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Celebrating Recent Egalitarian Wins While Still Playing the Long Game
By: Jonathan Tysick | June 23, 2021
A number of recent events and publications indicate a shift in wider evangelical Christian culture in favor of egalitarianism. But that doesn’t mean our work is done yet.
When Religion Hurts: How Complementarian Churches Harm Women
By: Camden Morgante | May 19, 2021
A 2021 study suggests that women who attend complementarian churches have poorer health than women who attend egalitarian churches. This article unpacks the study’s findings.
The Fruit of Complementarianism in the Wake of the Atlanta Tragedy
By: Katie McEachern | March 31, 2021
In the wake of the tragic Atlanta shooting on March 16, 2021, this article unpacks the response of the Southern Baptist church, which the shooter actively attended.
Book Review: Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
By: Sue Bailey | March 23, 2021
My advice: Buy this book. Read it slowly. Chew on its words. Digest its content. Let its truths tutor your mind, penetrate your soul, and motivate you toward embracing, modeling, and conveying a more humble, Christlike expression of power.
It’s Time to Follow Beth Moore Out of the SBC
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 17, 2021
Beth Moore has once again created waves in the SBC, perhaps for the last time. In a phone interview on March 5, she told the Religion News Service, “I am no longer a Southern Baptist.” While the SBC may view her departure as insignificant, they are deeply misguided.
Book Review: A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing
By: Mary Stahl | February 4, 2021
A Church Called Tov, co-written by Scot McKnight and his daughter Laura Barringer, addresses the importance of creating and sustaining a good (Hebrew tov) church culture.
Racism, Revolution, and Redemption: Let’s Not Do 2020 Again
By: Daniel Fan | January 30, 2021
Racism is best overcome through redemptive relationships.
Ties that Bind Women in Islam and Christianity
By: Kristin Lassen | January 30, 2021
Christian and Muslim women have faced similar struggles and thus can encourage one another as co-laborers in respectful dialogue.
Biological Clocks and the Hope of Eternal Life
By: Hannah Rasmussen | December 7, 2020
Single or married, baby-less or breastfeeding, men or women, we have a chance to be part of something that will last forever—the church.
Crossing Age and Gender Barriers
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 7, 2020
We have many reasons to work beside women sharpened by the Holy Spirit through years of faithful service. Yet sexism and ageism—demons that travel together—continue to rob the church of God’s richest resources.