Keri Wyatt Kent 
In many places, COVID-19 restrictions may protect against disease, but have the unintended consequence of making life more dangerous for some, especially women and children. In Uganda, for example, the pandemic has brought about an uptick in domestic violence cases. Sheltering in place with an abusive spouse is not much shelter at all. Into this … Read more
A letter from Executive Director Carrie Miles: In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, I want to thank you, our faithful supporters, who have continued with us despite the interruptions to all our lives. Your continued support is important because, while no one can travel right now, we have ongoing fixed costs, such as support … Read more
In late February and early March, prior to the coronavirus pandemic travel restrictions, Empower Africa Director Frank Tweheyo traveled to Kenya. Here is part 2 of his report. March 2-4, we held an exciting Master Class St. Paul’s University in Limuru, Kenya. St. Paul’s has become one of the epicenters of Empower’s work in Africa, … Read more
Empower’s Africa Program Director Frank Tweheyo traveled to Kenya last month to facilitate seminars with some of our partners. Here is his report. This journey to Kenya was so refreshing in a big sense: meeting new people, visiting with friends and relaxing a bit from heavy schedules for the past several months. My first stop … Read more
In September, Empower Missionary Wayne Pelly represented Empower at a conference co-sponsored by Christians for Biblical Equality and Domnic Misolo of Ecclesia Foundation for Gender Education in Bondo, Kenya. Wayne presented on “Genesis as the Basis for Gender Equality,” which was essentially the Empower material from the first four studies of “New Man, New Woman, … Read more
In October, several of our teams visited Kenya, bringing the message of biblical equality and mutual respect to a variety of audiences. Empower Missionary Pam Frohreich, a retired attorney and former prosecutor for Los Angeles County, was among those traveling to Kenya. She and Pastor Frank Tweheyo, Empower’s director of African Operations, presented the New Man, … Read more
The next two months are full of opportunity for Empower, as God has opened doors for us to teach New Man, New Woman, New Life at several locations in Africa. Because of our “train the trainer” model, local pastor partners will be leading the seminars. We’ve found this is a very effective way to teach … Read more
by Dr. Carrie Miles During Holy Week, we often spend time reading and reflecting on Christ’s final days and hours. While that is a helpful spiritual practice, I’d like to invite you to also consider the creation story. Because at Easter, Jesus fulfilled the Creator’s promise about the special role that woman would play in … Read more
The arguments have gone on for centuries: what does Paul mean when he writes in the New Testament that Christ is the head of the church? What does he mean when he says a husband is the head of his wife? The typical battle lines on this have to do with translation: the word kephale … Read more
The following post is adapted from Lesson 9 in our Bible study, Face to Face. The gospels record many interactions between Jesus and women. Looking through our own cultural lens, this may seem unremarkable: Jesus just talked to people. But in Jesus’ world, men did not talk to women who were not their family members. … Read more
In our work in the developing world, we often find that even people who claim to follow the Bible cannot escape the syncretism that injects cultural bias into Scripture. We all read the Bible through cultural lenses. When people see for themselves what the Bible actually says, instead of what they’ve been taught, or assumed, … Read more
Donell Peck and I (Carrie Miles) traveled to Kenya in January to conduct two New Man, New Woman, New Life seminars for St. Paul’s University and for another university. We had conducted executive sessions at both of these universities in 2015, which received us with a lot of enthusiasm. The original plans were for us … Read more