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5 Steps for Churches When Abuse Happens
By: Ashley Easter | March 28, 2018
I’d like to present five steps for proper response to abuse disclosure in churches. I hope that churches facing similar situations in the future will have the tools and knowledge to do better.
Do Gender Roles Keep Women Safe?: A Response to John Piper
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 21, 2018
In a recent Desiring God podcast entitled “Sex-Abuse Allegations and the Egalitarian Myth,” Piper argues that egalitarians are to blame for abuse of girls and women because we neglect God-created gender differences. By elevating gender competence—giftedness for any vocation—over God’s design for men to lead women, egalitarians have [...]
Still Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning
By: Mark Labberton | March 20, 2018
This collection of essays was gathered by Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, who provides an introduction to the volume. What follows is a diverse and provocative set of perspectives and reflections from evangelical insiders who wrestle with their responses to the question of what it means to be evangelical in light of their [...]
A Letter to Pastors in the Age of #ChurchToo
By: Maggie Konstanski | March 12, 2018
Women live in a world where violence, oppression, and marginalization are the norm. Every day, we wake up to stories of abuse and assault. It’s not contained to Hollywood. We’re seeing abuse in all spheres of societies across the globe. And tragically, we’re seeing it in the church, where we might expect [...]
Why John Piper's Words Should Grieve Men, Too
By: Sarah Thebarge | February 6, 2018
Last week, theologian John Piper made headlines for saying that women shouldn't be seminary professors, because seminaries train men to become pastors, and since women shouldn't preach, they have no place training men for those positions.
4 Problems with Andy Savage's Apology
By: Ashley Easter | January 10, 2018
This past Friday, The Wartburg Watch exposed megachurch pastor Andy Savage for sexually assaulting a teenage girl, Jules Woodsen, who has now come forward to share her story. Twenty years ago, Savage drove then-seventeen year-old Woodson down a secluded road and sexually assaulted her. At the time, Savage was an adult college student and serving [...]
Support Survivors and Defy Patriarchy in 2018
By: Rebecca Kotz | January 9, 2018
At the beginning of 2017, I wrote a blog calling for women to speak out and use our voices like never before. And did we ever!
#MeToo and #ChurchToo: The Perfect Storm
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 6, 2017
My husband and I begin most weekends at our local coffee shop, enjoying breakfast with neighbors. Recently, one neighbor—a renowned poet—recalled his experiences studying poetry at Columbia University. Students were asked to submit a recent poem they’d written. These were returned the following day with the name of each student’s favorite [...]
Why Men Who Oppose Trafficking Must Fight Patriarchy
By: Rebecca Kotz | September 18, 2017
For the last five years, it seems that sex trafficking has become the social justice issue—the cause that everyone can get behind. Diverse groups of people who agree on nothing else are united in their conviction that sexual slavery is evil. Still, many groups diverge over which method best eradicates it.
Letter To My Friend—A Domestic Abuse Survivor
By: Bronwen Speedie | August 15, 2017
In August 2017, an Australian Christian women’s online community published several true stories of domestic violence experienced by Christian women—one of whom is my friend. As I read her story, I took a moment to reflect on how her life has changed since leaving her abuser. My reflections [...]