All of us are gifted
Families and churches thrive when both women and men use their gifts to lead and serve.
But some of us are restricted
Right now, women aren’t free to use their leadership gifts due to...
misreading Scripture
strict gender roles
sexist religious beliefs
Christian patriarchy
CBE is dedicated to reclaiming God’s plan for equality
Equip
Making the case that women's equality is a biblical imperative that helps all people thrive
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Advocate
Collaborating with individuals and organizations to cultivate women’s leadership
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Transform
Combatting abuse and domestic violence by recovering God’s vision for relationships
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Icons of Christ: A Biblical and Systematic Theology for Women’s Ordination
In his book, Icons of Christ: A Biblical and Systematic Theology for Women’s Ordination, William Witt offers a comprehensive challenge to the theological basis for male-only leadership in Protestant and Catholic traditions.
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Proving My Virginity: Deuteronomy, Pap Smears, and the Hymen Myth
I know that lack of sex and consent education harmed my husband’s and my sex life in the early years of our marriage. But as I look back, I realize that’s only one side of the coin. The other was biblical illiteracy.
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Christian and Islamic Feminists in Dialogue
This article considers strategies shared by Islamic and Christian feminists in exposing and upending biased historical and exegetical methodologies that further attitudes, laws, and social practices that marginalize and oppress women.
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Jesus Didn’t Die for Marriage: Why Churches Need to Address Domestic Violence
Domestic abuse is prevalent among Christians and often perpetuated by the way churches respond to women who report, which is reinforced by common unbiblical teachings on divorce. Churches must do better.
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Setting a Movement Aflame: The Power of CBE’s Founders
God gave our founders the talent, strength, and wisdom they needed to promote mutuality in compelling ways, especially among those who believed affirming women’s leadership ignored the teachings of Scripture.
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Without Gender Equality, Our Gospel Has A Hole In It
Tragically, Bible-readers throughout most of church history haven't seen Jesus' call to give up power as essential to or even included in Christian faith. Nowhere has that omission been more costly than in the treatment of gender.
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