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Conclave As A Model for Disruption at Its Finest
By: Christine Woolgar | February 6, 2025
Woolgar explores how the film Conclave models a way to participate in large institutions while disrupting unjust situations in anticipation that God can, and will, act in these places.
Women in Scripture and History: Pandita Ramabai, a Bible Translator and Social Activist with Dr. Boaz Johnson
By: Kimberly Dickson, Boaz Johnson | January 24, 2025
Dr. Boaz Johnson discusses his own background growing up in India and how the writings of Pandita Ramabai influenced his own faith.
Is the Church a Safe Place for Women?
By: Andrew J. Bauman | January 23, 2025
Andrew Bauman shares his research of over 2,800 women and their stories of sexism in the church, and his desire to cultivate a safe church.
Book Review: Safe Church: How to Guard against Sexism and Abuse in Christian Communities
By: Jessica Fleck | January 21, 2025
Bauman uplifts the voices of marginalized women within the Protestant church using clear statistics, the stories of women, and research of others. Safe Church helps women and men understand and address sexism in the church with clear statistics and healthy tools.
Book Review: Confronting Sexism in the Church: How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It
By: Eliza Stiles | January 7, 2025
In Confronting Sexism in the Church, Matthews persuasively offers a roadmap for naming sexism wherever we find it in the church and striving toward creating church communities in which all God’s people can flourish. Weaving together history, theology, and personal narrative, Matthews’ work is a gift to the church.
Who Do You Say I Am? How Black Women Are Portrayed in the Media and Church
By: Terquoise Ebony Gwyn | December 6, 2024
Media portrayals of Black women have a long history. Finding healthy role models in the church and community can help us break free.
Holding Husbands Accountable
By: J.A. Boone | November 28, 2024
If your husband is failing to love you, he is breaking what Jesus declared to be the Greatest Commandment. We are all guilty of being unloving from time to time. But if this is a consistent and frequent issue, it may rise to the level of abuse. If this is the pattern of your marriage, [...]
Book Review: Blessing the Curse? A Biblical Approach for Restoring Relationships in the Church
By: Alexander Kwasi Oduro | November 21, 2024
Magda does a good job of informing women about the structures of sin in society and inspires them to challenge the hierarchical structures, live in the reality of the liberative work of Christ Jesus, and foster Christian solidarity, equality, and unity. In so doing, as Magda puts it, “There will be no curse.”
The 2024 CBE Writing Contest Winners Are Here!
By: CBE International | November 7, 2024
Get ready to meet the winners of the 2024 CBE Writing Contest! Thanks to everyone who entered. The winning articles will be published over the coming year.
Male and Female as Full Gospel Partners
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Terran Williams, Chad and Leslie Neal Segraves, Anne Zaki | October 31, 2024
Due to the urgency of the gospel and Jesus’ prayers for multiplied laborers, it is time for Christians to welcome the partnership between men and women more fully. It is time to embrace our sisters together with their brothers as equal teammates. If the Holy Spirit has gifted them, then let us wholeheartedly embrace the [...]