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Book Review: Remembering Antonia Teixeira: A Story of Missions, Violence, and Institutional Hypocrisy
By: Xiaorui Wang | January 14, 2025
Authors Mikeal C. Parsons and João B. Chaves write an account of how prominent members of Baylor University and the Texas Baptist community took deliberate steps to twist and bury the story of Antônia Teixeira in the aftermath of her rape and subsequent childbirth. Their book invites readers to enter the world of [...]
“Never Be Alone with a Member of the Opposite Sex”: Is the Billy Graham Rule Effective?
By: Marie-Noëlle Yoder, Thomas Poëtte | January 9, 2025
While "Billy Graham rule" may seem to be an effective firewall in addition to being easy to put into place, it rests on some questionable assumptions. It fundamentally presupposes that a personal relationship between a man and a woman is riskier than it is beneficial. In addition, this rule is based on a very contestable [...]
Book Review: Confronting Sexism in the Church: How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It
By: Eliza Stiles | January 7, 2025
In Confronting Sexism in the Church, Matthews persuasively offers a roadmap for naming sexism wherever we find it in the church and striving toward creating church communities in which all God’s people can flourish. Weaving together history, theology, and personal narrative, Matthews’ work is a gift to the church.
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.
Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women, Part IV: A Word of Encouragement
By: Andrew Bartlett, Terran Williams | December 26, 2024
Part 4, the final article in this series, restates the three shortcomings in Mike Winger's arguments. More than this, Bartlett and Williams encourage readers to discover the Bible's message of egalitarianism.
Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women, Part III: The Epistles
By: Andrew Bartlett, Terran Williams | December 19, 2024
Part 3 of this series summarizes the response to Winger’s videos on the New Testament Epistles, including Galatians 3:28; Paul's use of "head" as a metaphor; Paul and Peter's writings on marriage in 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, and 1 Peter; and the misuse of Ephesians 5 and 1 Corinthians 14 to silence women.
Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women, Part II: The Narrative Texts
By: Andrew Bartlett, Terran Williams | December 12, 2024
Part 2 of this series summarizes the response to Winger’s videos on the narrative texts in the Old and New Testaments, including the creation narrative, Old Testament priesthood, female elders, and women such as Junia, Phoebe, and Priscilla.
Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women, Part I: On Thinking Biblically
By: Andrew Bartlett, Terran Williams | December 5, 2024
We firmly agree with Mike’s basic point that we should think biblically about women in ministry. Our major concern is that Mike misses the importance of some basic issues which prevent him from thinking biblically about it. We will show that the reliability of his teaching on this topic is undermined by three basic [...]
Holding Husbands Accountable
By: J.A. Boone | November 28, 2024
If your husband is failing to love you, he is breaking what Jesus declared to be the Greatest Commandment. We are all guilty of being unloving from time to time. But if this is a consistent and frequent issue, it may rise to the level of abuse. If this is the pattern of your marriage, [...]
“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 [...]