The Christian church in Mbaino wins its first female convert, Nneka, because Nneka is pregnant and does not want to throw her twins away as is the religious custom of the villagers. One day, Amikwu, Okonkwo’s cousin, sees Nwoye hanging around near the church and tells Okonkwo.

When Okonkwo returns to his village in Umuofia, he finds it greatly changed in his absence. The Christian church has won many converts, including respected men who have renounced their traditional titles.

Priscilla was a woman of Jewish heritage and one of the earliest known Christian converts who lived in Rome. Her name is a Roman diminutive for Prisca which was her formal name. She is often thought to have been the first example of a female preacher or teacher in early church history.

Phoebe (Koine Greek: Φοίβη) was a first-century Christian woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, verses 16:1-2. A notable woman in the church of Cenchreae, she was trusted by Paul to deliver his letter to the Romans.

It was also in the medieval period that medieval scribes began replacing the name ‘Junia’ in biblical manuscripts with the masculine version, ‘Junias’, as a result of prejudices against the possibility of a female apostle being described in the Pauline letters.

The majority of Anglican provinces now permit the ordination of women as bishops, and as of 2014, women have served or are serving as bishops in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, South Africa, South India, Wales, and in the extra provincial Episcopal Church of Cuba.

An “apostle” is one who has a call to plant and oversee churches, has verifiable church plants and spiritual sons in the ministry, who is recognized by other apostles and meets the biblical qualifications of an elder.

If the president of the church is unable due to infirmity to ordain a new apostle, the ordination is usually performed by an apostle who is a member of the First Presidency or by the president of the Quorum of the Twelve.

The gifts have also been categorized as those that promote the inner growth of the church (apostle, prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, teaching, word of wisdom/knowledge, helps, and administration) and those that promote the church’s outer development (faith, miracles, healing, tongues, interpretation of tongues …

The Apostolic-Prophetic Movement (AP movement) is a movement of people who believe that they are restoring elements of what they call the Five-Fold Ministry described in the New Testament book of Ephesians 4:11–13, “for He gave some apostles, and some prophets; and some evangelists; and some pastors and teachers; for …

A society of apostolic life is a group of men or women within the Catholic Church who have come together for a specific purpose and live fraternally. Under the 1917 Code of Canon Law, which preceded the current one, this manner of life was referred to as a society of common life.

In religion, a prophet is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the supernatural source to other people.

The sevenfold ministry of the Spirit Including the Spirit of the Lord, and the Spirits of wisdom, of understanding, of counsel, of might, of knowledge and of fear of the LORD, here are represented the seven Spirits, which are before the throne of God.

Glossolalists could, apart from those practicing glossolalia, also mean all those Christians who believe that the Pentecostal/charismatic glossolalia practiced today is the “speaking in tongues” described in the New Testament. They believe that it is a miraculous charism or spiritual gift.

Spiritual wellness acknowledges our search for deeper meaning in life. When we’re spiritually healthy, we feel more connected to not only a higher power, but to those around us. We have more clarity when it comes to making everyday choices, and our actions become more consistent with our beliefs and values.

The easiest way to begin is to sit quietly and focus on your breath. An old Zen saying suggests, “You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes every day — unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.” All kidding aside, it’s best to start in small moments of time, even 5 or 10 minutes, and grow from there.

When the Bible mentions meditation, it often mentions obedience in the next breath. An example is the Book of Joshua: “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.

How Long Should You Meditate For? Mindfulness-based clinical interventions such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) typically recommend practicing meditation for 40-45 minutes per day. The Transcendental Meditation (TM) tradition often recommends 20 minutes, twice daily.

Combining music with meditation can deepen the positive effects of both, and bring you greater stress relief. As an added bonus, for many people who are beginners to meditation, or who are perfectionists, music meditation can feel simpler and more instantly relaxing than other forms of practice.

Stress and an overactive mind can often stand in the way of getting good quality sleep. Research has shown that meditation can calm the mind and help promote better quality sleep. And remember, while meditation can improve your sleep, it doesn’t replace good sleep hygiene.

Science says listening to this meditation can help you make fewer mistakes. But in this new study, researchers found that listening to a guided meditation for just 20 minutes is enough to make an impact — even if you’ve never meditated before.