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Book Review: Remembering Antonia Teixeira: A Story of Missions, Violence, and Institutional Hypocrisy
By: Xiaorui Wang | January 14, 2025
Authors Mikeal C. Parsons and João B. Chaves write an account of how prominent members of Baylor University and the Texas Baptist community took deliberate steps to twist and bury the story of Antônia Teixeira in the aftermath of her rape and subsequent childbirth. Their book invites readers to enter the world of [...]
Women and Words: Comparing Bible Translations with Rev. Dr. Aída Besançon Spencer
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Aída Besançon Spencer | January 10, 2025
Host Dr. Mimi Haddad talks with Rev. Dr. Aída Besançon Spencer about comparing Bible translations. Aída explores the goals of translation teams, from word-for-word to meaning-for-meaning, thought-for-thought, and paraphrase approaches.
“Never Be Alone with a Member of the Opposite Sex”: Is the Billy Graham Rule Effective?
By: Marie-Noëlle Yoder, Thomas Poëtte | January 9, 2025
While "Billy Graham rule" may seem to be an effective firewall in addition to being easy to put into place, it rests on some questionable assumptions. It fundamentally presupposes that a personal relationship between a man and a woman is riskier than it is beneficial. In addition, this rule is based on a very contestable [...]
Book Review: Confronting Sexism in the Church: How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It
By: Eliza Stiles | January 7, 2025
In Confronting Sexism in the Church, Matthews persuasively offers a roadmap for naming sexism wherever we find it in the church and striving toward creating church communities in which all God’s people can flourish. Weaving together history, theology, and personal narrative, Matthews’ work is a gift to the church.
Bridging the Egalitarian Gap
By: Rob Dixon | January 2, 2025
For egalitarian faith communities, convergence between our espoused values and day-in, day-out practices should be our goal. In order to avoid the burnout and disillusionment that so many women experience, we must strive to reduce the egalitarian gap whenever and however possible.
Video - Her Story Alone: Identity and Authority without Contingency
By: Nijay K. Gupta | December 31, 2024
In this presentation, Nijay Gupta shares some of his vision for the sequel to his award-winning and bestselling book Tell Her Story. This follow-up book is entitled: God Spoke through Her: Women Prophets as God’s Spokespersons in Scripture.
Video - Women Mystics, Martyrs, Missionaries, Movers, and Shakers
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 30, 2024
This workshop explores how God has gifted and called women throughout history, and how their leadership led to the flourishing of the church morally, spiritually, intellectually, and socially.
Video - Telling Her Story in Such a Time as This
By: Karen H. Jobes, Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 27, 2024
The Lord has always empowered both women and men to serve his purposes. We see this in Scripture and in life. But we also see that women’s voices and stories have not always been heard.
Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women, Part IV: A Word of Encouragement
By: Andrew Bartlett, Terran Williams | December 26, 2024
Part 4, the final article in this series, restates the three shortcomings in Mike Winger's arguments. More than this, Bartlett and Williams encourage readers to discover the Bible's message of egalitarianism.
Video - A Familiar Picture: An Update on CBE's Translation Project
By: Boaz Johnson, Jeff Miller, Cynthia Long Westfall, Philip B. Payne | December 25, 2024
CBE is engaged in a Bible translation project. From 2019 to 2024, a team of nine scholars has been working on a selection of about 500 verses, addressing bias against women that has accrued over time. Each entry includes a fresh translation together with notes that explain the translation choices.