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God's Grace for the Breastfeeding Pastor
By: Lindsey Funtik | May 9, 2024
Breastfeeding is one illustration of those elements of life which God can use as vessels for our own growth and experience of the love that cradles us so closely. Pouring ourselves out like an offering of love takes us further into the heart of God.
The Myth of the Jezebel Spirit
By: Jackie David Johns | May 2, 2024
I know dozens of women who have been told they have a Jezebel spirit. In my experience, they are most often faithful servants of God, who dare to speak the truth to those who do not want to hear it. This pejorative terminology is doing harm to many in the church.
Shiphrah and Puah: The Egyptian Midwives on the Frontlines of a Spiritual War
By: Emily Dixon | April 25, 2024
Shiphrah and Puah were two pivotal women whose fear of God prompted them to take part in one of the most momentous events in the Hebrew Scriptures. These women stood on the frontlines of the spiritual war we call the Exodus.
The Household Codes Are One Passage: Why Do We Have Two Exegeses?
By: Robert J. Mayer | April 18, 2024
If we interpret and apply Ephesians 5–6 without reference to the household slavery that Paul obviously recognized in Ephesus, why do we stress patriarchal interpretations of the same passage in a society that has become post-patriarchal?
Celebrating Black Women Leaders in Church and Society
By: CBE International | April 11, 2024
April is Black Women's History Month, and in celebration, here are seven resources that highlight specific Black women who've changed the world—and particularly, the church—for the better.
Mary Magdalene's Miracle
By: Elaine Kelly | April 4, 2024
There is an old story that the tradition of painting Easter eggs originated with Mary Magdalene. She boldly appeared before Emperor Tiberius and declared, “Christ is risen!” Tiberius gestured to an egg she held and said, “Christ has no more risen than that egg is red.” Immediately, the egg turned red.
Women’s History Month: The African Face of Global Evangelicalism
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 28, 2024
Throughout church history, women have played no small part in the growth of the church worldwide. According to research today, “the future of Christianity is both female and African.” Consider the phenomenal leadership of women being used by the Holy Spirit to anchor and grow Christianity in East Africa.
Barbie, The Book of the City of Ladies, and the Battle against Internalized Misogyny
By: Mary Bell | March 21, 2024
In the Barbie movie (2023), America Ferrera’s character gives an iconic speech about how “it is literally impossible to be a woman.” Christine de Pisan in 1405 also wrote a popular and highly regarded defense of women: The Book of the City of Ladies.
Twenty Centuries of Women Leaders in the Church
By: CBE International | March 14, 2024
In celebration of Women's History Month, here are five titles that trace women's contributions to the church from the time of Jesus down to the early Church Mothers, to medieval women theologians, and finally to female pastors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Three Reasons Women's History Is So Important
By: Sarah Lindsay | March 7, 2024
Why does history matter? And in the context of Women’s History Month in particular, why does women’s history matter?