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A Response to Peter Jones' "Conservative Moms & Stunted Masculinity"
By: Angela Hurst | August 16, 2016
Recently, Pastor Peter Jones wrote the following tweet: “Conservative mothers whether biological or ‘mothers’ in the church are often a great hindrance to the cultivation of true masculinity.” He then decided to clarify the tweet with this blog post, which I find incredibly insulting to both men and women. His argument should signal a red [...]
A Church in Crisis: Pornography and Patriarchy
By: Rebecca Kotz | August 10, 2016
There is a cost to benching half the church. There is a cost to consuming porn. There is a cost to marginalizing women. There is a cost to the betraying silence of the church. And ultimately, the cost is women’s lives.
4 Ways to Break Down the Gender Wall in Churches
By: Sarah Ago | August 9, 2016
It was the week of my final interview for ordination. I had turned in my paper on pastoral theology, passed one round of interviews at the conference level, and was headed into my interviews on the national level. I was taking a class that same week with fellow ministers, male and female, in various stages [...]
Good News about Gender: A Bible Study for Young Adults
By: Hannah Rasmussen | August 9, 2016
Do you feel like Christianity stifles women? Are you tired of debates about gender in the church distracting from the gospel? Find a group of friends and discover what the Bible has to say about your identity, relationships and calling.
The Quest for Gender Equity in Leadership: Biblical Teachings on Gender Equity and Illustrations of Transformation in Africa
August 7, 2016
The call for gender equity in leadership has become a global concern . . . With a specific reference to the African context, this book explores the phenomenon of equity in leadership from various dimensions, such as African culture and traditional religion, church tradition, biblical interpretation, as well as from the perspective of contemporary socio-economic and political realities [...]
UNSilenced: Giving a Voice to Women Silenced by Ignorance
By: Alan Garrett | August 5, 2016
Many women in the church are not allowed to teach and lead men for one reason: they have been silenced by ignorance and poor theology. UNSilenced offers women a voice by correcting poor theology and providing a detailed study of biblical passages pertaining to women in ministry.
Rejecting Legalism, Embracing Women's Gifts
August 3, 2016
One of the biggest flaws in complementarian theology is that it relies on men rather than God to designate leaders and assign gifts. Complementarians forbid women to equally lead in marriage because they are convinced that male headship is God’s clear design for humanity. Some also believe women can't preach because God didn't design [...]
3 Ways Egalitarian Theology Opposes Abuse
By: Rachel Asproth | August 1, 2016
Critics have done a brilliant job of establishing all that complementarianism isn’t. I am grateful for their groundwork. But today, I want to explore what egalitarianism is. I want to move beyond a justified critique of complementarianism toward a strong egalitarian theology against abuse.
Silent in the Churches: A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 14:34–36
By: Brandon Waite | July 31, 2016
Before we get too far into this sermon, I need to say one thing: my brother had it coming. So none of this is my fault. Well, not entirely my fault. It might be his fault. Or my parents’ fault, even, for the whole thing started because they had the audacity to sell their house. [...]
Revisiting the Clarity of Scripture in 1 Timothy 2:12
By: Jamin Hübner | July 31, 2016
Those who forbid women pastors on the basis of 1 Tim 2:12 illegitimately give the passage the weight of a “clear” text while ignoring the implications of its notorious difficulties.