""""Friends, if we had a coin for every time an opponent of egalitarian ministry claimed that womens leadership was: a) derived from secular feminism; b) Euro-American in origin; c) invented in the 1960s, we would probably be able to give away all memberships to CBE free. This issue takes a look at non-secular, non-Euro-American, non-1960s examples of Pacific Island and Asian egalitarian women and egalitarian men in leadership...""""

IN THIS ISSUE:

• """"How God's Spirit Worked a Revolution in Hawaii in 1819-1825,"""" by Aida Besancon Spencer
• """"Partnership: The Hope of Chinese-American Churches,"""" by Grace Y. May
• Poem and Photo Feature: """"Pinning Down,"""" """"Grace,"""" """"On His Seventieth Birthday;"""" Poet: Jill Pelaez Baumgartner; Photographer: Stephen Spencer
• """"The Heartbeat of a World Citizen,"""" by Priscilla Lasmarias Kelso
• Book Reviews: """"Edwin Yamauchi's Africa and the Bible"""" and """"Royce Gruenler's The Trinity in the Gospel of John,"""" reviewed by William David Spencer