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Finding Christian Headship at the Mississippi Headwaters
By: Sara Ronnevik | June 17, 2015
In studying the Old Testament, we uncover the unmistakable narratives of women who took leadership and teaching roles among God’s people. Deborah, Miriam, and Huldah stand out as impressive examples of these OT women leaders. Similarly in the earliest days of the Christian church, women were teaching and proclaiming Christian doctrine to men. Anna, [...]
Headship Madness: The Headship Litmus Test (Part 2)
By: Jamin Hübner | June 15, 2015
Headship takes on a number of faces, manifestations, and applications depending on the theo-political correctness of any given situation.
Headship Madness: An Introduction to "Headship" (Part 1)
By: Jamin Hübner | June 10, 2015
“Headship” in American evangelical Christianity is probably most popularly known as an amalgam of ideas and attitudes related to male authority, control, and power, especially in the context of marriage. Although there are various paradigms surrounding the concept, the “complementarian” or “traditional” model(s) might very well stand out as the most influential and common.
Setting the Stage for Equality: Welcoming Women's Voices on Christian Platforms
By: Natalie Collins | March 5, 2015
Jesus presented a different model for living. It is one of servanthood and submission to God. Not of seeking after positions of power, not exercising authority, but of becoming a slave for the gospel.
The Genesis of Confusion: How “Complementarians” Have Corrupted Communication
By: Kevin Giles | January 31, 2015
The bitter debate among evangelicals is not about male and female “roles,” or male and female “differentiation,” or the “complementarity” of the sexes.
Was It Adam's Responsibility to Relay God's Command About the Forbidden Fruit to Eve?
By: Margaret Mowczko | December 17, 2014
In Genesis 2:16-17, God commanded the first human not to eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Some Christians believe that the first man was given the responsibility of telling the woman about God's command and warning. This assumption, however, has no biblical basis.
The Bait & Switch of Complementarians
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | May 15, 2014
Though Piper endorses female education, he denies them equal authority because they are female and this places them at great risk, in any corner of the world! To be equal in education but unequal in service is a bait and switch which egalitarians reject as unbiblical.
Dear Complementarian
By: Paul Adams | February 24, 2014
If you embrace the theological position that God the Son is eternally (read “permanently”) subordinate to God the Father and then ground your belief that submission of the wife to the husband is permanently true because of this theological position, then what does Mt. 22:30 mean?
Assessing Hierarchist Logic: Is Egalitarianism Really on a Slippery Slope?
By: David C. Cramer | April 30, 2013
Within the hierarchical camp, there exists a vocal and influential minority of strongly hierarchist scholars who argue that a commitment to egalitarianism does indeed undermine one’s evangelical commitment. But, since many of us either are or at least know strongly committed egalitarian evangelicals, this argument seems strange.
Patriarchy & Propaganda: Recognizing & Avoiding the Abuse of Power
By: G. David Korsen | December 5, 2011
Our challenge is to recognize, understand, and respond to the propaganda of patriarchy with discernment and courage, believing that “in Christ, the new creation has come: The old is gone and the new is here.” (2 Cor. 5:17).