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Selections from God’s Word to Women
By: CBE International | November 7, 2025
This article presents Katharine Bushnell’s argument that Genesis 3:16 has been misinterpreted to justify women’s subordination and suffering, contending instead that the passage warns Eve of Satan’s deception rather than declaring a divine curse. These lessons were later gathered and published as God’s Word to Women in 1921, a work reprinted by CBE [...]
Women and Words: Inside the Bible Translation Room with Dr. Joel B. Green: Part 1
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Joel B. Green | October 31, 2025
In this episode of Mutuality Matters, Dr. Joel B. Green joins the conversation to discuss the importance of Bible translation and interpretation, emphasizing the inclusion of women in the process.
Priscilla and the Explosion of Women Church Planters Today: The Great Commission Is Not a Competition
By: Terran Williams | October 30, 2025
We should not look at women today through a mistranslation or interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:12 or any verse, but through the Great Commission, in which Jesus was emphatic that the whole church participate. Can a woman teach and preach and plant a church and care for those that she gathers? In sum, yes!
5 Lessons from a Youth Pastor on Racism and Sexism
By: Sarah Brooks | October 22, 2025
As a justice advocate, I thought I understood racism and sexism. But it wasn’t until I became a youth pastor to a multiracial group of teens that I realized just how deeply racial and gender injustice is woven into our society.
Priscilla and the Explosion of Women Church Planters Today: Priscilla, the Pastor-Teacher
By: Terran Williams | October 16, 2025
There are three places where Paul emphasizes spiritual gifts as the determinant for who does what in a local church: 1 Corinthians, Romans, and Ephesians. Well, it turns out that Priscilla was involved in all three of those churches. The evidence seems to show that she had been freed up to use the gifts that God [...]
Women in Scripture and Mission: Bakhita
By: Kimberly Dickson | October 7, 2025
Bakhita’s faith strengthened her to defy the abuses of human trafficking and racism. Her story reminds us that all people—with their different stories, colors, and backgrounds—reflect the image of God and are, therefore, worthy of dignity and respect.
A Disney Movie, My Daughter, and How the Holy Spirit Helped Me Find My Voice
By: Mayzie Mayfield | October 2, 2025
Listening to music from Disney's "The Little Mermaid" with my daughter, who has her own special way of communicating, gave me a new appreciation for the importance of using my God-given voice.
Priscilla and the Explosion of Women Church Planters Today: Women Church Planters Across the Globe
By: Terran Williams | September 11, 2025
Does God regard gender when he chooses people to lead churches? Williams explores Christianity's history of women church planters for an answer.
Women, Leadership, and Ordination in the Anglican Church in Nigeria: Debating 1 Corinthians 14:26–40
By: Mercy Uwaezuoke Chukwuedo | August 19, 2025
In some parts of Nigeria where there are few or no men in the Christian Church, women can take on leadership roles. Providing women with opportunities in leadership would offer additional personnel, especially in areas experiencing a shortage of ministers.
Separate but Equal: The Great Lie behind Jim Crow and Progressive Complementarianism
By: Greta L. Bennett, AJ Fletcher | August 19, 2025
There is no reason for progressive complementarians to limit how God uses women in ministry. They may claim equality, but much like the Jim Crow laws, such equality is a lie and the “insistence that ‘equal worth’ manifests in unequal roles” lacks biblical precedent.