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It's A Girl! Now What?
By: Aliyah Jacobs | August 17, 2016
When my brother and his wife announced their unexpected pregnancy, my family was shocked. My brother and his now wife have been together for fourteen years, got engaged in January, and married in June. A whole two months later, the couple announced that they were expecting a baby. Timing is a strange thing in their [...]
A Response to Peter Jones' "Conservative Moms & Stunted Masculinity"
By: Angela Hurst | August 16, 2016
Recently, Pastor Peter Jones wrote the following tweet: “Conservative mothers whether biological or ‘mothers’ in the church are often a great hindrance to the cultivation of true masculinity.” He then decided to clarify the tweet with this blog post, which I find incredibly insulting to both men and women. His argument should signal a red [...]
A Church in Crisis: Pornography and Patriarchy
By: Rebecca Kotz | August 10, 2016
There is a cost to benching half the church. There is a cost to consuming porn. There is a cost to marginalizing women. There is a cost to the betraying silence of the church. And ultimately, the cost is women’s lives.
4 Ways to Break Down the Gender Wall in Churches
By: Sarah Ago | August 9, 2016
It was the week of my final interview for ordination. I had turned in my paper on pastoral theology, passed one round of interviews at the conference level, and was headed into my interviews on the national level. I was taking a class that same week with fellow ministers, male and female, in various stages [...]
Rejecting Legalism, Embracing Women's Gifts
August 3, 2016
One of the biggest flaws in complementarian theology is that it relies on men rather than God to designate leaders and assign gifts. Complementarians forbid women to equally lead in marriage because they are convinced that male headship is God’s clear design for humanity. Some also believe women can't preach because God didn't design [...]
3 Ways Egalitarian Theology Opposes Abuse
By: Rachel Asproth | August 1, 2016
Critics have done a brilliant job of establishing all that complementarianism isn’t. I am grateful for their groundwork. But today, I want to explore what egalitarianism is. I want to move beyond a justified critique of complementarianism toward a strong egalitarian theology against abuse.
When the Church Silences Survivors
By: Angela Hurst | July 27, 2016
I remember how embarrassed I was the day I walked into work with a black eye. I dreaded the questions, knowing I would have to reveal my lost battle with lawn equipment, and worrying that someone might wrongly suspect my husband of abuse. I turned on the office lights, sat down at my desk, and [...]
7 Steps to Change Minds About Women in Ministry
By: Debbie Fulthorp | July 26, 2016
Here is a list of simple steps egalitarian leaders can take to guide people toward a better theology on women in ministry.
Silent No More: Exposing Abuse Among Evangelicals
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | July 21, 2016
Since my first week at Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE), I’ve heard stories from women who have struggled with their faith in God because they were abused by men. These women were emotionally, physically, sexually, and spiritually abused by husbands, fathers, uncles, brothers, pastors, or other men close to them. Their abusers believed that [...]
Tribute to Alvera Mickelsen
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | July 19, 2016
On Tuesday, July 12, Alvera Mickelsen was welcomed into the loving arms of Jesus. Our beloved leader, mentor, mother, and friend died at the age of ninety-seven. A founder of CBE, she was CBE’s first board chair in 1997, worked with grassroots CBE chapters, and served for years as a CBE board member. She authored accessible& [...]