Mara

I know that the woman, Junia, was an apostle and that Pheobe was a deacon. I also know Priscilla was a teacher and a teacher to the apostle Paul.
These things are true. Though ignored by Grudem et al., they are written, plainly in the Bible.

Also, Deborah was an O.T. Judge and Huldah was a prophet to Hebrew kings. God did not silence these women. He gave them voices to speak boldly. But men, to this day, try to silence these Bible women warriors. Because how can they tell women in the churches to make themselves small to fit into tiny, manmade boxes when Junia, Pheobe, Priscilla, Deborah, and Huldah speak freely to us from the Bible. So comp. teachers work over time to silence them.

Thank you, Susanna. Just wish I had more early church, outside the biblical text, evidence of such things.