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Bitter Roots and Bitter Herbs

By: Ruth Barron | August 30, 2023

Too often in the church, we do not understand emotion words correctly. Hebrews tells us: “See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many” (12:15, NIV). Many religious leaders use this verse to condemn abuse victims, women like Naomi, [...]

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Battling Imposter Syndrome in the Aftermath of Vocational Ministry

By: Katherine Spearing | August 16, 2023

Women recovering from complementarian spaces often experience imposter syndrome and crippling feelings of shame. Katherine Spearing can relate. She shares how empowering other women helped her overcome imposter syndrome. 

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Setting the Record Straight: CBE’s 2023 Conference in Brazil

By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | August 9, 2023

CBE's 2023 Conference in Brazil set the record straight on women and men in the home, church, and world! Now, Mimi Haddad wraps up the conference with a glimpse into CBE's history with Brazil, shares impactful stories of women experiencing newfound freedom in Christ, and shows how the Spirit continues to move in Brazil today.

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Resgatando a Visão Bíblica: A Conferência da CBE 2023 no Brasil

By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | August 9, 2023

Vários anos atrás, Deus enviou à CBE uma profetisa do Brasil. Tendo um doutorado em uma instituição no Brasil, ela participou da conferência da CBE na Flórida em 2017. Ali ela conheceu meu esposo, que também nasceu e cresceu no Brasil. Durante o final de semana da conferência, ela compartilhou [...]

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God’s World Is Not a Man’s World

By: Hannele Ottschofski | August 3, 2023

Patriarchy is a system that values men and their achievements more than women and their achievements. A patriarchal society is male-dominated, male-identified, and male-centred. The male person is the centre of attention and everything else—or everyone else, including women—are defined by their relationships to men. Oppression of women and girls is often a [...]

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The Bias of History and the SBC

By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 22, 2023

For centuries women's stories were fantasized and buried until they faded into obscurity, leading many denominations like the SBC to have little to no knowledge of women's history. It was not until recently, when egalitarians unearthed the stories of women like Thecla, that Christians noticed women were prominent Christian leaders all along. It's time we [...]

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Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage

By: J. G. Brown | May 5, 2023

Christianity laid the foundations for the nineteenth-century women’s rights movement.

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Book Review: Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership

By: Eric Anthony | February 24, 2023

Kateusz goes to great lengths to show, successfully, that many of the documents and artworks we have today suffered intentional changes to remove or revise references to women as leaders. However, there are times when Kateusz goes beyond the evidence, though this can be difficult to parse for the non-specialist in history and art.

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Audio: Male, Female, Slave, and Free in the Context of a Pandemic: In the Thought of Katharine Bushnel

By: Boaz Johnson | November 2, 2022

Katharine Bushnell witnessed and investigated the sexual slavery of women and girls in China, Wisconsin, and India during the late 1800s. Devastated by what she saw, she struggled with what it means to be male, female, slave, and free in the context of a pandemic. In response she wrote her magnum opus, God's Word to [...]

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Video: Male, Female, Slave, and Free in the Context of a Pandemic: In the Thought of Katharine Bushnell

By: Boaz Johnson | November 2, 2022

Katharine Bushnell witnessed and investigated the sexual slavery of women and girls in China, Wisconsin, and India during the late 1800s. Devastated by what she saw, she struggled with what it means to be male, female, slave, and free in the context of a pandemic. In response she wrote her magnum opus, God's Word to [...]

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