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#RubyWoo and the God-Ordained Power of Women
By: Shonnie Scott | October 30, 2017
When I was in college I joined a college ministry that told me: “Women can ‘share,’ but they cannot ‘preach. They can teach children and other women out of the Scripture, but they cannot teach men.’” I internalized this. I thought it was heresy for a woman to preach. And ordination was out of the [...]
3 Practical Changes Churches Can Make To Empower Women
By: Shannon Greene | October 24, 2017
I am fortunate to belong to a global denomination that affirms and supports women in ministry. Since its official formation in 1908, the Church of the Nazarene has ordained women right alongside their male colleagues. I’ve often heard it remarked that Nazarene women could preach twelve years before they could vote in US elections!
10 Resources On Domestic Violence Christians Should Read
By: CBE International | October 18, 2017
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and in recognition of the pressing need for Christian resources on domestic violence, CBE Bookstore would like to recommend these ten resources:
Bikinis, Bodies, And How We Talk About Modesty
By: Valerie Geer | October 16, 2017
It was a typical summer weekend service at our local church. I was perusing the bulletin announcements about our son’s upcoming youth group trip that included a water park excursion. Amidst the details for the trip was the following blurb instructing students what to bring:
My Daughters Need To See Women Preachers, And So Do I
By: Sarah Lindsay | October 10, 2017
A few years ago, when my middle daughter was three, we were discussing her favorite preschool job: leading the lunchtime prayer. I said that maybe she could be a pastor, like our own pastor Todd, when she grew up.
An Egalitarian Man Is Hard To Find
By: Kelci Straka | October 3, 2017
When I was six I asked my father, “Daddy, why can’t Mommy be a deacon?” I don’t remember my father’s response, but I remember puzzling over gender roles in my Southern church from an early age.
9 Ridiculously Practical Ways for Male Leaders to Empower Female Leaders in the Church
By: J.R. Briggs | September 20, 2017
As a male leader, I have a strong conviction of the need to empower women in their God-given talents, passions, and leadership. Over the past several years, I’ve moved from passive agreement with the idea of women leaders to active engagement and advocacy in order to serve and encourage our sisters for the sake [...]
Why Men Who Oppose Trafficking Must Fight Patriarchy
By: Rebecca Kotz | September 18, 2017
For the last five years, it seems that sex trafficking has become the social justice issue—the cause that everyone can get behind. Diverse groups of people who agree on nothing else are united in their conviction that sexual slavery is evil. Still, many groups diverge over which method best eradicates it.
Announcing the CBE Writing Contest Winners!
By: CBE International | September 14, 2017
This August, CBE International held its first-ever popular writing contest: Write for Gender Justice! Thanks to the creative gifts and enthusiastic participation of our diverse audience of writers, speakers, preachers, advocates, and story tellers, it was a great success!
The Ancient Roots of Western Sexism
By: Sarah Lindsay | September 13, 2017
We should acknowledge that patriarchy and the oppression of women have played large roles in both culture and the church for centuries. In fact, far from being countercultural, many complementarian claims about men and women are echoed outside the church.