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When Women Give: The Adventure of a Generous Life
By: Kim King | August 28, 2017
Women are entrepreneurs, highly paid professionals, and leaders in business. Many of us have skills to give. We are marrying later. Many of us have time to give. Women are also likely to manage the family money for a significant portion of their lives. Many of us have money to give. When Kim King, a [...]
Book Review: Christian Women in the Patristic World
By: Jason Eden | August 16, 2017
Scholars and informed Christians alike are well aware of Clement of Rome, Saint Augustine, and other “church fathers.” But what about those “church mothers” who likewise contributed to the growth and development of early Christianity? Women, such as Thecla, Perpetua, and Helena Augusta supported monastic communities with financial gifts, engaged in theological discourse and study, [...]
Letter To My Friend—A Domestic Abuse Survivor
By: Bronwen Speedie | August 15, 2017
In August 2017, an Australian Christian women’s online community published several true stories of domestic violence experienced by Christian women—one of whom is my friend. As I read her story, I took a moment to reflect on how her life has changed since leaving her abuser. My reflections [...]
It’s Not About Doctrine!: Why People Leave Churches Over Women Teaching
By: Jeff Miller | August 15, 2017
This is a very brief glimpse of the inconsistency with which we elevate certain doctrinal issues and specifically, the issue of women as pastors, as things we absolutely must agree on, and ignore other doctrinal differences. But what's at the root of that inconsistency?
Grit and Grace: Heroic Women of the Bible
By: Caryn Rivadeneira | August 14, 2017
Experience the grit and grace of seventeen women of the Bible through creative first-person retellings of each person's story. This book connects preteen girls with the women of the Bible, showing them that they are created in the image of God to do mighty things in this world. Grit and Grace is for girls who [...]
Called and Gifted
By: Sharon Cairns Mann | August 14, 2017
In sixteen pages, this pamphlet affirms the biblical basis for the full participation of women in the ministries of the church. It is presented in a question-and-answer format and designed specifically for use in Covenant churches. Four pages are devoted to an explanation of why the Evangelical Covenant Church has taken this stance as policy, [...]
CBE Writing Contest: Write for Gender Justice
By: CBE International | August 8, 2017
Enter the CBE Writing Contest! Get published; win a copy of Tara Beth Leach’s new book: Emboldened; and get a free CBE subscription!
9 Anti-Abuse Practices Your Church Needs To Adopt
By: Becky Castle Miller | August 7, 2017
The first step in addressing abuse is to grasp how prevalent it is. Half of your church members have likely experienced abuse: child abuse, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, spiritual abuse in a religious organization. It’s not an issue “out there”—it’s an issue “in here."
Book Review: No Little Women: Equipping All Women in the Household of God
By: Katy Scott | August 7, 2017
No Little Women: Equipping All Women in the Household of God, by Aimee Byrd, provides many practical challenges to female disciples and their leaders. It challenges women to become better equipped for ministry, learn and exercise discernment in their educational tools, and prompts them to take responsibility for becoming “good theologians with informed convictions” (178). However, [...]
No Little Women: Equipping All Women in the Household of God
By: Aimee Byrd | August 6, 2017
Why are so many well-intentioned women falling for poor—even false—theology? The Devil has been effectively targeting women from the beginning, so why are they often left to fend for themselves in so-called women's ministries? Strengthening women in the church strengthens the whole church. Cultivating resolved, competent women equips them to fulfill their calling [...]