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This is the moment when Spanish-speaking churches in the United States will make a difference as we confront New Testament passages that encourage machismo. In this study, the reader will discovery various women who were pioneers when confronted with Christian peers accustomed to leaving them aside, even though they were paving the way for a new expression of the gospel.
How women are treated in the New Testament is one of the problems in many churches across the world. The recurrent question is, What did the early Christians think of women? Was there a space for them to express their points of view? Did Jesus (a leader among the Jewish people) improve their position within the community? Why is the role women played in the early Christian community important? How can it shape our world view today?
These are complex questions that church authorities give problematic answers to. There are myths to be demolished because these myths result in an exclusive ministry for men. This study focuses on the role of women in the earliest Gospel, that of Mark. How
women are represented in Mark, how Mark's Jesus interacts with them, and what the implications are of such interaction for the roles of women in contemporary church life are the main questions addressed.
My hope is that this study will inspire Christian men to treat women as they are presented in the Gospel of Mark, where women are treated as equals to men. The space given to them in this book demonstrates that women's testimonies were just as important as the testimony of men for the author of this earliest Gospel and the Jesus whose teaching and example he relays.
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