Eun Strawser

Eun Strawser is the co-vocational lead pastor of Ma Ke Alo o (which means "Presence" in Hawaiian), with missional communities multiplying in Honolulu, HI, in addition to being a community physician and the co-founder of the 'IWA Collaborative. She is the author of Centering Discipleship: A Pathway for Multiplying Spectators into Mature Disciples (IVP, 2023), and the forthcoming Sharing Leadership (IVP, 2025). Prior to transitioning to Hawaii, Eun served as adjunct professor of medicine at the Philadelphia College of Medicine and African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, after finishing her Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Dar es Salaam. She and Steve have three seriously amazing children.

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Eun Strawser

Loneliness is the Penalty for Women Leaders

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

The Power of Truth-Telling and Lament

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Erasing Mary, The Mother of God

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Seventeen Resources on Women and Men in Mutual Leadership

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Honoring the Lives of Women Who Refuse to Be Scrubbed Away

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The 2020 Ezer Surge

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The Gender Chasm

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Mandy Smith

Dismantling the Bombshell Lie that Beauty is Power

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Pray for Holy Boldness

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Shared Leadership in Sacred Spaces

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5 Myths of Men and Women Leading Together

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When “Go Home” Is Innocent No More

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Amy Davis Abdallah

These Women Played An Enormous Role in Shaping Christianity—Do You Know Their Names?

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Want Some Leadership Advice? Lead Like a Woman.

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Christine Yi Suh

One Korean American Woman’s Call to Pastoral Ministry—and What the Church Stands to Gain

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Mandy Smith

14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About

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Mandy Smith

What If the Pain Women Experience in the Church Better Equips Them to Lead?

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Juliet Liu

15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen

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Lesa Engelthaler

This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope

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Mandy Smith

I Don’t Have Time to Talk About “Women’s Issues”

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Mandy Smith

The Emotional Issue that Gets in the Way of Women’s Leadership

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Seth Richardson

Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ

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Mandy Smith

What I Long to Say to My Brothers: “I Release You”

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

All Our Children: How Churches Can Respond to the Crisis at the Border

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Emboldened for Mission and Ministry: An Interview with Tara Beth Leach

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Is Learning from Women Essential for Your Pastoral Competence?

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Carolyn Custis James

Why John Piper Needs Help from Female Seminary Professors

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Mandy Smith

Feel Powerless in Your Efforts to Invite Minority Voices? You May be Closer to a Way Forward Than You Think!

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Mandy Smith

Here’s How You Can Guide Your Church through Gender Role Conversations

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The First Great New Testament Theologian was a Woman

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In Times of Upheaval Women Shape New Landscapes

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Mandy Smith

The Real Cost of Female Leadership in Dollars (and Friends)

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Karen Wilk

Looking Abroad to Find Redemption for the Bitterness in American Life

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6 Quotes from Men on Why the Church Needs Women

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SheLeads: An Awakenings Syllabus to #AmplifyWomen

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Being Black, a Woman and an Evangelical

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

“Hidden Figures” Teaches How Injustice Remains Hidden

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Mandy Smith

G.I. Joe is the New Barbie

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Adam and Ezer: Raising Girls to Be More Than “Helpers”

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Geoff Holsclaw

Three Failing Strategies Being Used to Redefine the Trinity

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Laurel Coolbaugh

God’s Surprises and Female Harvesters

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Mandy Smith

Can A Female Preacher (or President) Be Herself?

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Larry Kim

Three Steps Churches Have to Take if They Want More Diverse Leadership

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Emily Nielsen Jones

Am I a Prophet, Priest, or King? A Hidden All-Male Leadership Typology Many Church Planters Are Bringing to Boston

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Dave Swaim

Why Women Don’t Plant Churches (and How to Change It)

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Kelly Ladd Bishop

Godless Land or Revival City? It Depends on Your Theology of Gender

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Emily Nielsen Jones

“Band of Brothers”:  The Very Young, Very Male Face of Boston’s Church Planting Movement 

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Mandy Smith

Five Ways White Males Can Address the White Male Privilege Problem

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Four Reasons I Stand #withMalala

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Jory Micah

We Need Marys and Marthas – An Evangelical Egalitarian Take

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Tara Beth Leach

We Are Feminine (But We Won’t Fit In Your Box)

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Karen Wilk

Could Discerning Be About Going?

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Bill Walker

Abortion, Matt Chandler, and How Not to Preach Ideology

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Kris Beckert

Seeding a New Community of Women in Church Planting

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Tara Beth Leach

Dear Bill Hybels and Other Men Who Affirm Women in Ministry

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Tara Beth Leach

Hellfire In Heels or Daughters of the Resurrection?

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Tara Beth Leach

Women, Keep On Preaching On

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Husbands, Submit to Your Wives

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Carolyn Custis James on the #TrulyHuman “Alliance” Between Synergy and Missio

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Suzanne Burden

#TrulyHuman: On Resurrecting My Love For Church