we are reshaping our view of women in the church
Founder and President Rev. Dr. Jackie Roese
“To change the lives of women, we first have to change the ideas about women.” - Beth Allison Barr
OUR STORY
After more than a decade of working as a church leader and speaking at women’s conferences, Jackie realized the Church tended to view women as second-class, and women often viewed themselves like that, too.
Jackie began to ask: what can we do?
She realized “to change the lives of women; we first have to change the ideas about women.” (Barr)
In 2012, Jackie founded The Marcella Project (TMP), a ministry committed to reshaping the view of women in the Church through Scripture-based teaching, training, consulting, and dialogue.
The Marcella Project is committed to ennobling (lift to dignity/to nobility) women as Jesus intended!
Our namesake, Saint Marcella, did not succumb to the church's ideal biblical woman teachings.
Saint Marcella chased after Jesus letting his love define who she would be. She let nothing get in the way of her pursuit to know God through the Word and to live like Jesus by caring for the poor. Her story challenges us to be “Marcellas” in our world by pursuing Jesus at all costs, defying our world’s ideal of womanhood, and allowing our love for Jesus to define who we are and how we live.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
For centuries, Christians have gathered in worship to recite the same creeds - the Apostle’s Creed, and the Nicene Creed. The Creeds are intended to be essential statements of Orthodox Christian Faith, teaching and identifying conformity of beliefs while serving as a vehicle for collective, public profession of faith. The Nicene Creed, established in 325 AD, is one of the most widely accepted statements of faith among Christian Churches.