Background
Leonard, Juanita Louise Evans was born on May 9, 1939 in Louisville. Daughter of Walter Perry and B. Gertrude (Collins) Evans.
(While Evangelicals strive to follow the pattern of Script...)
While Evangelicals strive to follow the pattern of Scripture in everything, they often conform to American culture in one critical respect: They exclude women from pastoral leadership. Wesleyan-Holiness churches such as the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) insist fitness for ministry be based on an individual's spiritual gifts rather than gender. For this reason, women have served as pastors in the Church of God and other Wesleyan-Holiness denominations such as the Church of the Nazarene and the Free Methodist Church. However, some Wesleyan-Holiness congregations have been swayed by the Evangelical tide and are refusing to consider women for pastoral ministry. Called to Minister, Empowered to Serve documents this drift in the Church of God with unflinching honesty. It highlights several dozen women whose spiritual fruit proves that God anointed them to pastoral work. This case study is instructive for other Wesleyan-Holiness groups. Ministers and ministry students, both male and female, will find here vital biblical insights into their pastoral vocation.
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Leonard, Juanita Louise Evans was born on May 9, 1939 in Louisville. Daughter of Walter Perry and B. Gertrude (Collins) Evans.
Bachelor in Sociology, Anderson University, 1961. Master of Arts in Social Services, University Indiana, 1963. Postgraduate, University Minnesota, 1969.
Master of Arts, Fuller Theo. Seminary, 1987.
Marriage therapist, Family Service Madison County, Anderson, Indiana, 1963-1965; instructor sociology, Anderson U., 1965-1968; associate professor, Anderson U., since 1987; chief marriage therapist, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana U. Medical School, 1969-1972; inservice director, Pastoral Counseling Institute, Indianapolis, 1972-1973; instruction materials director family life, National Christian Council of Kenya, 1973-1976; associate in marriage and family, Institute of Pastoral Counseling, Indianapolis, 1976-1978; associate pastor family ministries, Church of God, Indianapolis, 1978-1985; founding director Counseling Center, Church at the Crossing, Indianapolis, 1978-1985; associate cross cultural relations, Women of the Church of God, Anderson, Indiana, since 1987; associate professor church and society, Anderson U. School Theology, since 1987. Consultant Women Network of Louisiana II International Congress on World Evangelization, Manila, Philippines, 1989, urban ministry consultant National Association Church of God, West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, since 1988, board member Christian Center for Urban Studies, Chicago, since 1987.
(While Evangelicals strive to follow the pattern of Script...)
Member American Association of University Women, National Association Social Workers, Academy Certified Social Workers, American Association Marriage Family Therapist (president 1978-1982).
Married Lawrence Samuel Leonard, June 24, 1961.
