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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Kephale is a Body Part: Unified Interdependence in Relationship in Ephesians 5
The primary task when considering Paul's assertion, “the husband is the head of the wife,” should be discovering the meaning of this head-and-body metaphor, not arguing for an extended metaphorical sense of half of the metaphor—the single word, "head."
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In Vain Pursuit: How Courtship Culture Trained Us to Disregard Consent
Whether we realize it, the vestiges of courtship culture continue to loom large in many Christian communities, even egalitarian ones. What will it take for us to see equality as romantic?
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Priscilla Speaks
To read Priscilla’s story through a lens of male-only leadership diminished her calling and also Paul’s. It also obstructs, demeans, and even abuses God’s welcome to women leaders and their male allies then and now!
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Modeling Jesus's Power
Paul lived and died for the gospel of Jesus. We learn a bit more about what Paul thought this gospel meant and what he believed it changed about power dynamics from what he says in his letter to the Philippians.
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Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
My advice: Buy this book. Read it slowly. Chew on its words. Digest its content. Let its truths tutor your mind, penetrate your soul, and motivate you toward embracing, modeling, and conveying a more humble, Christlike expression of power.
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What to Say When Someone Says that Patriarchy is God's Plan
Some say gender hierarchy is God’s perfect design—a pristine plan for women and men’s good and flourishing. They point to Genesis, arguing that God clearly intended patriarchy from the start. But the text tells a different story.
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