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==About the Author==

R. K. McGregor Wright, Th.M., Ph.D.

'''R. K. McGregor Wright, Th.M., Ph.D.'''

Aquila and Priscilla House Evangelical Study Center

'''Aquila and Priscilla House Evangelical Study Center'''

[[Robert K. McGregor Wright]] is, with [[Julia Castle]], co-director of the [[Aquila and Priscilla House Evangelical Study Center]]. He studied at [[London Bible College]] and received the B.D. from [[wikipedia:London University|London University]] in 1968, after several years as a high school teacher in Australia. He studied with [[Francis Schaeffer]] at [[L'Abri]] in 1969, following which he came to [[Trinity Evangelical Divinity School]] (Th.M., 1971) where he met and married [[Julia Castle]]. After several years working in Christian publishing companies, they came to [[wikipedia:Denver, Colorado|Denver]] and have ministered there together since 1976, including as founding directors of Friendship International, a ministry of [[Bear Valley ~~Baptist~~ Church (Lakewood, Colorado)]], from 1978 to 1985, and now through the study center. Ministries of the study center include preaching and teaching in local churches and providing classes relevant to laypeople in the evangelical church in America today, including developing a Christian worldview, cults, and other apologetic and theological issues. Bob's interests are teaching and writing on apologetics, new religions, and historical theology. He completed his Ph.D. in 1989 in the joint doctoral program of [[wikipedia:Denver University|Denver University]] and [[Iliff School of Theology]] in the area of historical theology with a thesis on the High Priesthood of Christ in the theology of [[John Owen]], a puritan leader of the seventeenth century.

[[Robert K. McGregor Wright]] is, with [[Julia Castle]], co-director of the [[Aquila and Priscilla House Evangelical Study Center]]. He studied at [[London Bible College]] and received the B.D. from [[wikipedia:London University|London University]] in 1968, after several years as a high school teacher in Australia. He studied with [[Francis Schaeffer]] at [[L'Abri]] in 1969, following which he came to [[Trinity Evangelical Divinity School]] (Th.M., 1971) where he met and married [[Julia Castle]]. After several years working in Christian publishing companies, they came to [[wikipedia:Denver, Colorado|Denver]] and have ministered there together since 1976, including as founding directors of [[Friendship International (ministry)]], a ministry of [[Bear Valley Church (Lakewood, Colorado)|Bear Valley Baptist Church]], from 1978 to 1985, and now through the study center. Ministries of the study center include preaching and teaching in local churches and providing classes relevant to laypeople in the evangelical church in America today, including developing a Christian worldview, cults, and other apologetic and theological issues. Bob's interests are teaching and writing on apologetics, new religions, and historical theology. He completed his Ph.D. in 1989 in the joint doctoral program of [[wikipedia:Denver University|Denver University]] and [[Iliff School of Theology]] in the area of historical theology with a thesis on the High Priesthood of Christ in the theology of [[John Owen]], a puritan leader of the seventeenth century.

==The Occasion==

The center-spread of the January 13 [[Christianity Today]] in 1988 contained a paid advertisement for a newly-formed "[[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]]" together with a reprint of their principles of rationale and purpose. This Council has been formed in reaction to the successful spread of biblical egalitarianism in recent years. It represents precisely the kind of conservative reaction which one would have expected to the recent questioning among evangelicals of traditionalist stances on feminism, gender roles and the idea of equality among men and women in matters of Christian ministry and opportunity. Indeed, the surprise is that something like the Danvers Statement did not appear long ago. Two reasons may be given for this late appearance.

The center-spread of the January 13 [[Christianity Today]] in 1988 contained a paid advertisement for a newly-formed "[[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]]" together with a reprint of their principles of rationale and purpose. This Council has been formed in reaction to the successful spread of biblical egalitarianism in recent years. It represents precisely the kind of conservative reaction which one would have expected to the recent questioning among evangelicals of traditionalist stances on feminism, gender roles and the idea of equality among men and women in matters of Christian ministry and opportunity. Indeed, the surprise is that something like the [[Danvers Statement]] did not appear long ago. Two reasons may be given for this late appearance.

First, the subject is highly divisive. It is a type of controversy which touches individuals very deeply in their views of themselves and of others, and so threatens to alter patterns of life not seriously questioned before. The original hope of the traditionalists was that, since their position was so "obviously" the teaching of Scripture, only someone giving up the inerrancy of the Bible would be open to change on this sort of issue. This evaluation turned out to be premature, however, and the last fifteen years have demonstrated that inerrantists have been willing to reform their adherence to traditionalism in the direction of a more fully Biblical view of our freedom in Christ.

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 ==About the Author==
-R. K. McGregor Wright, Th.M., Ph.D.
+'''R. K. McGregor Wright, Th.M., Ph.D.'''
-Aquila and Priscilla House Evangelical Study Center
+'''Aquila and Priscilla House Evangelical Study Center'''
-[[Robert K. McGregor Wright]] is, with [[Julia Castle]], co-director of the [[Aquila and Priscilla House Evangelical Study Center]]. He studied at [[London Bible College]] and received the B.D. from [[wikipedia:London University|London University]] in 1968, after several years as a high school teacher in Australia. He studied with [[Francis Schaeffer]] at [[L'Abri]] in 1969, following which he came to [[Trinity Evangelical Divinity School]] (Th.M., 1971) where he met and married [[Julia Castle]]. After several years working in Christian publishing companies, they came to [[wikipedia:Denver, Colorado|Denver]] and have ministered there together since 1976, including as founding directors of Friendship International, a ministry of [[Bear Valley Baptist Church (Lakewood, Colorado)]], from 1978 to 1985, and now through the study center. Ministries of the study center include preaching and teaching in local churches and providing classes relevant to laypeople in the evangelical church in America today, including developing a Christian worldview, cults, and other apologetic and theological issues. Bob's interests are teaching and writing on apologetics, new religions, and historical theology. He completed his Ph.D. in 1989 in the joint doctoral program of [[wikipedia:Denver University|Denver University]] and [[Iliff School of Theology]] in the area of historical theology with a thesis on the High Priesthood of Christ in the theology of [[John Owen]], a puritan leader of the seventeenth century.
+[[Robert K. McGregor Wright]] is, with [[Julia Castle]], co-director of the [[Aquila and Priscilla House Evangelical Study Center]]. He studied at [[London Bible College]] and received the B.D. from [[wikipedia:London University|London University]] in 1968, after several years as a high school teacher in Australia. He studied with [[Francis Schaeffer]] at [[L'Abri]] in 1969, following which he came to [[Trinity Evangelical Divinity School]] (Th.M., 1971) where he met and married [[Julia Castle]]. After several years working in Christian publishing companies, they came to [[wikipedia:Denver, Colorado|Denver]] and have ministered there together since 1976, including as founding directors of [[Friendship International (ministry)]], a ministry of [[Bear Valley Church (Lakewood, Colorado)|Bear Valley Baptist Church]], from 1978 to 1985, and now through the study center. Ministries of the study center include preaching and teaching in local churches and providing classes relevant to laypeople in the evangelical church in America today, including developing a Christian worldview, cults, and other apologetic and theological issues. Bob's interests are teaching and writing on apologetics, new religions, and historical theology. He completed his Ph.D. in 1989 in the joint doctoral program of [[wikipedia:Denver University|Denver University]] and [[Iliff School of Theology]] in the area of historical theology with a thesis on the High Priesthood of Christ in the theology of [[John Owen]], a puritan leader of the seventeenth century.
 ==The Occasion==
-The center-spread of the January 13 [[Christianity Today]] in 1988 contained a paid advertisement for a newly-formed "[[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]]" together with a reprint of their principles of rationale and purpose. This Council has been formed in reaction to the successful spread of biblical egalitarianism in recent years. It represents precisely the kind of conservative reaction which one would have expected to the recent questioning among evangelicals of traditionalist stances on feminism, gender roles and the idea of equality among men and women in matters of Christian ministry and opportunity. Indeed, the surprise is that something like the Danvers Statement did not appear long ago. Two reasons may be given for this late appearance.
+The center-spread of the January 13 [[Christianity Today]] in 1988 contained a paid advertisement for a newly-formed "[[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]]" together with a reprint of their principles of rationale and purpose. This Council has been formed in reaction to the successful spread of biblical egalitarianism in recent years. It represents precisely the kind of conservative reaction which one would have expected to the recent questioning among evangelicals of traditionalist stances on feminism, gender roles and the idea of equality among men and women in matters of Christian ministry and opportunity. Indeed, the surprise is that something like the [[Danvers Statement]] did not appear long ago. Two reasons may be given for this late appearance.
 First, the subject is highly divisive. It is a type of controversy which touches individuals very deeply in their views of themselves and of others, and so threatens to alter patterns of life not seriously questioned before. The original hope of the traditionalists was that, since their position was so "obviously" the teaching of Scripture, only someone giving up the inerrancy of the Bible would be open to change on this sort of issue. This evaluation turned out to be premature, however, and the last fifteen years have demonstrated that inerrantists have been willing to reform their adherence to traditionalism in the direction of a more fully Biblical view of our freedom in Christ.