Who We Are
We are an international organization working to educate, advocate, and liberate women and men from Christian patriarchy
As the world’s largest egalitarian organization, CBE has challenged biblical and patriarchal social barriers to women’s equality for over thirty years. Beside leaders in more than 100 denominations and 214 countries, we’re advancing global conversations on women’s shared voice and leadership in the home, church, and world.
What We Do
We proclaim God's design for mutual service between women and men
CBE International provides egalitarian resources, venues, events, and partnerships to promote the biblical basis for the shared authority of women and men worldwide. CBE engages the original context and language of Scripture to show how the Bible teaches that women and men are equally created in God’s image for shared governance in all spheres. Join CBE to help make women and men’s biblical equality a reality worldwide.
Why Mutuality?
God’s design for women and men is shared authority
Scripture teaches the fundamental equality of women and men regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, or social class (e.g., Galatians 3:28). Because of sin, the biblical texts are mistranslated and misinterpreted, devaluing women, and diminishing human flourishing and placing females at risk for abuse. CBE is needed to create global conversations that critique Christian patriarchy that provide the biblical basis for women’s shared and equal leadership in the home, church, and world.
Recent Posts
Intersectionality: Show Up to Love with Rev. Stephanie Wilkins
When considering the call of Christ on every believer's life, Rev. Stephanie Wilkins condenses it down simply to showing up to love God and others well. She and Angela explore
Educator and Visionary: A Profile of Mary McLeod Bethune
Invest in the human soul . . . Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.[1] —Mary McLeod Bethune In July 2022, Mary McLeod Bethune became the first
Book Review: Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
Whereas most books on women in ministry primarily focus on contested Bible verses, Nijay K. Gupta’s Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church takes
New Voices: Non-Toxic Masculinity with Zachary Wagner
What does purity culture have to do with toxic masculinity? Author Zachary Wagner talks about his forthcoming book with Erin and Blake, Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality. They discuss
Sacred Wound, Sacred Calling: Elevating Women Survivors Worldwide
What better way of honoring International Women’s Day than celebrating the wisdom of a truly courageous survivor devoted to ending human trafficking worldwide? Meet Stephanie Midthun, interviewed on an upcoming
How We Work
As the world’s largest egalitarian organization, CBE has challenged biblical and social barriers to women’s equality for over 30 years beside leaders in more than 100 denominations worldwide. Join us as we’re advancing a global conversation on women’s shared voice and agency.
Advocate
Scripture, when translated and read consistently, supports the authority and leadership of women and men worldwide. Our work exposes the abuse of Christian patriarchy in home, church and the world.
Educate
We equip ministry leaders and lay people with over 5,500 academic and popular resources in dozens of languages. These resources demonstrate that Scripture teaches God created women and men to lead and serve as equal partners.
Liberate
We’re convening the most extensive network of egalitarian leaders and projects worldwide, offering scholarships for women pursuing ministry and empowering local chapters worldwide.
Join the Cause
When you give to CBE, you’re joining us in the global transformation of homes, churches, denominations, and organizations from male-headship models of leadership to those that practice and teach the shared leadership of women and men.
Join the Cause
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Join us for our
2022 Annual Conference
Exploring the Fullness of Galations 3:28
August 5-7, 2022
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Featured Books
Our newest books that articulate the biblical, historical, and ethical case for women and men’s equal partnership.
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Our Partners
Making the case for women’s leadership is done in proud partnership with these member and partner organizations.
