A Biblical Womanhood Creed for Life

I ran across this amazing "creed" today and, I whole heartedly could have written this, as I agree with every item that she lists. May we all live each day as unto the Lord, as Biblical women. May we live a "missional" life and live each day running after the things of the Lord and in the pursuit of discipleship of women. My mentor in college and in my early 20's always made me memorize Colossians 1:28 from the Phillips version: "So naturally we proclaim Christ, we warn everyone we meet, we teach everyone we can all that we know about Him, so that, we may bring every man up to his full potential in Christ; this is what I am working on all of the time, with all of the energy God has given me." THANK YOU MARCHETTA STRADER. I Miss You and praise God for your legacy!

May 21, 2009
Summary: Rebecca Jones is a member of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and also serves on our Board of Directors. She is the author of Does Christianity Squash Women (B&H, 2005). She and her husband, Peter Jones, make their home in Escondido, California and can be contacted through their website truthxchange.com.

I believe God created me, a woman, in His image.

I believe God has the authority, as my Creator to define my whole person; body, soul, mind, and emotions.

I believe God has chosen to reveal Himself through the world in which I live and through the incarnation of His Son, Jesus Christ. I learn of both these revelations through His Word, the Bible, which becomes clear to me by the power of Jesus Christ, whose Spirit works in my heart and my understanding.

I believe that God exists as one God, in three equal persons and that these persons have Scripturally revealed relationships and functions within the trinity.

I believe that all human fellowship is a reflection of that perfect fellowship defined and experienced from all eternity by God Himself in the trinity.

I believe that God made both men and women in His image.

I believe that God gave the man a representative role in humanity in general (as seen in both Adam and Christ) and that He also gave each man a representative and authoritative role as head of his wife and of his family.

I believe that God appointed marriage and the family as the most fundamental human social building block.

I believe that God created marriage (as He created all human institutions) to reveal His character and the character of His relations with humans.

I believe that God created me to be a helper to my husband and that in serving and obeying him, I also serve and obey God.

I believe that my husband is created first to love God, but that in his human relationships he is to reflect God's nature by filling a role of protector, defender, guide, leader, teacher, provider, and father.

I believe that I am created first to love God, but (since God has not chosen singleness for me) I am also created to bear and nourish children, to help my husband and to serve God and His church principally, though not exclusively, in the exercise of these functions.

I believe that I should count my home as the primary focus of my ministry to God and that in so doing, I will bring no slander on the gospel.

I believe that I should develop sexual attractiveness, intellectual honesty, and spiritual fervor in my role as wife.

I believe that my husband will answer to God for his part in my spiritual development, but that when I stand before the throne of God's judgment, I will be covered not by my husband's righteousness, but by Christ's.

I believe that the Bible teaches me as a woman to uphold the authority of my husband in my marriage and in my home; to respect it, encourage it, desire it, appreciate it, work towards increasing it and encourage my children to do the same.

I believe that the Scriptures ask me to refrain from exercising final spiritual authority in the church. I am to avoid usurping the authoritative roles of men in teaching and in church discipline. Specifically I am to avoid teaching men or judging male leadership.

I believe I am to express myself verbally within my church family to bring encouragement, praise, witness, wisdom, counsel, prayers, hymns, songs, and instruction within the authority structures mentioned above. I am especially responsible for the training and mentoring of younger women, with a view to encouraging them to love their husbands and children, to be busy at home and to bring no slander on the gospel.

I believe that I am also to exercise my particular personal gifts in the church, without neglecting hospitality, humble service, availability in emergencies, and all sorts of good deeds.

I believe that sin affects every area of my life. I am not, therefore, surprised that my sinful nature rebels against some of the very truths I confess. May God mercifully soften my heart and conform me to His perfect will.