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Gender and Justice Today
By: Ronald J. Sider | April 30, 2007
A dramatic statement in a United Nations document in 1980 has often been repeated: “Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours, produce half of the world’s food, and yet earn only ten percent of the world’s income and own less than one percent of the world’s property.” If that generalization [...]
It Could Happen to You
By: Norma McCauley | April 30, 2007
Christian caregivers are to be commended for seeking to provide assistance to the survivors of child sexual abuse. However, we must be aware of a potential danger: the accusations could be false.
Gender Injustice Destroys the Whole Family
By: Medad Birungi | April 30, 2007
I have had a burden for women for about ten years, but, with my African background of marginalization and oppression of women, I had failed to stand alone and fight for equality until I discovered Christians for Biblical Equality. My burden for women was burning because of the oppression my own mother went through.
Gender Justice
By: E. Leelavathi Manasseh | April 30, 2007
An important point out of which spring many of our contemporary problems in relation to gender justice is our failure to start from the right point, i.e., the glory shared equally by boys and girls and men and women of being created in the image of God, of being redeemed in Christ, and of [...]
The Hands That Dress
By: Mallory Millspaugh | April 30, 2007
It’s the gown that weighed her down The costume she wore was the cause for her to drown “She slipped,” they say but she didn’t leave the water “She was mad,” they say, “did it herself.” but for this demise, someone’s to blame
Clergy Responses to Domestic Violence
By: Steven R. Tracy | April 30, 2007
Of all the social problems confronted by the church, domestic violence is surely one of the most misunderstood and mismanaged by church leaders. I still look back with deep embarrassment on the time when, as a young pastor, I was offended that our women’s ministry had invited a special speaker to address the topic [...]
Book Review: Carrie A. Miles's The Redemption of Love
By: Christiane Carlson-Theis | April 30, 2007
Carrie Miles' well-written book should be read by all who cherish the institution of marriage and wish to understand (and stem) its decline. Miles, who has a PhD from the University of Chicago, is associate director of the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture. Using the tools of socioeconomic analysis, her book [...]
Book Review: Del Birkey's The Fall of Patriarchy
By: David M. Scholer | April 30, 2007
Del Birkey, an independent scholar and author of The House Church: A Model for Renewing the Church (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1988), has written a passionate, wide-ranging, and interesting book on the harmful power of patriarchy and its critique by Jesus and the apostles, representing the biblical truth of gender equality.
Egalitarianism and Homeschooling- One Member's Personal Story
By: Guest Author | April 20, 2007
Karen Till, CBE member and friend, is the author of this post about being a homeschool parent and an egalitarian.My journey towards equality and gift-based leadership began about three years ago when I read Cunningham and Hamilton’s book, Why Not Women. I was ready for it. At the time I was struggling with [...]
Thoughts on the PCUSA Denomination in Regard to the Ordination of Women
By: Guest Author | April 5, 2007
Bell offers the following reflections on her denomination in hopes that her critique would continue to call believers to solid scholarship surrounding the empowerment of women and men in ministry and encourage her denomination to clear and cohesive action as they strive to live out their statement of faith.