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Fertility, Futility, and Filth: Menstruation Imagery in Isaiah 64:6
By: Christy Hemphill, Marissa Franks Burt | May 1, 2026
Christy Hemphill and Marissa Burt look at the preconceptions that surround menstruation, leading to associating a natural and neutral process of female physiology with sin.
Her Story: Anne Boleyn the Reformer
By: Michelle Dawn Meyer | May 1, 2026
Michelle Dawn Meyer presents Anne Boleyn of the proverbial “Thousand Days,” who, within that brief period exerted a pro-Reformation influence in the court of Henry VIII, and was schemed against, at least in part, for it.
Was Christianity Good for Women? The Lives of Thecla, Perpetua, Felicitas, and Macrina Against Greco-Roman Expectations
By: Taylor Yoder | May 1, 2026
Taylor Yoder surveys women of the early centuries of the Church—Thecla, Perpetua and Felicitas, and Macrina—who tenaciously stood their ground against the expectations of the culture of their time, and paid for it with either exclusion or execution both.
Women Mystics Who Changed Their World
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 11, 2026
Throughout church history, Christian women mystics have been powerful agents of spiritual renewal and reform. This article highlights the lives of Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, and Teresa of Avila, whose deep intimacy with God shaped their leadership, courage, and influence within the church. Through their writing, service, and bold challenges to corruption, these [...]
International Women’s Day: Honoring Women’s Fight for Equality
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 5, 2026
In March, CBE celebrates both Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. Perhaps there’s no better time to celebrate women’s battle for the vote alongside their spectacular courage in leading the abolition of slavery. Gaining the vote, freeing the enslaved, and exposing the abuse and prostitution of women was exceedingly dangerous work because it challenged [...]
Book Review: Empowered Voices: Scandinavian Women in Early Pentecostalism
By: Alexis Withers | December 18, 2025
In the book Empowered Voices: Scandinavian Women in Early Pentecostalism, author Jan-Åke Alvarsson has concluded that male dominance within executive church positions has directly influenced this phenomenon.
Priscilla and the Explosion of Women Church Planters Today: The Great Commission Is Not a Competition
By: Terran Williams | October 30, 2025
We should not look at women today through a mistranslation or interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:12 or any verse, but through the Great Commission, in which Jesus was emphatic that the whole church participate. Can a woman teach and preach and plant a church and care for those that she gathers? In sum, yes!
Priscilla and the Explosion of Women Church Planters Today: Priscilla, the Pastor-Teacher
By: Terran Williams | October 16, 2025
There are three places where Paul emphasizes spiritual gifts as the determinant for who does what in a local church: 1 Corinthians, Romans, and Ephesians. Well, it turns out that Priscilla was involved in all three of those churches. The evidence seems to show that she had been freed up to use the gifts that God [...]
Book Review: Breaking the Silence on Women Leaders in the Early Church
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | October 3, 2025
A book review of Excavating Women: The Archeology of Leaders in Early Christianity by Carina Oliveira Prestes.
Priscilla and the Explosion of Women Church Planters Today: Women Church Planters Across the Globe
By: Terran Williams | September 11, 2025
Does God regard gender when he chooses people to lead churches? Williams explores Christianity's history of women church planters for an answer.