Four lessons—on trust, silence, enabling, and power—to help evangelical organizations avoid gaslighting.
KEEP READINGThis week on the New Voices thread, hosts Erin and Blake interview Dr. Diane Langberg on her new book, Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church.
Listen NowThis week on the New Voices thread, hosts Blake and Erin speak with Tiffany Bluhm about her book Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth and How Everyone Can Speak Up
Listen NowEven as egalitarians, our conversations about abuse in the church are often laced with patriarchy, centering men as authoritative even though they are not the primary victim.
KEEP READINGThe story of Gideon helps us understand why there aren’t more women in ministry. When God called Gideon, he was reluctant and anxious and in hiding—and a mighty warrior.
KEEP READINGPsalm 137 models for us prayer that can lead away from vengeance and toward forgiveness.
KEEP READINGThe church cannot be trusted by those who are suffering to listen well until it has shown that it can speak well, addressing the issues in preaching and in the community.
KEEP READINGIn a continuation of the second of several conversations sponsored by CBE and our 2021 Conference partners, Charles Read asked three conference speakers to consider how churches can better value women leaders.
KEEP READINGThe story of one historical woman can offer a glimpse of how Christian expectations on women varied based on their race.
KEEP READINGGiles forcefully argues that “headship teaching can encourage and legitimate domestic abuse and it must be abandoned if domestic abuse is to be effectively countered in our churches.”
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