Claiming Consent in the Body of Christ
Editor’s note: This is one of the Top 15 2020 CBE Writing Contest winners. [Trigger warning: themes related to sexual abuse] For forty years I
October 21, 2020
Topic: Abuse
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Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
Power has a God-given role in human relationships and institutions, but it can lead to abuse when used in unhealthy ways. Speaking into current #MeToo
October 20, 2020
A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture that Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing
What is the way forward for the church? Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our
October 6, 2020
Jesus Didn’t Die for Marriage: Why Churches Need to Address Domestic Violence
[Trigger warning: this article discusses domestic violence and spiritual abuse] On the night he attacked me, I was strangled to unconsciousness. My friend came round and saw my burst blood vessels
June 25, 2020
The Consequences of Soft Complementarianism
Editor’s Note: This is one of the Top 15 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! When women and men share their stories of harmful church teachings
June 24, 2020
The Headship of Men and the Abuse of Women: Are They Related in Any Way?
In recent years the issue of domestic abuse and violence has gained a lot of attention as the extent of it has become known. Domestic
June 17, 2020
Invading Homes with Love and Hope: The Courtship and Marriage Foundation in Zimbabwe
In what began as a casual conversation in between sessions at the 2016 “Truth Be Told” conference on biblical gender equality in South Africa, Mimi
June 10, 2020
Dying for Love: Talking about Domestic Violence on International Women’s Day
Editor’s Note: Trigger Warning. Descriptions of domestic violence appear in this article. International Women’s Day arrives every year on March 8, but has anything changed
April 1, 2020
It’s Not Only Woman’s Work
As I am writing this, I can hear an emergency siren cry like a grieving mother in the night air. I am in the middle
March 19, 2020
The Case of Virgin Rape: Deuteronomy 22
In 2012, sixteen-year-old Amina Filali killed herself by ingesting rat poison after being forced to marry her rapist by the Moroccan judicial system.1 While the
February 10, 2020