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Resgatando a Visão Bíblica: A Conferência da CBE 2023 no Brasil
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | August 9, 2023
Vários anos atrás, Deus enviou à CBE uma profetisa do Brasil. Tendo um doutorado em uma instituição no Brasil, ela participou da conferência da CBE na Flórida em 2017. Ali ela conheceu meu esposo, que também nasceu e cresceu no Brasil. Durante o final de semana da conferência, ela compartilhou [...]
Book Review: Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview
By: William David Spencer | August 7, 2023
This book about indigenous, First Nations theology emphasizes the leadership of women.
Negotiating Boundaries: Reading Pauline Prescriptions in Their Cultural Context
By: Colin Gauld | August 7, 2023
Paul’s instructions in Ephesians 5 and 1 Timothy 2 are context-dependent applications of Christian principles. We too should carefully work our way through cultural boundaries as we proclaim the gospel.
Caste and Gender in India: The Bakht Singh Assemblies and Egalitarianism
By: Ziv Reuben | August 7, 2023
The Bakht Singh Assemblies, an Indian indigenous denomination established in the mid-twentieth century, promoted gender egalitarianism as it engaged the caste question.
In Spite of the Culture: A Sermon
By: Beulah Wood | August 7, 2023
The Bible tells of many married women who acted with independent agency, with or without their husbands.
God as Motherly Father and Fatherly Mother
By: Joshua Robert Barron | August 7, 2023
Learning from ancient theologians and from twenty-first-century African Christians can help Christians worldwide grow in theological maturity. They help us, for example, understand that the grammatical gender of pronouns referring to God varies from language to language.
Is There Anything More that Can Be Said about 1 Timothy 2:8–15? “Propriety,” A Surprisingly Significant Word
By: Jim Reiher | August 7, 2023
A closer look at sōphrosunē, often translated "propriety" or "modesty," in 1 Timothy 2.
God’s World Is Not a Man’s World
By: Hannele Ottschofski | August 3, 2023
Patriarchy is a system that values men and their achievements more than women and their achievements. A patriarchal society is male-dominated, male-identified, and male-centred. The male person is the centre of attention and everything else—or everyone else, including women—are defined by their relationships to men. Oppression of women and girls is often a [...]
Creating Discussion Spaces Where Women Are Heard
By: Jill Richardson | July 6, 2023
Research shows that in meetings, women are interrupted twice as often and speak only 25 percent of the time compared to men. So, how do we create discussion spaces where women are heard?
The Bias of History and the SBC
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 22, 2023
For centuries women's stories were fantasized and buried until they faded into obscurity, leading many denominations like the SBC to have little to no knowledge of women's history. It was not until recently, when egalitarians unearthed the stories of women like Thecla, that Christians noticed women were prominent Christian leaders all along. It's time we [...]