Advancing the Kingdom of God This session is designed to instruct correct and encourage. All women are welcome to attend. Target audience: Ages 10-30. Facilitators: Ministers Holly Vance and Monessa Berry “The Black Woman’s Theology,” March 6th and 13th, 6:30-8:00 PM Wednesday Bible Studies will focus on the principles of Womanist Theology. All are welcome. Facilitator: Rhonda D. Mundy 7
Ministry Outreach Project: We are requesting Mt. Enon members to make donations to the Artemis Center (Domestic Violence Resource Agency). The current needs for their client assistance pantries are: o Allergy-free snacks for children in child care during support groups (mac & cheese, peanut butter, tuna kits, cereal, pasta and sauce, Hamburger Helper, snacks, anything for breakfast, lunch and dinner, etc.) o Men’s toiletries (shampoo, body wash, deodorant, etc.) These are nice for clients who have teenage boys, as well as the male survivors served. o Feminine hygiene products o Toilet paper o Size 5 diapers and potty-training pull ups o Fabric storage cubes Monetary donations, gift cards, and gas cards are also welcome. They allow mothers the opportunity to purchase items they need for themselves and their children. Being able to make selections and purchase goods also makes a woman feel more empowered.
Spring School of Christian Education, March 10-12, 2019 Theme: Seeking Refreshment, Revival, and Redirection Scripture: “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” Psalm 85:6
Schedule: Sunday-Tuesday Sunday School General Assembly: 8:30-9:30 AM-Rooms 411-412 Mon.-Tue.-6:00-8:00PM-Sanctuary\Guest Preacher: Rev. Rodney Griffin Greater Grace Church, Merrillville, IN. 8
Youth Voice
Scouts BSA It has been reported that 78,000 people in Montgomery County live in what is called a “food desert.” What’s a food desert? An urban area in which it’s difficult to buy affordable or good quality fresh food. There’re not quality grocery stores near our church where fresh produce is sold. Pack & Troop 75 will be involved in our annual “Scouting for Food,” the entire month of March. We will have a large box in the Family Life Center that you can place nonperishable food items in. These items will be donated to the food pantry in our church to assist families with food insecurities in our community. We will also be going doorto-door and dropping off a door hanger with a bag on March 9th and collect the food items on the 16th. If you would like to take part in this food drive, please contact us to get some door hangers for your neighborhood. Our Scouts has been busy with the following activities; Scouting Sunday, Pinewood Derby, Blue and Gold Banquet and scouting meetings. Future activities included the following: Scouting for food, Webelos crossover, Professional Bull Riding event (16th and horseback riding (30th). For information about the horseback riding contact Scoutmaster @ 75scoutmaster@gmail.com. Do you know a kid that you think would make a great SCOUT??? We invite you to come join our Pack/Troop at this historical church. And they don't have to be a member of our church to join our scouting program. If you have any questions, please contact our Charter Organization Representative James Ditto jmsditto@aol.com Scoutmaster Keith Johnson’s special remark for the members of Mt Enon. "I would like to communicate our thanks to the congregation for their contribution given to Troop 75 during Scouting Sunday last month". In late March, the number of scouts in Pack 75 will decrease and increase in Troop 75. The reason for this is Cub Scouts' Webelos will advance to Scouts BSA. This is an exciting time for us and the parents of these scouts. If you would like to see this crossover ceremony it will take place at Cricket Hollow Monday March 25th @5:30. 9
Daniel (left) & Deshawn (Right) shows off their pinewood derby cars they entered in the Pinewood Derby race
Pack 75 scouts were given the honor to carry the American flag at the Leadership Breakfast. Dwight (holding flag) & Virgell (behind him).
The entire scouting program at Mt Enon present for Scouting Sunday
â?– Find out more about the Scouts, follow and support them by liking their Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/SCOUTS75/ â?–
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Senior Voice Activities Scheduled for Senior Fun Day February 19th
Attorney Rachel Houck
Wills and POAs
March 19th
Wellness Ministry
Bingo Yoga*
April 16th
Sis Georgia Davis
Diabetes or High Blood Pressure*
May 21th
Dr. Karen Matthews
Facts on Healthy Living for Seniors*
June 18th
Hospice of Dayton
Overview on Hospice Programs
July 16th
Sr. Dolores Thurman
Hypertension*
September 17th Jody Curtis
Medicare Planning
October 15th
Medicare Insurance
Jody Curtis
(a discussion on the new medical insurance programs) November 19
Area Agency on Aging
Programs available for Seniors
(*) Topics subject to change
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was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control. Proverbs 11:16 ESV A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches. Genesis 2:18 ESV Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Proverbs 31:26 ESV She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. Proverbs 21:9 ESV It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. Titus 2:3-5 ESV
1 Timothy 3:11 ESV
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.
Proverbs 14:1 ESV
Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. ...
1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam
Proverbs 31:25 ESV Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.
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Proverbs 31:30 ESV Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
Proverbs 12:4 ESV Proverbs 31:10 ESV An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 ESV Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church. Colossians 3:18 ESV Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ... Galatians 3:28 ESV
Proverbs 31:30-31 ESV Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV
1 Timothy 2:11-12 ESV Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness— with good works.
1 Corinthians 11:3 ESV Proverbs 21:19 ESV But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Galatians 3:26-29 ESV
Genesis 3:16 ESV
For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ
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Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.� Ephesians 5:22-33 ESV Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, ...
1 Timothy 2:9-15 ESV Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness— with good works. Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; ... Genesis 1:27 ESV So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Proverbs 19:13 ESV Ephesians 5:22-24 ESV A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. 1 Corinthians 11:5 ESV But every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. Psalm 46:5 ESV God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. Luke 8:1-3 ESV Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. 1 Timothy 2:12 ESV I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. Proverbs 3:15-18 ESV She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed. Ephesians 5:25 ESV Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
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1 Peter 3:1-6 ESV Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ...
won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 ESV Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God. Proverbs 18:22 ESV He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Titus 2:4-5 ESV
Luke 10:38-42 ESV
And so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
1 Peter 3:1 ESV Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, Acts 18:26 ESV
1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ... 2 Timothy 1:5 ESV
1 Peter 3:1-2 ESV Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 16
Ephesians 5:22-23 ESV
Titus 2:1 ESV
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.
Acts 18:24-26 ESV Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately. Matthew 27:55-56 ESV There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. Galatians 3:8 ESV And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.�
1 Peter 3:7 ESV Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 2:13-17 ESV Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. 1 Timothy 2:9 ESV Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, Ephesians 5:22 ESV Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Genesis 2:24 ESV
1 Timothy 5:14 ESV So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Acts 1:12-14 ESV
Proverbs 31:20 ESV She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, 17
Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
Ephesians 5:1-33 ESV
But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ... Genesis 21:12 ESV
1 Peter 3:15 ESV
1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! Luke 23:49 ESV And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.
But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
Proverbs 11:22 ESV
Titus 2:3-8 ESV
1 Corinthians 11:3-10 ESV
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. Likewise, urge the younger men to be selfcontrolled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, ...
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. ...
1 Corinthians 14:33-35 ESV For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints, the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
Romans 16:1-16 ESV I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the 18
Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well. Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.
Judges 4:4-5 ESV Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. 1 Timothy 5:1-2 ESV
Proverbs 6:20 ESV My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.
1 Corinthians 11:8-9 ESV
Acts 21:7-9 ESV
For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for one day. On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
Genesis 5:1-2 ESV This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created. Mark 15:40-41 ESV There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
Colossians 3:1 ESV If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
Acts 9:36 ESV
Isaiah 3:12 ESV
Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.
My people—infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths. Song of Solomon 4:1 ESV Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your 19
hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Proverbs 31:3 ESV Acts 16:14 ESV Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. 1 Corinthians 14:22-24 ESV Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers. If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds? But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, 1 Peter 3:1-22 ESV Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ... Exodus 15:20 ESV Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. Colossians 3:22-24 ESV Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. Psalm 139:13 ESV For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. John 3:16-17 ESV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Romans 16:1-2 ESV I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well. Exodus 20:12 ESV “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 1 Peter 3:1-7 ESV Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you 20
wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ... Ephesians 4:11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, Ephesians 3:10 ESV So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. Titus 2:3 ESV Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 1 Peter 3:4 ESV But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
1 Timothy 2:11-14 ESV Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Acts 2:17-18 ESV “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. Publication date: Feb 11, 2019. Publisher: OpenBible.info.
Colossians 3:19 ESV Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV “A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.
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From the Editor Book Excerpt – The Black Female Leader – Andrea Foy SHEROES My Top Black Female Leadership Examples My Hidden Figures As Black women, many of us have these ‘hidden figures’ in our lives, black women who lead families, neighborhoods, churches, schools, who were unknown. I have the DNA and ancestry of some compelling leaders that no one had heard of and I choose to honor them now. My black female leadership example starts with the Hall’s sisters: Gladys, Hattie, Sally, and Jeanette, my maternal grandmother and great aunts. They have provided all the leadership guidance I need to be a great leader myself. I did not know much about the incredible legacy of my maternal ancestors until my grandmother passed in 2008. One of the biggest compliments I received at her funeral was when a friend of the family from New York said she could tell I was ‘related to them’ because I looked and carried myself just like they did when they were my age. This woman didn’t even know me and had never seen me before but came up to me after the service to talk to me. I decided then and there that I needed to find out who these women were and make sure I did live up to their legacy. My grandmother was instrumental in my life, but I only saw my great aunts once a year after they were retired. Even then, I regret I did not sit at their knee and ask how they accomplished what they did. I do have an entrepreneur streak and desire in me, that was mostly developed my father’s business and learning about my maternal grandfather, so I was ecstatic to learn about my sheroes; the Hall sisters. Gladys Hall McKoy and my grandfather Charlie McKoy had nine children. My grandfather owned 100 acres of farmland in rural North Carolina. Gladys was a housewife all of her life, she ran the household, raised her children and was active in her church. She helped raise her many grandchildren and kept us in line. Her family was her priority and passion. While my grandmother loved being a mom, grandma, and farmer’s wife, her three younger sisters; Sally, Hattie, and Jeanette had other plans. They left their small town rural roots and moved to Harlem. Little did they know, as they left as young women in their early 20s to find their place in the world and a better life, they would become the successful leaders that they did. It is important to look at the history of The Harlem Renaissance to understand how my aunts were able to live the life they did and retire rich enough to move ‘back home’ and live comfortably for the rest of their lives. What follows comes from the History.com/Harlem Renaissance page. The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted. Lasting roughly from the 1910s through the mid-1930s, the period is considered a golden age in African American culture, manifesting in literature, music, stage performance and art. During the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement," named after the 22
1925 anthology by Alain Locke. (History.com) My aunts heard about the job and living opportunities and were able to move to Harlem towards the end of the movement. They were not artists but became beauticians and landlords due to the opportunities the era created. In 1915 and 1916, natural disasters in the south put black workers and sharecroppers out of work. Additionally, during and after World War I, immigration to the United States fell, and northern recruiters headed south to entice black workers to their companies. From 1910 to 1920, African American populations migrated in large numbers from the South to the North. By 1920, some 300,000 African Americans from the South had moved north, and Harlem was one of the most popular destinations for these families. The northern Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem was meant to be an upper-class white neighborhood in the 1880s, but rapid overdevelopment led to empty buildings and desperate landlords seeking to fill them. (History.com) Upon arriving in Harlem, the Hall sisters first secured jobs in the famous garment district in Manhattan. The Garment District, also known as the Garment Center, the Fashion District, or the Fashion Center, is a neighborhood located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The dense concentration of fashion-related uses gives the neighborhood its name. (The Garment District.com) The sisters lived together and pooled their money for years. Eventually, they purchased own their beauty salon and worked both there and the garment district jobs. Years later, they made enough money to purchase a small apartment building where they lived and become landlords. Instead of renting out to the local community, these women rented to their relatives and friends and people that they knew from North Carolina. Many came to New York City to rent from my aunts, to find jobs and make a better life for themselves. Be they relatives, friends, school associates, church associates, enough people went up there and stayed up there over the course of some 30 years so that my aunts were able to make a very good living as entrepreneurs and landlords. My great aunts, Hattie, Sally, and Jeanette, never talked much about their experiences and successes in New York. Most of what the family knows about them came from friends and family that either moved or visited New York while they were there. There were pictures of them wearing floor-length furs and pearls, in heels, and A-line dresses that you would see in any pictures of the Harlem Renaissance, my aunts were exactly like that. They could have been on the cover of Sepia or any other magazine at the time. They had stories of meeting and seeing the major celebrities of the era, but never seemed phased or star struck when talking about the encounters. C’est la vie! My family did not forget their roots. They visited North Carolina often; they also took care of their nieces and nephews very well. My mother Lois Foy, who contributed to this chapter and her sibling's received dresses and shoes, jewelry, and ribbons for their hair from the Garment District. They were certainly some of the bestdressed kids at church each Sunday for they were not allowed to wear their gifts anywhere else.
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Member Voice Let’s Talk…. March
by Judith Dammons
March, the 3rd month of the year, lots to celebrate and lots to cheer. Madness of basketball, spring in the air, Sun’s rays tempting to shed clothes, for those who dare. Dedicated to Women to be put on display, history makers, movers and shakers of the past and today. Women’s history uncovers the mysteries, the truths, the struggles and the victories. I will briefly highlight three and what they’re about, Just know there are many more women you may want to check out!
Hallie Quinn Brown (1850-1949) An African American educator, elocutionist, author and activist, she was a graduate of Wilberforce College (now University), having received both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree. As an educator, she taught students in the south that lived on plantations, who had little to no exposure of a formal education. She also taught for a while in Dayton, Ohio, having famed poet Paul Laurence Dunbar as a student. She gained fame as an educator, having worked under Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee Institute. As an elocutionist, a public speaking art that emphasizes vocal projection, delivery and gestures, she traveled throughout the U. S. and Europe, reciting works by Dunbar, advocating African American civil rights and women’s suffrage. She authored several books and helped found an organization that saw the women’s movement as an opportunity to improve the lives of women and children. Hallie Q. Brown completed her career and life in Wilberforce, Ohio.
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Ellen Walker Craig Jones (1906-2000) She quietly became the first African American woman elected mayor by popular vote of a U.S. municipality, having served as mayor of Urbancrest, Ohio 1972-1975. Having spent most of her life in this small village, just southwest of Columbus, she served on the village council, working tirelessly to improve the water and sewage system as well as housing development. Her formal education did not exceed high school and she earned a living as a domestic help. But her community activism led to an improved quality of life for the residence of Urbancrest. She founded several organizations including the first community credit union and was president of the Urbancrest Housing Board. Some of her recognitions include, State of Ohio Ellen Walker Craig Day (1974), Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame (1994), and an Ohio Heritage Marker (2003).
Charity Adams Early (1918-2002) The first African-American woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps a.k.a WACS, and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of African-American women to serve overseas during World War II. By the time the war ended, she was the highest ranking African-American woman in the army as a Lieutenant Colonel. Charity Adams received a Bachelor’s degree from Wilberforce University in math and physics and a Master’s degree in psychology from Ohio State University. After leaving the army in 1946 she taught on the college level in Georgia and Tennessee. After spending time in Switzerland while her husband completed medical school, they moved to Dayton, OH where she raised her family. During her time in Dayton she was very active in the community, serving on the Board of Directors of Dayton Power & Light, Dayton Metro Housing Authority, and the Board of Trustees of Sinclair Community College, just to name a few. Charity Adams Early was the recipient of honorary doctorates from Wilberforce University and the University of Dayton and was inducted to Dayton’s Walk of Fame in 1997.
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Member Voice WHO ARE WE AS AFRICAN AMERICANS? In his book; Liberating our Dignity; Saving Our Souls, Lee H. Butler Jr., challenges African Americans to answer the question, who are we as African American? He informs us of the Egyptian directive, “Know thyself,” is, therefore, more than a kindly adage. Self- knowledge is the first possibility for a new life. For African American culture to be truly “American,” it has to express the founding ideas of American Liberty, justice, survival and equality. We do not consciously identify ourselves as “slave Americans,” and yet many Black folks, consciously and unconsciously, live by the historical interpretation of Blacks being slave for life. When we exclude Africa, from our sense of beginning, African American becomes a synonym for the powerless, hopeless, degraded Black body in America. It is a human responsibility to work to seek and struggle for freedom. It is therefore, our responsibility to work out our soul’s salvation by seeking to liberate ourselves from the depraved identity of “Slave American.” We were not slaves when we landed on these shores but became enslaved Africans who had a story to tell (Butler 12). Throughout human history, all peoples have experienced some form of slavery. But how many of those peoples still have slavery so closely identified with their being? Even in America, the indentured system was a slave system that included Europeans. Slavery was our circumstances, not the essence of our being. We will take a major step toward freedom when we liberate ourselves to say that we are Africans who were enslaved, rather than slaves who left Africa (12). In the movie “Roots,” newly arrived African to America, Toby had to be trained to be a Slave. Why? Many Black Africans came from Mighty Kingdoms.
MIGHTY KINGDOMS Science Digest, September 1981 Black Africans are thought to have slumbered through millennia immersed in tribal life. Egyptian records dating from 4,000 years ago describe independent chiefdoms in Punt (Ethiopia) with armies the pharaoh could not defeat. The Egyptians instead subjugated the Nubian people of Cush and established the great city of
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Meroe in what is now Sudan. Independent of the Egyptians by 300 B. C., Meroe established its own unique culture. Trade states, based especially on gold, developed throughout Africa. In the fourteenth century, these people reached their zenith with the construction of Great Zimbabwe, a gigantic religious complex so spectacular that Europeans long denied it had been constructive by “primitive” Africans, built with unmortared granite, the complex had high walls vaulted gateways and massive towers. Mali, was one of the last of the black kingdoms. It was immensely wealthy; in 1324, its king astonished the city of Ciaro with a retinue of 100 camels, each loaded with 300 pounds of gold! Various parts of Mali were linked by the Niger River, and the cities Jenne’ and Timbuktu were known even in Europe as centers of trade and learning. If the emphasis here appears to be placed on the way Africans constructed the mighty Kingdoms, it is because there seems to be merit in trying to secure as intimate an understanding as possible of the area in which the bulk of these people, who were forcefully transported to America via the Slave Trade became the black workers of the Americas building riches and wealth for centuries for Southern States and Plantations as slaves. “We were not slaves when we landed on these shores, but became enslaved Africans who had a story to tell” (12). Lois E. Foy, Historian and Educator
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