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"Let Us Not Become Weary in Doing Good": Wisdom from One Advocate to Another

By: Ellen Richard Vosburg | March 13, 2020

We asked egalitarian advocates to share with us the egalitarian influences in their lives, how they’re working to share egalitarianism with the next generation, and the wisdom they have for how all ages of egalitarians can work together better.

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It’s Not Only Woman’s Work

By: David Hart | March 13, 2020

The only way to stop oppression is to end the oppressor mindset. Women can't do that by dressing modestly or being friendlier. That duty begins and ends with the oppressor. Men.

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To a Woman in the Ministry, from the Grandmothers in Her Church

By: H. Edgar Hix | March 13, 2020

You are doing what we could not do because we did ​what we could.

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Setting a Movement Aflame: The Power of CBE’s Founders

By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 13, 2020

God gave our founders the talent, strength, and wisdom they needed to promote mutuality in compelling ways, especially among those who believed affirming women’s leadership ignored the teachings of Scripture.

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Encouragement for Women in Ministry

By: Douglas Groothuis | March 13, 2020

I am writing this article largely because women whom I respect have encouraged me to let my voice be heard. It is far easier for egalitarian men to avoid the subject, since it is so controversial and heated.

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Men, Women, and Biblical Equality

By: CBE International | December 30, 2019

CBE's statement lays out the biblical rationale for equality, as well as its practical applications in the family and community of believers. The statement is available in more than 30 languages.

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God’s Resurrection Power: A Review of 2019 at CBE International

By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 18, 2019

God’s risen presence led CBE’s community throughout this year and awakened new empathy and resolve in us to balance power between men and women. I hope the stories I share inspire your faith as they have mine.

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Better Together: An Interview with Kristen Padilla and Tara Beth Leach

By: Ellen Richard Vosburg | December 4, 2019

 Instead of us focusing on negative comments aimed at women, we were able to focus on the ways in which God is at work among women in bringing sons and daughters to Christ.

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Playground Theologians

By: Jenn Smith Chen | November 13, 2019

I hadn’t found my voice to advocate for myself yet, but even more important than that, I hadn’t quite heard the one voice that did matter, the one voice that would call me to be a pastor. 

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The Subtle Hazing of Women in Ministry

By: Jill Richardson | November 6, 2019

We were guinea pigs, the women that year and I. We knew—after we had applied and been accepted—that our school had just begun admitting women to the MDiv program, the denomination new to the concept of women in the pulpit.

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