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HOW YOU CAN HELP
And they called the
blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling
you.” — Mark 10:49
Dear Friend,
March 2007
In our lives, we have moments of calling. They are times where
our God-given passions and our gifts align. This calling gives
us vision and purpose; it gives us strength and courage. I would
like to share with you the beautiful story of Corrie, a CBE
member who is living out her calling:
In the past three
years, the young adult population at the Presbyterian church I
attend in southern California has grown from four people to at
least a hundred. Last year, many people in our small groups
started reading Wild at Heart and Captivating.
Most of the women saw no problem with the ideas presented, and I
became increasingly distressed by our conversations. I started
having action-hero dreams in which I was battling evil with my
wits and light saber. When I shared this with another woman in
my church, she grew serious and told me that traditional
marriage roles for men and women were biblically ordained and to
“stop having those dreams!” The indignation I felt over her
comments spurred me to look up an organization I’d heard
about…something about Christians who believe in biblical
equality!
I had another dream
last summer that I was living in the mid-1800s. In the dream, I
reached my limit of being patronized by men and decided to start
a movement to empower women. When I woke up the next morning,
the dream’s urgent call to free women from their oppression was
still very strong. “But the Suffragist movement is over,” I told
myself. “Where are the oppressed women who need to be freed?”
That’s when it hit me: North American Christianity is another
such frontier. I was flooded by a sense that I’m being called to
lead women in the church out of oppression and into freedom. How
does this call play out in my life? I’ve recently taken the
significant step of becoming a financial partner with CBE.
Friends, all over the world people like Corrie are being called
to lead others into freedom. Each year, CBE has the opportunity
to meet many of these Christians at colleges, seminaries,
churches, and conferences worldwide, empowering them to use the
gifts they have been given to their fullest.
Will you join Corrie by becoming a financial partner with CBE,
enabling others to hear and pursue God’s call on their own
lives? Will you make a generous contribution, allowing CBE to
bring the truth of biblical equality to many people worldwide?
Thank you for the passion and vision you share with CBE—God
bless your generosity!
In Jesus,
Mimi Haddad
President
P.S. For every new gift of $1,000 or more, CBE will send you a
CBE conference recording of your choice as a thank you gift!
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