Clarion 1993-04-08 Vol. 68 No. 10

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Salt and Light Discusses Women and the Church
by Jenell Williams
Staff Writer
As a close to Women's History
Month, Salt and Light sponsored a
forum on the issue of women's role in
ministry. The forum featured Profes-
sorof Biblical Studies Michael Holmes
and Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist
Church John Piper taking opposing
views on the subject. Holmes and
Piper each explained their view, followed by questions from the audience.
The forum, titled "Women's Roles
in the Church", was held on April 1.
The event was well-attended. Held in
the AC lounge, Economic Professor
Tim Essenberg estimates that 200
people were there. Scheduled for one
hour and fifteen minutes, the discussion lasted nearly two hours. Issues
covered included women as pastors,
gender roles in the family, women
holding authority over men, and perspectives on feminism. Piper upheld
the position that women can hold any
position except those involving direct
authority over men, while Holmes argued that Scripture does not restrict
women's activities.   Both Piper and
Photo/ Shane DeHaan
Or. Mike Holmes, a professor in Bethel's Biblical and Theological
Studies Department, debated with Dr. Piper, a local pastor, over the
role of women in the church, at the Salt and Light Forum on April 1.
Holmes explained the scriptural basis
for their views.
In his opening statement, Piper explained why he chose to discuss the
issue in this forum. In a list of seven
important issues, he discussed current
familial, social, and urban problems.
He sees scriptural gender roles as an
important part of solutions to these
problems.
When asked after the discussion,
Holmes said that he hoped the discusr
sion was helpful. In particular, he said
that he hoped the debate "was helpful in
affirming and supporting my female
colleagues as they faithfully carry out
God's call in their lives."
Responses to the crowded event were
generally positive. Junior Sarah Gowdy
said that she came to the crowded lounge
and thought, "Where am I going to sit?"
Sophomore Dave Horsager said, "It
was a success. It should have been held
in the gym."
Senior Jill Nelson, representative of
the Bethel women's group, brought up
the idea for a political forum during
Women's History Month to the Salt and
Light group. Salt and Light is a group
advised by Economic Professor Tim
Essenberg and events are organized by
Senior Shio Nemoto and Senior John
Brownlee.
Nemoto describes Salt and Light as
a "forum where we increase aw areness.
People should feel free to come and
discuss/wrestle with issues." Essenberg
agreed, saying, "We need more of these
forums on many different issues." Salt
and Light plans to continue hosting
forums in the future.
200 Bethelites Break For Missions
by Jenell Williams
Staff writer
Nearly 200 Bethel students were
involved in missions projects this Spring
Break, the week of March 22 to 29,
1993. They traveled to several different locations to do a variety of projects.
Bethel's branch of Habitat for Humanity sent 130 students around the
United States to assist the needy in
building their own homes. Students
were involved in projects in Lynchburg,
Virginia; Tampa, Florida; Sumter, South
Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi, and
Clarksdale, Mississippi. Habitat for
Humanity Treasurer Joe Kimbell describes the projects as a "tangible ministry: you see where your work is going
and who is benefiting from it." Students
work with people who are without
housing to build them a house.
Assistant Campus Pastor Steve
Young, Associate professor of Theatre
Arts Dale Rott, and eight students
traveled to Belize, Central America.
The team worked with local pastors and
congregations, sharing ideas about
creative worship and ministry. This
involved sharing in schools, doing street
ministry, and participating in worship
services. According to Young, the group
hoped to "leam about the Christian
church in Belize, and help the church
develop creative worship through
drama." This is the first year that Bethel
students have traveled to Belize during
Spring Break.
Chair of the Department of Modem
World Languages Trish Jessen, and
Campus Pastor Keith Anderson co-led
a group of 20 students to Tijuana,
Mexico. Students worked to build and
repair houses, as well as to minister
with evangelism to children in the
Florido area of Tijuana. Jessen created
and directed the evangelism outreach
portion of the project. Students did
similar work in Tijuana last Spring
Break. Anderson said that during the
week before Spring Break, one of the
students from the 1992 Tijuana group
presented him with an envelope full of
money to be used for building supplies.
Anderson says that "even though they
couldn't go again, they wanted to encourage and support this year's group."
Associate Campus Pastor Sherry
Bunge led nine students to San Diego,
California. They observed and assisted
in a variety of ministries and organizations in San Diego. There are many
creative ministries that are working for
change in the inner-city of San Diego,
and these Bethel students were able to
both observe and participate in them.
Eleven students traveled to
Mendenhall, Mississippi, to work with
Mendenhall Ministries. Mendenhall
Ministries is designed to work for
change in the rural community, by the
way of a recreation center, health clinic.
Christian school, thrift store, and cooperative farming.
Bethel's Spring Break missions
program has been reorganized and expanded in recent years, resulting in a
wide variety of projects.
Men's Lacrosse
Starts Season
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