Search Resources
Use the search and filter below to search within the CBE Resource Library. For best results, please select a type.
Welcome to CBE’s Resources
You searched by:
Topic: Social Justice
Found 190 resources that match your criteria.
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.
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: Remembering Antonia Teixeira: A Story of Missions, Violence, and Institutional Hypocrisy
By: Xiaorui Wang | January 14, 2025
Authors Mikeal C. Parsons and João B. Chaves write an account of how prominent members of Baylor University and the Texas Baptist community took deliberate steps to twist and bury the story of Antônia Teixeira in the aftermath of her rape and subsequent childbirth. Their book invites readers to enter the world of [...]
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.”
Video: Breaking Chains: Pursuing Biblical Equality in Faith and Practice
By: Taffi Dollar | October 25, 2024
Explore the concept of biblical equality in this thought-provoking keynote address. Delve into the principles of justice, fairness, and respect for women and men as outlined in Scripture.
It's Time for a Global Vision!
By: Cecilie Croissant | October 24, 2024
As messengers of truth and love, the church should be the first in line to protest this rampant, worldwide suffering of women. God is summoning the body of Christ to partner with him and engage. I can’t help but imagine a strong, massive movement of believers who are loud and bold enough to take [...]
“Sexism,” Not “Theological Differences”
By: Heather Matthews | October 17, 2024
We are at a tipping point where many are now seeing and labeling the treatment of women in the church as sexism, and this sexism is driving women away from the church. They are convinced that the sexist beliefs, structures, and actions supported and defended by followers of Jesus are antithetical to the gospel and [...]