Did Jesus Spend Most of His Time with Just 12 Men?
An argument often used to restrict women from church leadership is that Jesus spent most of his time on earth investing in a…
The Women Who Stood Near the Cross
“Some women were watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and Salome. When Jesus was…
Resources for Women Preachers
In this process of learning to preach it has been important to me to hear what other women preachers have to say. I’m…
Male-Female: Equality in the Gospel of Luke
When we view scripture from the 30,000 foot level we see it moving in the direction of a more equal partnership of men…
Manhood & Masculinity: 3 Great Studies for Groups
“I'm looking for book recommendations that are egalitarian friendly and address the subjects of manhood and masculinity. I can't find anything and our…
10 Reasons Why Men Should Not Be Pastors
"A man's place is in the army." So starts David M. Scholer's satirical list of reasons why men shouldn't be pastors. Most of…
Stumbling Over Women: Stones of Remembrance
On a recent tour of Germany I came across the Stolpersteine Project. Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small brass-plated blocks or stones embedded into…
Snapshot of a Traditional Egalitarian Marriage
Today would have been my parent’s 61st wedding anniversary. Mom passed away from complications due to Alzheimer’s two years ago and significant…
6 Great Studies on Women of the Bible: 2016 Edition
We often get requests for curriculum that supports the egalitarian view of women as full and equal partners in marriage and ministry. So…
Paul’s Egalitarian Reading of the Old Testament
For years I struggled with my relationship with the apostle Paul. On the one hand, as a teenager, I was completely taken with…
20 Free A/V Resources on Biblical Gender Equality
Here are 20 free audio (A) and video (V) resources that present biblical gender equality (egalitarianism) in a clear, compelling way, have high…
Women, War, and Evangelicals
Marine Cpl. Christina Oliver on patrol in 2010. Credit Lynsey Addario|The New York Times Recently the U.S. military announced it was in the…
49 (more or less) Seriously Good Blogs for Christian Egalitarians
Updated 9/2021 to reflect the current status of the resources named. In this post, we provide a list of 40+ blogs that regularly…
Women in The Image Of God: Not Just a Creation Story
I have a granddaughter who loves to be read to. When I start reading she pays close attention, but sometimes when we get…
5 Reasons to Stop Using 1 Timothy 2:12 Against Women
Hundreds of pages have been written on this chapter, with almost as many interpretations, proving this to be one of the least understood…