Includes bibliographical references.

Lessons my mother taught me without trying / John H. Armstrong -- How I changed my mind about women in leadership / Ruth Haley Barton -- Renouncing the love of power for the power of love / Gilbert Bilezikian -- Buried talents / Stuart and Jill Briscoe -- Is evangelicalism sexist? / Tony Campolo -- Joy in partnership / Robert and Alice Fryling -- From Bobbed hair, bossy wives, and women preachers to Woman be free: my story / Stanley N. Gundry -- Evangelicals and gender equality / Bill and Lynne Hybels -- My journey from "male only leadership" to "biblical gender equality" / Alan F. Johnson -- A difficult journey / Walter and Olive Liefeld -- The gospel does not change but our perception of it may need revision / I. Howard Marshall -- How I changed my mind about women in leadership / Alice Mathews -- How the Bible changed my mind about women in leadership / Roger Nicole -- Beyond gender stereotypes / John and Nancy Ortberg -- How I changed my mind about women in church leadership / Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga Jr. -- How I changed my mind about women in church leadership : transforming moments in our pilgrimage / Carol and James Plueddemann -- How I came to my understanding concerning women in leadership / Minette Drumwright Pratt -- From soft patriarchy to mutual submission / Ronald J. Sider -- How to produce an egalitarian man / John G. Stackhouse Jr. -- A view from the Church of England : an evangelical bishop tells his story / John Bernard Taylor -- Women in leadership--a high calling indeed / Bonnie Wurzbacher.

Well-known Evangelical leaders--individuals and couples, males and females from a broad range of denominational affiliations and ethnic diversity--share their surprising journeys from a more or less restrictive view to an open inclusive view that recognizes a full shared partnership of leadership in the home and in the ministries of the church based on gifts not gender. --from publisher description.