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Microscopes and Women's Equality: Looking at the Big Picture of Scripture
By: James MacKenzie | December 29, 2021
What can anatomic pathology teach us about women’s equality? The importance of considering the bigger picture before becoming fixated on little details.
Gender Balance: A Freeing Way to Read, Hear, and Teach the Scriptures
By: Robin Gallaher Branch | December 22, 2021
Crisscrossing both testaments, gender balance looks at the Bible in a way clearly contained within the text itself. It tempers patriarchy. It offers solace to those wounded by misogyny. It invites study and comparison.
How to Become a Church that Welcomes Women Pastors
By: Jill Richardson | December 1, 2021
Patriarchal beliefs in American evangelicalism regarding women and men’s roles are pervasive—even in egalitarian churches. This helps explain the exodus that begins when a woman enters a church as pastor.
Jesus’s Female Disciples…and Why They Weren’t Among “The Twelve”
By: Tammi Kauffman | November 10, 2021
Jesus had female disciples, and there’s a reason they weren’t included in “The Twelve.” Hint: it wasn’t because Jesus didn’t approve of women as church leaders.
A Religion of “Women and Children”? A Christian Woman’s Place in the Greco-Roman World Before AD 300
By: William B. Bowes | October 31, 2021
Amid the patriarchy of the ancient world, early Christianity had a particularly liberating and redemptive place for women, one significant enough to be mentioned by Christianity’s first major critic, the second-century philosopher Celsus.
God's Word to Middle Eastern Women
By: Kevin Zabihi | October 20, 2021
Women’s ordination and inclusion as leaders within the early church can be seen clearly when we explore how women participated in Jesus’ ministry, with specific attention to Acts 9:1–2.
Announcing the 2021 CBE Writing Contest Winners!
By: CBE International | October 13, 2021
The fifth annual CBE Writing Contest winners are here! You can meet each of them today. Their award-winning articles will be published in the coming months.
Book Review: Preacher Woman: A Critical Look at Sexism without Sexists
By: Heather Matthews | September 30, 2021
Preacher Woman is an academic work, yet it is a must-read for anyone in church leadership who desires to empower women in leadership and is willing to take a critical look at their own church culture.
Theology and Its Impact: CBE's 2021 Online Conference
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | September 22, 2021
CBE President Mimi Haddad shares highlights from CBE’s first-ever online conference. Speakers and attendees re-examined the foundations of Christian patriarchy theologically and socially through varied disciplines.
How Hierarchical Marriage Harms Husbands as Well as Wives
By: Susanne Maynes | September 15, 2021
Hierarchical marriage roles often give husbands an inflated sense of power and importance, but also leave them overwhelmed and exhausted. Husbands end up carrying a burden God intends husbands and wives to share.