Priscilla

Priscilla and her husband Aquila were tentmakers who became two of Paul's closest ministry partners. They first met Paul in Corinth, where they worked together in both tentmaking and spreading the gospel. When the eloquent preacher Apollos came to Ephesus knowing only the baptism of John, Priscilla and Aquila 'took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly' — a remarkable instance of a woman teaching a man in the early church. Paul later wrote that they had 'laid down their own necks' for his life. A church met in their home. Notably, Priscilla is often named before her husband in Scripture, unusual for the time and suggesting her prominent role. She represents the vital, often unsung, leadership of women in the early church.