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Getting Ready for LA
By: Florkime Paye | September 12, 2014
CBE's 2015 conference in Los Angeles is coming up fast and you can be a part of it! “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old is gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17 TNIV).
“Feminist” Hermeneutics?
By: Paul Adams | August 13, 2014
Recently I commented on a Facebook post that I disliked the word “feminist/feminism” when used to describe what I would brand an evangelical egalitarian position (that men and women may serve equally in the home, the church, and the world as God has so apportioned and [...]
In Honor of Dr. Bill Spencer
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | August 6, 2014
After ten years of prodigious leadership, Dr. William D. Spencer will retire as editor of CBE's academic journal, Priscilla Papers, in August, 2014. We dedicate this issue of Arise to our beloved editor, Bill Spencer, and the team that works beside him: Deb Beatty Mel, associate editor, and Aída Besançon Spencer, [...]
How to Keep Friends and Influence People
By: Margaret Mowczko | July 9, 2014
Here are a few things I’ve learnt through having many discussions with people, in real life and online, on the sometimes sensitive issues surrounding the “roles” of men and women in Christian marriage and ministry.
See You in Colombia!
By: William David Spencer | July 2, 2014
CBE's conference will be hosted in Colombia.
Together, Let's Tear Down the Gender Wall
By: Guest Author | June 30, 2014
Similar to believers in other epochal seasons in church history, we believe God still speaks. The Bible reminds us, “We know in part.” In closing, let’s together … tear down the gender wall!
Fighting Words
By: Sharon Cairns Mann | June 17, 2014
As we think about the goal of gender equality for all, it's easy to get caught up in competitive terminology. We may think that we are engaged in a "battle" (yep, there's a competitive term) and we have to tip the balance of power (oops, more battlefield thinking) so that egalitarians win (dang! there it [...]
The Underside of the Table
By: Lisa Nygard | June 5, 2014
The professor asked for two volunteers, one male and one female, to go to the front of the room where a small table was set up. Our course was about the church’s role as reconcilers, and that day we were discussing systemic gender inequality.
Oh Popularity, Thy Name is Human!
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | April 11, 2014
I love seeing my name in headlines. I suppose that makes me well, decidedly human. I love being loved. I relish being included, mentioned, cited, and most of all, seeing me everywhere! But, really, is that what this is all about—is this becoming more like Jesus? Yet, it happens over and over [...]
A Cry for Hope for the Church
By: Naomi Krueger | February 19, 2014
I don’t know what the future holds for my church family. I don’t know if my fears about my church losing its egalitarian values will be realized. (That particular pastoral candidate turned down the offer.) But I know patriarchy is the reality in too many churches in this world. Come, Lord Jesus. Come.