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The Face of Christianity? It's an African Woman!
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 6, 2025
Dr. Mimi Haddad interviews Kenya’s first woman Anglican Bishop, the Rt. Rev’d. Dr. Emily Onyango, about her life, ministry, and inspiration from the East African Revival.
This, Too, Is Good
By: Mallory Ellington | February 27, 2025
Mallory Ellington shares her journey of declaring her body good. She reminds us that Jesus has not called us to a body size. Jesus has simply called us to himself. We bear the image of God, and that is declared good.
Book Review: Tears on the Altar by Maturu Milly Erema
By: Jessica Fleck | February 18, 2025
In Tears on the Altar: The Controversy Over the Clergywoman’s Ministry in Biblical Perspective, author Maturu Milly Erema gives an astoundingly concise overview of biblical texts that support women in ministry leadership, as well as passages that are used to prohibit women’s giftings.
Home, Church, and World: Mutuality and Masculinity with Zachary Wagner: Part 2
By: Zachary Wagner, Tara Korpi, Todd Korpi | February 14, 2025
This episode is a part of a segment of the Mutuality Matters podcast, hosted by Tara and Todd Korpi. In this segment we discuss headship theology––dynamics of power, authority, and gender, and how they function in Christian homes, the local church and society.
Eleven Books to Pick Up During (and After) Black History Month
February 13, 2025
If you are ready to learn from our Black sisters, here are eleven books that you can pick up from the CBE Bookstore during or after Black History Month.
Women and Words: Bible Passages that Support Women’s Leadership with Rev. Dr. Aída Besançon Spencer
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Aída Besançon Spencer | February 7, 2025
In the second episode, Dr. Mimi Haddad meets with Rev. Dr. Aída Besançon Spencer to explore key ways Scripture goes against the grain of culture. Aída addresses the leadership of women in scripture and early church, with a focus on context.
Conclave As A Model for Disruption at Its Finest
By: Christine Woolgar | February 6, 2025
Woolgar explores how the film Conclave models a way to participate in large institutions while disrupting unjust situations in anticipation that God can, and will, act in these places.
The Upside-Down Queendom: Aimee Semple McPherson and Gendered Rhetoric in the 1930s Foursquare Crusader
By: Caylie Cox | February 3, 2025
The followers of the charismatic Christian leader Aimee McPherson devised a way to gain from her giftings while keeping the traditional paradigm of masculine, muscular ministers.
The Sexual Violences of Empire, Patriarchy, and Crucifixion
By: Rebekah Mui Pei Ern | February 3, 2025
The cross, instead of representing the dominated, that is, slaves and women, arguably came to represent the dominator.
Is the Church a Safe Place for Women?
By: Andrew J. Bauman | January 23, 2025
Andrew Bauman shares his research of over 2,800 women and their stories of sexism in the church, and his desire to cultivate a safe church.