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Book Review: Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
By: Sue Bailey | March 23, 2021
My advice: Buy this book. Read it slowly. Chew on its words. Digest its content. Let its truths tutor your mind, penetrate your soul, and motivate you toward embracing, modeling, and conveying a more humble, Christlike expression of power.
It’s Time to Follow Beth Moore Out of the SBC
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 17, 2021
Beth Moore has once again created waves in the SBC, perhaps for the last time. In a phone interview on March 5, she told the Religion News Service, “I am no longer a Southern Baptist.” While the SBC may view her departure as insignificant, they are deeply misguided.
Eyes Open To Abuse: A Tool to Create a Safer Church
By: CBE International, Katie McEachern | February 24, 2021
CBE partnered with Fuller Seminary to offer an eLearning course, “Eyes Open to Abuse,” on the FULLER Leadership Platform. It is intended for pastors, church staff, lay leaders, or congregants who want their church or organization to be better equipped to address and prevent domestic violence.
Book Review: A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing
By: Mary Stahl | February 4, 2021
A Church Called Tov, co-written by Scot McKnight and his daughter Laura Barringer, addresses the importance of creating and sustaining a good (Hebrew tov) church culture.
The Unavoidable Link Between Patriarchal Theology and Spiritual Abuse
By: Haley Horton | January 13, 2021
Complementarian theology depends on distinct roles for women and men in marriage. This article explores how, in practice, these roles mean women and men are not equal, leaving women vulnerable to spiritual abuse by men.
Silence—A Response to Abuse in the Church
By: Candice Carr | November 24, 2020
A victim-advocate shares her own story of domestic abuse and how her church responded. She also gives tips for how churches can teach congregants to recognize gender-based abuse and release victims from their silence.
Claiming Consent in the Body of Christ
By: Brenda-Lee Sasaki | October 21, 2020
One woman’s story about experiencing sexual abuse and sexism in the #ChurchToo, and how learning about consent from Jesus can show us how to reclaim our God-given bodily agency and have healthy relationships.
Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
By: Diane Langberg | October 20, 2020
Speaking into current #MeToo and #ChurchToo conversations, this book shows that the body of Christ desperately needs to understand the forms power takes, how it is abused, and how to respond to abuses of power.
A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture that Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing
By: Scot McKnight, Laura Barringer | October 6, 2020
In response to recent revelations of abuses in many churches, Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer seek a path to move Christians toward where we ought to be as the body of Christ.
The Consequences of Soft Complementarianism
By: Mikaela Bell | June 24, 2020
When people share their stories of harmful church teachings about gender roles, we’re accustomed to real horror stories of abuse. We also know that the problem is far more widespread, and it’s not always so overt.