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4 Sexist Myths That The Church Should Reject
By: Rachel Asproth | May 11, 2016
We’ve all heard them. Stupid jokes and thoughtless comments. Sexist sayings and caricatures. From the pulpit, at the altar, in school, from boyfriends, girlfriends, teachers, parents, and friends. People pass off myths as facts and case-by-case examples as universal truth. Women are like this and men are like that. Women are obnoxious. Men are [...]
5 Ways To Promote Inclusion of Women In Church Leadership
By: Debbie Fulthorp | May 11, 2016
Here are five strategies for helping churches create space for women in church leadership positions with the ultimate goal of ensuring equal opportunity for women at all levels of leadership.
Anyone with Faith
By: Nancy Kempf | May 9, 2016
"What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who believes in me will do the works I have been doing. In fact, they will do even greater things. That’s because I am going to the Father" (John 14:12). Anyone. The word leaped from the passage straight into my heart. Really? Anyone? I quickly [...]
My Journey Into Egalitarianism
By: Susan Harris Howell | May 4, 2016
"I am an egalitarian." I make this statement with pride, but my journey into egalitarianism was a long one. In fact, my students are often shocked to learn that my once-traditional view of men and women's roles led to the biggest fight my husband and I had before we married. We argued over whether God [...]
Meeting Complementarian Women Where They're At
By: Lori Buckle | May 3, 2016
In January, Kristin Rosser wrote an excellent article entitled "The Consequences of Complementarianism for Men." It began with an imaginary conversation between a complementarian husband and wife. The wife expresses frustration that her husband has not prioritized finding a solution to a broken dishwasher, because the burden of hand dishwashing has fallen on his wife. [...]
When A Woman Preaches, Women Heal
By: Jerri Dyer | May 2, 2016
I have spent the past year in this church, slowly recovering from the spiritual exhaustion and pain inflicted by those who decided that I, a woman and a missionary, had no real voice in their world.
New Creation and Inheritance
By: Caroline Schleier Cutler | April 30, 2016
A common theme in biblical narrative and prophetic literature is that God aligns with those whom Walter Brueggemann calls the “dispossessed, that is, those denied land, denied power, denied place or voice in history.” The dispossessed can also be defined as those who do not receive an inheritance, or who do not receive an [...]
On the Significance of Kephalē (“Head”): A Study of the Abuse of One Greek Word
By: Richard S. Cervin | April 30, 2016
In this article, I will review some general principles of semantic analysis and some other related background issues which bear on the meaning of kephalē in the NT.
Editor's Reflections | Spring 2016 (30.2)
By: Jeff Miller | April 30, 2016
In February of 2007, I attended CBE’s conference in Bangalore, India. The day after the conference, Mimi Haddad and I, together with a few other conference attendees, went out to explore the city. At the entrance to an indoor marketplace, an Indian woman—apparently a beggar—gestured to me in a manner I did not [...]
Constructing Euodia and Syntyche
By: Robert F. Hull | April 30, 2016
I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book [...]