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The article discusses ways to help empower young Christian women. The tendency of the discipleship offered by the Christian church to be a one-dimensional teaching is pointed out. It emphasizes that developing the true identity of young Christian women may be facilitated by a Christian rite of passage which refers to their whole being, which includes spiritual, psychological, social, sexual, intellectual, and emotional aspects.

The article focuses on Phoebe, one of the 37 coworkers of the epistle writer Paul mentioned in Paul's letter to the Christians in Rome. Phoebe had several roles in the Roman Christian church, including a patron, a deacon in the congregation of Cenchreae, a preacher and an apostle. The article also mentions that the heart of Phoebe's mission to Rome was her repeated oral performance of Apostle Paul's letter and her original hearers did not rule out the apostle ship of Phoebe on the basis of her gender.