Name: Fixing Her Eyes
Address: AU

WOMEN PREACHING

Women preaching in Australian churches

WHAT IS HEADSHIP

Headship theology in Australia

BIBLICAL EQUALITY

Why mutual submission is biblical

WOMEN IN THE BIBLE

Discover more about the women in the bible

CHRISTIAN FEMINISM

Christian feminism theology

BOOK REVIEWS

Christian books reviewed by women

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE

Resources to help guide you through what Domestic and Family Violence is, and where to seek help in the church.

5 MINUTES WITH

Interviews with Australian Christian Women

WHO IS JESUS?

Who is it that we are fixing our eyes on?

We are a space for Christian women to
gather, grow and be encouraged!

Called To Care: Turn your passion for change in our world into an action plan

What’s your vision for significant change in our world? What big problems are specifically on your heart? How might you play a constructive part, using your God-given skills and resources?

Jo Knight

You Visited Me in Prison – reflections on hope from a prison chaplain

So how do we respond to those who feel they have no hope?

Alison Templar

5 minutes with Leisa

I’m a clinical psychologist in private practice, hope researcher, speaker, wife of an Anglican minister, mother of two beautiful grown daughters and now grandmother.

FHE Editor

The Trinity Argument

Before we explore what orthodoxy says the Bible teaches on the Trinity we should note the illogicality of this argument for the subordination of women and the false basis on which it rests. First, the faulty reasoning The argument is this; in eternity the Father rules over the Son and the Son must obey him. Likewise on earth men are to rule over women and they must obey. The problem is that this correlation is arbitrary and mistaken.

Biblical Equality

Kevin Giles

Gender and God - is God 'masculine'?

God is beyond gender, that God is neither male nor female; but the Scriptures use various metaphors to help us understand God who is nevertheless always beyond our full understanding.

God

Denise Cooper-Clarke

Why Women Are Choosing Therapy Without Shame - When Church Hasn’t Been Safe

The recent article from The Gospel Coalition framed women’s turn toward therapy as a problem. This is not simply misguided, it is dangerous.

Mental Health

Elise Heerde

Why Women Need to Learn in Quietness and Submission

Not every Christian believes that I should be leading a ministry or that I should even be an ordained pastor. The church I grew up in believed that church leadership should always be male. The reason I am in ministry today was due to a number of God Conversations that called me to revisit on the interpretation of Scripture I’d grown up with. There were two verses in particular that stood out. I remember reading them as a 26-year-old when first contemplating my call. God’s v

Church

Tania Harris

Women, Preaching, the Bible and 1 Timothy 2

As a female student and teacher of the Bible and someone who seeks to interpret and live out what it teaches faithfully, as well as an ordained minister and preacher, I often get asked how I interpret what the Bible has to say about women and preaching. This paper comes out of a class I have taught sharing some of my perspectives on that question. While I have studied and thought through these passages over some time and in some depth, I don’t pretend to have them fully figur

Women in the church

Melinda Cousins

An Exegetical Look at 1 Corinthians 11:1-16

The Greek word translated ‘head’ in this verse is kephale.

Women in the church

Jeanette Fogarty

We believe Christians should use their Holy Spirit given gifts to serve others, build up the Church and reflect Jesus' love.

Inviting writers!

Have you ever felt a prompting to write something that points others to Jesus or been told that your writing makes a difference?

We're accepting submissions! If you’re an Australian Christian woman, you’re warmly invited to contribute - we’d love to read your work. We’re looking for writing that is Christ-centred, biblically grounded, and pastorally thoughtful.

Find out more about how to submit your piece here.

God's Yes To Women

Is the message of the Bible good news for women? Does God say "no" to women who desire to use their gifts to serve the church? What is the Bible's vision of true partnership between men and women?

This book is about the wonderful news that followers of Jesus are one in Christ. It outlines the biblical pattern of serving together for the good of God's people. Find the book at The Wandering Bookseller.

Upcoming Events

ADELAIDE

27 - 29 August Adelaide Anglican Clergy Women Leaders Conference. More info here

SYDNEY

18th August. What is Sabbath with Dr Amy Erickson. St Martin's College, Wagga Wagga. More info here
18th September. God's Yes to Women book launch at Northside Baptist Church, Crows Nest. Book here
25th October. CBE Sydney Annual Conference. 9am - 1pm. Women in Leadership: God's Global Mission. More info to come!

Where Australian women are preaching map!

Looking for a church where women are welcome on the platform to share the good news of Jesus? This page on our site will help you with a Google map to direct you.

What Australian Christian Women are Saying ...

"Jesus is the offspring of Eve who gives hope and life to all who trust him." Alex Prentice

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We are inspired by the women we read about in the Bible: Ahinoam, Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Dinah, Abishag, Tamar, Shiphrah, Sheerah, Jehosheba, Puah, Jochebed, Miriam, Pharaoh’s daughter, Zipporah, Deborah, Noadidah, Jael, Ruth, Naomi, Hannah, Abigail, Bathsheba, Esther, Huldah, Vashti, Mary the mother of Jesus, Dorcas, Elizabeth, Anna, Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Martha, Salome, Joanna, Susanna, Lydia, Priscilla, Phoebe, Junia, Euodia, and Syntyche along with the unnamed women (including the widow, the bleeding woman and the Samaritan woman).

We are a space for Christian women to gather, grow and be encouraged!