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Why We Can't Forget the Women Leaders of Azusa Street
By: Michelle D. Williams | February 10, 2021
Many people don’t know that African American women were leading and pastoring churches from the beginning of the modern Pentecostal movement in the early 1900s. Meet two of these women: Lucy Farrow and Jennie Evans Seymour.
The Freedom-Faith of Rev. Dr. Prathia Hall
By: Deirdre “Jonese” Austin | February 3, 2021
Rev. Dr. Prathia Hall was a womanist theologian, pastor, mentor, and civil rights activist who developed the concept of a “freedom-faith.” She is an important figure in Black history, women’s history, church history, and American history for her work towards a church and an America where all people are considered equal, regardless of their [...]
How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth for Many Evangelical Christians
By: Beth Allison Barr | February 1, 2021
Complementarianism framed our world, even before we knew what it was called. Yet the practice of complementarianism troubled us. It troubled us so much that we finally decided to challenge it. The Making of Biblical Womanhood tells this story.
My Body Kept Score: What Purity Culture Didn’t Know about Trauma
By: Becca De Souza | January 27, 2021
This article focuses on a little-discussed, negative effect of American Christian purity culture on women. Purity culture conditions women to not trust their body. This conditioning can negatively affect women’s bodily response when they experience physical trauma.
Which Women Matter to God?
By: Jill Lin | January 20, 2021
In our quest for equality for women, egalitarians need to look at which women we are centering. Any egalitarian theology that assumes and centers white women’s experience over the experience of women of color is antithetical to the Gospel.
The Unavoidable Link Between Patriarchal Theology and Spiritual Abuse
By: Haley Horton | January 13, 2021
Complementarian theology depends on distinct roles for women and men in marriage. This article explores how, in practice, these roles mean women and men are not equal, leaving women vulnerable to spiritual abuse by men.
Forget 2020? Never!
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | January 6, 2021
CBE President Mimi Haddad looks toward 2021 with a commitment to join women of color in the struggle for equality and to elevate the important work that needs to be done at the intersection of racial equality and women’s equality.
CBE International’s Favorite Books of 2020
By: CBE International | December 30, 2020
This list comprises some of CBE’s favorite books from 2020 related to women’s equality. Add these books to your 2021 reading list, and you’ll be off to an empowered and inspired year.
Dancing around Gender Roles in Marriage
By: Mikaela Bell | December 22, 2020
People who believe strict gender roles in marriage are biblical sometimes compare them to partnered dancing. This article challenges that understanding of both dance and marriage, crediting to the real Choreographer.
How the Bible’s View of Power Devastates Theological Patriarchy
By: Jennifer Reil | December 16, 2020
A seminary student explores questions about God-given hierarchy between women and men, including what the New Testament teaches about power, domination, and status to affirm God’s intent for women’s equality with men.