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Making Space For Women Of Color
By: Mariam Youssef | August 1, 2015
As many churches in immigrant communities and communities of color are struggling under injustices, women of color must work to carve out their own safe spaces for dealing with their marginalization inside and out of the church
Strategies for Moving the Egalitarian Needle Forward in Your Local Church
By: Britt Vanden Eykel-Huff | August 1, 2015
This lecture uses Scripture to explore effective tools for bringing about positive change in the church, identify major obstacles to changing attitudes, and address ways to avoid burn-out on the long road to transformation and renewal
Rebecca Merrill Groothuis’s Contribution to Biblical Equality: A Personal Testimony and Lament
By: Douglas Groothuis | July 31, 2015
Biblical feminism is an oxymoron—or so I thought when I met Becky Merrill in 1983. She had leanings in this direction, but I did not let that stop me from being interested in her. But time makes fools of us all, especially when God undermines our convictions and replaces them with new insights into old [...]
Misogyny in the Church
By: Eugene Cho | July 31, 2015
2015 “Becoming New” CBE International Conference It’s not an exaggeration to say that misogyny is a matter of life and death. Our theology impacts women and men all around the world. Every woman is made in the image of God!
Ceasing to Be Silent
By: Sarah Brooks | July 8, 2015
We have an obligation to others regardless of age, race, gender, or social class to advocate for their rights as much as for our own. And as passionate advocates, we become true representations of Christ: loving our brothers and sisters as ourselves.
Five Reasons to Go to CBE's LA Conference
By: Naomi Krueger | June 30, 2015
Here are five fabulous reasons for attending the CBE “Becoming New” Conference at the end of July, plus an awesome surprise at the end of the article.
On A Plane and In A Pulpit
By: Amy R. Buckley | June 10, 2015
Not knowing where he stood religiously, whether or not he had a relationship with Jesus, I hesitated to admit that gender equality is even an issue in Christian communities. If he didn't know God and I admitted the necessity of a conference devoted to biblical equality in the Christian community, I worried that he might [...]
A Single Testimony Changes Generations
By: Natasha Sistrunk Robinson | June 5, 2015
It is true, we become like what we see. Growing up, what I saw was my mother, Sallie. She worked hard and gave everything she could so my sister and I had opportunities to thrive. She served in the church and in the community. She loved family and was always hospitable to strangers. She was [...]
Show Me There Is Room
By: Esther Emery | June 3, 2015
Women of the church, please don't stand in silence or shrink yourself down to quiet the guilt or keep the peace.
The Easter Effect
By: Rachel Asproth | April 8, 2015
In honor of his sacrifice on Easter Sunday, we are called to mobilize as one, moving beyond our individual redemption to a collective condemnation of oppression, domination, and injustice.