The Pink Mic: A Token of Sexism in Churches
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2023 Writing Contest Honorable Mention! I recently returned to my home church and attended Sunday service. We have never
January 11, 2024
Topic: Leadership in Society
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Upside-down Kingdom Authority
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2023 Writing Contest Winner! Recently someone tweeted a popular complementarian pastor’s list of potential areas for women and men
January 4, 2024
CBE’s DNA: Serving the Global Church
A daughter of immigrants, our family struggled to make the US our home. Unlike our neighbors, our family was small and lacked extended relatives and
December 19, 2023
A Legacy of Grace
“Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding” (Rom. 14:19 NRSV). In this final issue of 2023, Mutuality celebrates thirty years
December 19, 2023
Book Review: Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History
Women in the Mission of the Church provides examples from each period of history, from the early church in Acts and the Epistles in which
December 11, 2023
The Golden Child and the Scapegoat
Editor’s note: This a CBE 2023 Writing Contest Honorable Mention! In many dysfunctional families, like my own family of origin, one child is treated as
November 29, 2023
Book Review: Voices Long Silenced: Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries
Though my bookcase is lined with collections highlighting women leaders, interpreters, and scholars from ancient Israel through to the 21st century, I had yet to
October 31, 2023
“Let us not spend our time in trifling”: Susanna Wesley, a Mother to Her Sons
In late Spring of 1725, Susanna Wesley (1669–1742) wrote a letter to her second oldest son John, whom she called Jacky. After noting some particular
October 31, 2023
The Biblewomen of South India: A Professional Pathway to Dignity and Empowerment
Among the many motifs that decorate the tapestry of colonial India (1858–1947), the “Biblewomen” movement in Northern Circars1 was a direct outcome of the missionary
October 31, 2023
The Kandake: A Missing History
Download a PDF version of this article. Without question, one casualty of Western biblical scholarship has been the Kandake (Queen of Ethiopia, pronounced Kan-dák-e, often
October 31, 2023