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Book Review: Safe Church: How to Guard against Sexism and Abuse in Christian Communities
By: Jessica Fleck | January 21, 2025
Bauman uplifts the voices of marginalized women within the Protestant church using clear statistics, the stories of women, and research of others. Safe Church helps women and men understand and address sexism in the church with clear statistics and healthy tools.
Home, Church, and World: Mutuality and Masculinity with Zachary Wagner: Part 1
By: Zachary Wagner, Tara Korpi, Todd Korpi | January 17, 2025
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.
Mutuality, Friendship, and Corporeality: Toward a Christian Leadership Model
By: Amber Mann Riggs, Israel Steinmetz | January 16, 2025
Amber and Israel's team’s approach to leadership morphed from one of hierarchy to one of mutual submission as they stepped up as co-leaders. Instead of languishing without a traditional, rigid hierarchy, the ministry team thrived. As we reflect on our season as co-directors, we recognize how its uniqueness drew from a rich, incarnated theology [...]
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 [...]
Women and Words: Comparing Bible Translations with Rev. Dr. Aída Besançon Spencer
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Aída Besançon Spencer | January 10, 2025
Host Dr. Mimi Haddad talks with Rev. Dr. Aída Besançon Spencer about comparing Bible translations. Aída explores the goals of translation teams, from word-for-word to meaning-for-meaning, thought-for-thought, and paraphrase approaches.
“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.