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"Behold This Woman": Misperceptions of Women in the Church
By: Sarah Lindsay | July 18, 2016
Join me, for a moment, in a thought experiment: does it seem to you that women are equally, or nearly equally, represented in the ministries of your church? Think especially about activities with high visibility, such as preaching, reading, serving communion, leading worship, teaching Sunday school classes, and participating on boards or leadership teams.
When the Rubber Doesn't Meet the Road
By: Scott Lencke | June 30, 2016
Embracing a fully egalitarian perspective was a long twelve-year process. When all was said and done, there was one final hurdle to overcome. The final hurdle was allowing women to serve as elders (or pastors) in the local church.
Contemporary Revisions to Trinitarian Theology: A Concise Assessment
By: Jamin Hübner | June 21, 2016
As many of you are aware, a particular debate involving the doctrine of the Trinity is causing no little stir in American evangelicalism. This past Thursday (June 16, 2016) Christianity Today even felt it necessary to write a primer on the discussion.
Should the Husband Be the Priest of the Home?
By: Maggie Turner | June 14, 2016
The term “priest of the home” is an attempt to put more leadership, control, and responsibility on men, stripping women of the equal access Christ died for. This term, which never appears in Scripture, is an attempt to uphold patriarchy, a sad reality women have endured ever since the fall.
Should Husbands Have the Last Word?
By: Erin Ortega | June 14, 2016
Complementarians confidently assert that husbands are the God-ordained leaders of their families. As leaders, they have the right and responsibility to make final decisions in the home. I will refer to this husbandly right as the "last word clause."
The Case for Mutual Submission in Ephesians 5
By: Craig Keener | June 1, 2016
Sometimes Paul gets a bad rap. The slave narratives are replete with sentiments from former slaves who loved Jesus but hated Paul, because slaveholders regularly quoted Ephesians 6:5, "Slaves, obey your masters." What the slaveholders didn't bother to quote was the rest of the passage, which goes on to say, "masters, do the same things to [...]
My Awesome Egalitarian Husband: Alexis and Ryan's Story
By: Alexis Waggoner | May 25, 2016
As I wrote this article, I was en route to a conference for Air Force Reserve chaplains. Only three hours before, I received a call from my baby's pre-school. They informed me that my daughter was running a fever and needed to go home. I rushed to pick her up, take her to the pediatrician, [...]
The Case of Subtle Sexism
May 23, 2016
In subtle ways, the church is telling women that they aren't invited to the decision-making table. There is a quietly oppressive system in place that ensures women know their place (which is not behind the pulpit or in any position of leadership).
Meeting Complementarian Women Where They're At
By: Lori Buckle | May 3, 2016
In January, Kristin Rosser wrote an excellent article entitled "The Consequences of Complementarianism for Men." It began with an imaginary conversation between a complementarian husband and wife. The wife expresses frustration that her husband has not prioritized finding a solution to a broken dishwasher, because the burden of hand dishwashing has fallen on his wife. [...]
Brave Hearts
By: Angela Hurst | April 20, 2016
Women in ministry volunteer, train others, and certainly come under “live fire." They are expected to excel in all they do. They go to ministry school, living and training under the same conditions as the men. Yet they receive less pay, if they receive any pay at all, and certainly less opportunity.