The National Council of Churches’ Justice for Women Working Group is
initiating a conversation about inclusive language in worship and
church life generally.
When Zondervan published in 2002 an inclusive-language version of the New Testament by the translators of the older, best-selling New International Version (NIV) Bible, vociferous criticism poured in from conservative Protestants.
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