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Why the Church Needs to Talk about Miscarriage
By: Ciera Horton McElroy | May 5, 2021
The odds are high that there are women in every church congregation who have experienced miscarriage. A church that supports women’s equality needs to be vocal about women’s embodied experience, including miscarriage
In Vain Pursuit: How Courtship Culture Trained Us to Disregard Consent
By: Whitney Evans Harrison | April 28, 2021
Whether we realize it, the vestiges of courtship culture continue to loom large in many Christian communities, even egalitarian ones. What will it take for us to see equality as romantic?
Why We Need to Model Egalitarianism for the Next Generation
By: Anne Marie Scherer | April 21, 2021
What is modeled for us can affect what we believe is possible. It is important for churches to model women’s equality to create a more equal future for the next generation.
Hot Wives, Evil Sirens, and Trapped Men: How the Church’s Messaging on Porn Fails Women
By: Eleanor Hall | April 14, 2021
There is a pressing need for the UK and US church to address how porn dehumanizes and exploits women and to recognize how resources meant to address porn use have centered the male gaze and perpetuated rape culture.
The Apostle Paul's Prodigal Daughter
By: Christine Woolgar | April 7, 2021
Paul may not come across as a loving father-figure. But when you look at 2 Corinthians through Deuteronomy 21, it starts to look like Paul treated the Corinthian church like a daughter he cared for deeply.
The Fruit of Complementarianism in the Wake of the Atlanta Tragedy
By: Katie McEachern | March 31, 2021
In the wake of the tragic Atlanta shooting on March 16, 2021, this article unpacks the response of the Southern Baptist church, which the shooter actively attended.
Seeing Paul as Our Advocate
By: Katie McEachern | March 25, 2021
Remember Phoebe, and remember Priscilla, Lydia, Junia, and the many other women Paul called his coworkers, his equals. Remember Galatians 3:28. Remember the gospel of Jesus that Paul gave everything else up for.
Paul Gives Me Grief
By: Wren Bouwman | March 25, 2021
Many women have had to grieve the complementarian Christian faith they were raised in. Using the stages of grief as a model is a helpful lens for deconstructing this faith and rebuilding better interpretations of Paul.
A New Kind of Household
By: Amy Rowe | March 25, 2021
Historical context can be the key to understanding uncomfortable biblical texts. When we frame the household codes in Colossians through the lived experience of Paul, we find a surprising, liberating message.
Phoebe Through the Eyes of Paul
By: Julie R. Frady | March 25, 2021
Phoebe’s position in the church is debated. If she was a leader, some are sure she was an exception to the “rules” of 1 Cor. 14 and 1 Tim. 2. But what if Phoebe’s leadership represented the rule instead?