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No More Doubt: How I Finally Embraced My Ministry Calling
By: Emily Simpson | July 10, 2019
I tried to ignore the issues because I didn’t want to be stereotyped as an angry woman—overly-sensitive and emotional. But with each question asked, each assumption made, and each expression of surprise on someone’s face when I explained that I was a pastor, I was slowly being worn down.
When Churches Don't Believe Victims, They Commit Abuse
By: Amanda Yang | July 3, 2019
As I read the church’s brief report, my anger mounted. We knew that my friend had been abused. But we were now being told by our spiritual leaders, people with no professional training or knowledge on the subject, that she had not been abused.
Forget the Husband Trump Card: Why Couples Should Make Decisions Together
By: Camden Morgante | June 26, 2019
A “husband trump card” can be an excuse to not do the important relational work of communicating with each other, compromising, and resolving conflict together. It can also foster a dangerous power imbalance in marriages, making husbands and wives opponents instead of partners.
Does Purity Culture Cause Body Hatred and Eating Disorders?
By: Rachel Asproth | June 19, 2019
Because eating disorders often flow out of a desire for control and because patriarchy grants women so little control over their lives and bodies, it’s no surprise that many see a link between the purity movement and eating disorders.
What to Say If Someone Says Women Are to Be Men's Helpers
By: Chesna Hinkley | June 12, 2019
Many Christians believe that strict gender roles—men lead and women submit—are God-ordained. They attempt to find support for this claim in Genesis, pointing to “creation order.”
Debunking Eros: Why Romantic Love Isn't the Only Love Worth Having
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 5, 2019
A recent study suggested that, though casual sex is more accepted than ever, loneliness is too. Twenty-seven percent of Americans feel isolated, but loneliness is far worse among eighteen to twenty-two year-olds, followed by Millennials. The least lonely were Americans aged seventy-two and older—those having fewer sexual encounters.
Lessons from Eliezer: What an Old Testament Matchmaker Has to Say About Egalitarian Dating
By: Kay Bonikowsky | June 5, 2019
Dating is difficult in today’s culture. As I have counseled single women and men through the years, I often heard pleas for help to find a Christian person to date. And let’s be honest. There are many different kinds of Christians. How does one get help to find a similar kind of Christian? [...]
What If Singleness Isn’t Failure?
By: Krysti Wilkinson | June 5, 2019
No one says the word “failure” out loud, of course. No one would dare. But when marriage is the ideal that everyone is working toward, anything that falls short feels like you did something wrong.
Single. Dating. Female. Pastor: 5 Things I Want the Church to Know
By: Alicia McClintic | June 5, 2019
Recently, I was invited to participate in a panel on singleness at a Christian conference. I shared my experience as a single woman pastor and how single clergy can feel isolated in a church culture where marriage is the default. It was the first time since university that I had an honest, direct, public conversation [...]
Welcome to the Jungle: The Dating Adventures of a Fifty-Something Egalitarian
By: Cindy J. Hurd | June 5, 2019
It is crucial that we women who don’t fit into the church’s too-neat “happily ever after” narrative share our stories. Because God sees our struggles and the church should too.