FIRE WITHIN presents a sensitive and critical rereading and reconstruction of the stories of four in the early church: Tabitha (Dorcas), Lydia, and Priscilla as they are presented in the Acts of the Apostles, and phoebe as she is mentioned in the epistle to the Romans. The book highlights their Spirituality and explores their experiences and missionary activities in the light of the challenges posed to church and society by third-world women today. The chapters not only discuss to lives of these women disciples but draw our attention to the all - too - similar experiences of discrimination, prejudice, injustice, and oppression which form disturbing and poignant parallelism between these biblical women and their sisters today. As a way of Deepening the reader’s spirituality and Christian Commitment, each chapter also includes suggestions for prayer and reflection as well as for Christian praxis.