Unless They Are Sent - Tanya Wittwer: Recent Episodes
Tanya Wittwer
Affirming the ordination of women in the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand. This is a collection of articles and reflection pieces written between 1976 and 2022 while women were excluded from public ministry in the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand. Alongside those that address the arguments that have been used to exclude women from ministry, other articles propose different ways of addressing the question. Still others are personal reflections from women who have heard God's call to public ministry, women who have been ordained in Lutheran churches around the world, and pastors and laypersons thinking about the impact of the prohibition on themselves and the church.
Rev Dr Rufus Pech 2000
Originally published in United in Christ: together proclaiming the Word.
Pastor Basil Schildt 2009
Reprinted by kind permission of The Lutheran, where it was first published in 2009. It also appeared in the Katie and Martin blog.
Dr Norman Habel and Dr Jo Wurst 2000
First published in United in Christ: together proclaiming the Word.
Sue Westhorpe 2022
Extract from a collective open letter to Council of Bishops (COB)and General Church Board (GCB) of the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ).
Dr Tanya Wittwer 2019
Condensed from a presentation to the Rhythms of Grace conference held in North Adelaide 2019.
Editorial introduction by Tanya Wittwer to 'Unless they are sent', edited by Tanya Wittwer.