Ashley Wilkerson is a lead ‘pastor’ at Pacific Coast Church, a church located in the Pacific Northwest, According to her bio, “she has earned both a Bachelor of Arts in Human Development Psychology from Lee University, a Masters of Education in Applied Child Psychology from Vanderbilt University and began Doctoral work at Clemson University.” Notably, she says she is “passionate about teaching the Bible in a way that is challenging, relevant and faithful to the original historical context of scripture.”
Speaking at the ‘Girlfriend’s Conference’ Wilkerson, who credits Beth Allison Barr for this little theological gem, explains:
“Prisca, Mary, Phoebe, Junia, Tryphena and Tryphosa -their names are my favorite to say- many others that were Apostles, leaders in the early church. Some of which, their names have been changed in scripture because we understood, we thought “oh no they can’t be women Apostles.” Yeah they were. I’m not telling you this so you distrust scripture, I’m not talking about that, I’m calling you to dig deeper because sometimes it gets muddled in our culture. “
