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Tell Her Story Well
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 6, 2024
Overlooking or even obscuring the achievements of women is part of the church’s failures. It is high time we honor these women and God’s gifts that equip them to serve our world!
Groanings of a New Creation: Racism and Sexism in the World Church
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | February 29, 2024
CBE’s President Dr. Mimi Haddad reflects on the Racism in the World Church Conference held on February 15–17, 2024, at Truett Seminary, Baylor University.
Betty Greene (1920–1997)—No Airman
By: Jill Richardson | February 22, 2024
Betty Greene is not a common household name. As a woman and a pilot, she flew beyond expectations despite the many barriers she faced. Women today continue to face similar barriers. What can the church do for the Betty Greene's of the world?
Book Review: The Struggle to Stay: Why Single Evangelical Women Are Leaving the Church
By: Emma Feyas | February 14, 2024
The Struggle to Stay sheds light on why women are leaving evangelical churches through real stories and research.
When Is Teaching Not Teaching?
By: Sue Sutherland | February 8, 2024
Women often are held back from speaking at the pulpit because they would be "teaching" men in complementarian contexts. Isn't it teaching, no matter what context one is in? This led one woman to ask, "When is teaching not teaching?" She found that the Bible encourages women to use their gifts of teaching, and gives [...]
"Consider Getting an MDiv": Seminary Education, Double Standards, and Women in Ministry
By: Liz Cooledge Jenkins | February 1, 2024
Some women feel called to get more education, while others find education is required for pastoral positions despite their male counterparts having none. This is just one double standard many women face in pastoral ministry, and it often leads to further barriers to ministry, such as crippling debt.
Pastor But Not Elder: A Lamentful Response and Way Forward
By: Kristin Lassen | January 25, 2024
Women often feel stuck when churches make decisions that are a small step towards Biblical equality but are just not quite there yet. When this happens, how should egalitarians respond? One woman answers: lament.
4 Ways Complementarian Churches Can Be Better for Women
By: Chesna Hinkley | January 18, 2024
Many complementarians want to respect women’s needs and stories and benefit more concretely from their insights, but are not sure how to begin moving in that direction. I used to leave church in frustration every week because of the implicit marginalization on display in services. A childhood, or lifetime, of watching women pushed further [...]
The Pink Mic: A Token of Sexism in Churches
By: Joann Rachel Cherian | January 11, 2024
In complementarian settings, women often face sexism that goes unnoticed. For some women, this sexism looks like degrading jokes from the pulpit; for others, sexism looks like a pink microphone.
Upside-down Kingdom Authority
By: Lauren Mulford | January 4, 2024
Complementarians talk a lot about authority. It's essential to their understanding of patriarchal order in the home, church, and the world. But is that order of authority really what God intended? What if Jesus came to turn that understanding of authority upside-down?