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5 Things Egalitarians Believe about Gender Differences
By: Tim Krueger | June 5, 2017
Egalitarians believe the Bible promotes two senses of equality: equality of nature and equality of opportunity. Neither requires or even hints that women and men are or should be identical. Egalitarians don’t deny difference, we deny that difference is destiny.
Apple Picking Theology: The Intersectionality of Jesus
By: Karen González | June 5, 2017
When our egalitarian theology is intersectional, we can be confident that our whole identities matter to the God who formed and chose us. No form of oppression should escape the scrutiny of the gospel.
Brokering Peace: Egalitarian Theology Meets the “Mommy Wars”
By: Sarah Lindsay | June 5, 2017
Most of us have heard about the Mommy Wars: the tension between mothers who stay at home and those who work.
Text or Pretext: Loving Scripture, Living Egalitarian
By: J.W. Wartick | June 5, 2017
I was raised in something of a theological echo chamber where my complementarian convictions went undisputed. All diligent Bible readers would obviously conclude that men were to lead, and even more obviously, that women were not to be pastors. What could be simpler?
A Guide to Cross-Centered Submission
By: Kelly Ladd Bishop | June 5, 2017
Christian egalitarians love biblical submission because it is part of God’s perfect will. It reflects the love of Christ. It uplifts and honors the gifts and calling of others.
Prophetic Dissent in the Sanctuary
By: Rachel Asproth | June 5, 2017
Recently, someone asked my thoughts on racial segregation in the US church on Sunday mornings: “How will we ever move forward together, as a unified church, if people of color don’t forgive us for the past?”
Rwandan Women Rising
By: Swanee Hunt | June 5, 2017
In the spring of 1994, the tiny African nation of Rwanda was ripped apart by a genocide that left nearly a million dead. Neighbors attacked neighbors. Family members turned against their own. After the violence subsided, Rwanda's women—drawn by the necessity of protecting their families—carved out unlikely new roles for themselves as visionary pioneers [...]
Book Review: Find Your Brave
By: Lori Buckle | June 1, 2017
Find Your Brave is not an explicitly egalitarian book. It does not address issues such as women in church leadership or the relations between the sexes. Instead, Holly Wagner exhorts her readers to remain strong during times of adversity by drawing upon the strength of God. Her message is applicable, therefore, to every Christian, no [...]
Book Review: Everbloom: Stories of Deeply Rooted and Transformed Lives
By: Diane Fillmore | May 31, 2017
Everbloom: Stories of Living Deeply Rooted and Transformed Lives is a book meant to be sipped and savored. At first glance it looks like it might be a book of writing prompts, but it is really a collection of forty-two short essays and poems written by women from a large variety of life stages and [...]
8 Ways The Church Can Advance Egalitarian Theology
By: Gricel Medina | May 31, 2017
God's original design was mutual; it gave male and female shared dominion over the earth—not over each other. God commanded the first humans to co-exercise dominion. They had the power and responsibility to rule and care for creation. The consequences were severe when humanity, tempted by Satan, did not implement God’s holy plan [...]