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Why #MeToo Is Good for Men Too
By: Ashley Easter | June 5, 2018
In holding men accountable, the #MeToo movement actually affirms men’s humanity—their ability to know and then choose right from wrong and to have healthy, mutual relationships with women. It also honors the good men who choose to treat others with equality and respect.
#MeToo and the Church
By: Eugene Hung | June 5, 2018
While the the #MeToo and #ChurchToo hashtags may be new, the abuse epidemic is not. The problem is not “out there”—that is, outside the walls of the church—but “in here,” something the church must reckon with as much as anyone in our world.
If Anyone Can Abuse, Why Are We Still Talking Gender Roles? It's About Power
By: Tim Krueger | June 5, 2018
If abuse is a power problem, then what does the debate about gender roles have to do with it? Put simply, our views on gender and authority grow out of and reinforce our philosophies on power.
Vindicating the Vixens: How We View Bible Women Shapes Our Response to #MeToo
By: Sandra Glahn | June 5, 2018
By distorting Bible women’s stories, we provide a “biblical” rationale for rape culture.
6 Principles for Guarding Churches Against Predators
By: Gricel Medina | May 30, 2018
Predators seek out churches and communities that have a culture of naiveté. They’re looking for leadership that will consistently give them the benefit of the doubt and congregations that easily trust them with young people.
Paige Patterson, SWBTS, and the Problem with "Sorry, Not Sorry"
By: Dawn Choate | May 24, 2018
The reality is, whether you’re Baptist or not, Patterson’s lack of perceivable remorse and his colleagues’ refusal to offer any real consequences or change is a signal that we have much work to do in the larger body of Christ. This isn’t just a “Baptist problem.”
Abuse Is Wrong Because Women Are People, Not Because You Have Daughters
By: Tim Fall | May 22, 2018
These pleas for better treatment and an end to abuse are a step in the right direction. But many of these anti-abuse statements still center men and their experiences and render women objects.
A Response to Paige Patterson's Comments on Abuse
By: Sarah Lindsay | May 7, 2018
Last week, an audio tape from 2000 resurfaced in which Paige Patterson, currently the president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a prominent leader in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), described counseling women to remain in abusive marriages.
A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile's Apology to Beth Moore
By: Kelly Ladd Bishop | May 4, 2018
Yesterday, Christian author, Beth Moore, wrote a vulnerable letter to her Christian brothers, describing what it has been like for her to be a woman ministering in the male-dominated world of evangelicalism.
3 Lessons I Learned from the Stories of Women Immigrants
By: Susan Harris Howell, Shelby Barnett | April 25, 2018
Recently, in the small bowling alley where Shelby works, three immigrant women and eight children came to the counter to pay for their games. After Shelby realized that none of the women could speak English, one of them tried to apologize, saying, “Normally my husband…” Shelby asked if her husband usually did the talking. She [...]