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Let My People Go: The Impact of Patriarchy in the Church

February 24, 2014 by Bob Edwards

Let My People Go: The Impact of Patriarchy in the Church

Patriarchy is an oppressive cultural norm with a history that predates Christianity.

Fortunately, it is fading from our global community. Unfortunately, it persists in some corners of the institutional church today, where some Christian leaders still teach that it is the God-given right of men everywhere to exercise authority over women at church and at home. From my vantage point as a male social worker, psychotherapist, and former department head at a multi-denominational Bible college, I’ve had many opportunities to observe how patriarchy impacts people every day on a very practical level.

Filed Under: complementarianism, egalitarianism, Gender Roles, personal stories Tagged With: abuse, gender equality, gender roles, marriage, patriarchy, submission, women in the church

Gender Roles vs. Spiritual Roles in the Body of Christ

December 13, 2013 by Ruthie Johnson

Gender Roles vs. Spiritual Roles in the Body of Christ

God points to our role and relationship in the Church being defined through a spiritual identity, not a biological one.

Filed Under: Gender Roles, spiritual gifts, women in the church Tagged With: 1 Corinthians, Acts 2, biblical manhood and womanhood, body, church, gender roles, Paul, Ruthie Johnson, spiritual gifts

Don’t Be Like Tech Support to Me: On Smashing Categories

November 15, 2013 by Charity Johnson

Don’t Be Like Tech Support to Me: On Smashing Categories

I’m convinced the church needs every adult, male or female, who is willing and qualified as teacher or church leader. This reawakens me to the urgency of “smashing categories”.

Filed Under: Gender Roles, women in the church Tagged With: complementarianism, culture, early church, gender, gender roles, gender tendencies, Jesus, smashing categories, women in leadership

Are Christians Called to Culture War?

October 22, 2013 by Laura Ziesel

Are Christians Called to Culture War?

Instead of simply being counter-cultural, let’s counter the fallen and broken aspects of all cultures, even Church cultures. But while we do so, let’s honor and build upon the redemptive glimpses of God that we find.

Filed Under: Christians and Society Tagged With: countercultural, culture war, culture wars, feminism, gender roles, John Piper, Justin Taylor, Mark Chanski, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, the church and culture, Wayne Grudem

Book Review: A Year of Biblical Womanhood

October 12, 2013 by Ariel Bartlett

Book Review: A Year of Biblical Womanhood

Evangelical Christians toss around the phrases “Biblical womanhood” and “Biblical manhood” as if they are self-explanatory, but Rachel wanted to show that those terms are complex, rooted in context, and sometimes downright contradictory.

Filed Under: Book Reviews, women in the bible Tagged With: biblical womanhood, gender roles, rachel held evans, women in the church

No Middle Ground for Women in the Church

September 13, 2013 by Harriet Reed Congdon

No Middle Ground for Women in the Church

There was a time I tried to keep both a hierarchical view of authority in the church and a freedom for women to use their Spirit-given gifts as they felt called by God. I had started wrestling through the issues of a woman’s place in the church. But I got caught in the middle where I was undecided about how far I would go along the spectrum of beliefs. I was certainly moving away from complementarian theology (women can only teach and lead other women; husbands lead, wives submit) which took shape during Bible college and was reinforced in my church.

Filed Under: complementarianism, egalitarianism, personal stories Tagged With: church leadership, complementarian, evangelicalism, gender equality, gender roles, leaving the church, male hierarchy, middle ground, soft complementarian, story, women in the church

Gender Hierarchy isn’t the Reason I Left Evangelical Christianity, but…

September 3, 2013 by Marianne

Gender Hierarchy isn’t the Reason I Left Evangelical Christianity, but…

I was raised by egalitarian parents and my first meeting with gender division in the Church was when I was studying theology at Bible College. All throughout the year there were little digs at it – women can‘t preach, they shouldn’t even teach our classes, people saying they would not go to lecture if there was a female lecturer (this never became an issue, I was always taught by men), even refusing to take communion if it was administered by a woman. Then it culminated in a special seminar where all the female students were gathered and explained what their role was in the Christian Church – or that is, what their role was not.

Filed Under: evangelicalism, personal stories, women in the church Tagged With: church leadership, evangelicalism, gender equality, gender hierarchy, gender roles, hierarchy, leaving the church, millenials, sexism, story

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