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It’s Time to Empower the Mighty Gideon-Women of Ministry
By: Beth Barrett | November 17, 2021
The story of Gideon helps us understand why there aren’t more women in ministry. When God called Gideon, he was reluctant and anxious and in hiding—and a mighty warrior.
Even Egalitarian Churches Limit Women's Leadership
By: Rachel Heim Rausch | November 3, 2021
Before women can be equally represented in church leadership—especially as pastors and especially at egalitarian churches—they need more time, outside affirmation of their calling, and an opportunity to heal.
Announcing the 2021 CBE Writing Contest Winners!
By: CBE International | October 13, 2021
The fifth annual CBE Writing Contest winners are here! You can meet each of them today. Their award-winning articles will be published in the coming months.
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.
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.
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.
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.