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Bridging the Egalitarian Gap
By: Rob Dixon | January 2, 2025
For egalitarian faith communities, convergence between our espoused values and day-in, day-out practices should be our goal. In order to avoid the burnout and disillusionment that so many women experience, we must strive to reduce the egalitarian gap whenever and however possible.
Women are Valued by God
By: Sheri Bradley | December 6, 2024
When stereotypes fall flat, we must return to Scripture to understand what it means to be a woman.
Video - Julian of Norwich: A Medieval Feminist
By: Charles Read | November 30, 2024
This workshop will outline the life and teachings of Julian of Norwich (~1343–1416) who lived in medieval England. Julian exercised spiritual leadership in a context where women could not be ordained.
“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 [...]
Lucretia Mott: Spiritual Warrior for Human Rights
By: Eliza Hodge Fitzgerald | September 26, 2024
In her day, it was said of Lucretia Mott, “There was...power in her calm, deliberate but pitiless logic that seemed to sway the minds of her hearers even against their will.” In a time when women were often not permitted to speak in public, “she spoke in public because she was conscious of a [...]
Arise and Shine!
By: Hannele Ottschofski | August 15, 2024
Not all women are treated as human beings of equal worth. I believe that God wants us to dispel the darkness where women have been kept, unable to shine, and use the gifts God has given them to his glory. I am not afraid to speak up about injustice and to promote gender equality.
The First Named Writer in History: Enheduanna (2334–2279 BC)
By: Susy Flory | August 1, 2024
Susy Flory introduces Enheduanna (2334-2279 BC), a Mesopotamian princess now recognized as the earliest litterateur in human history.
Historical Egalitarian Theology: Contributions from European and English Women in the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries
By: Julie Walsh | August 1, 2024
Julie Walsh tracks women theologians across three centuries (16th through 18th) to showcase the various kinds of arguments they made for biblical egalitarianism.
"Talking with a Woman..."
By: Neil Rees | June 20, 2024
Did the disciples realise how much their thinking was impacted by the powerful forces that shaped the world they had grown up in, with its cultural norms surrounding the place of women, reinforced by both implicit and explicit instruction? Did they have any idea to what extent the patriarchal system that they unreservedly embraced was [...]
#SilenceIsNotSpiritual: 8 Ways to Disrupt Abuse
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 13, 2024
The pervasiveness of abuse was made evident with the #MeToo movement this year and awareness swelled as Christians added their voices with #ChurchToo and the more recent #SilenceIsNotSpiritual—a statement calling the church to end silence on gender-based violence.