The Interview: Beth Allison Barr wants Christians to know where “Biblical womanhood” comes from (it’s not the Bible)
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks with Beth Allison Barr about the idea of “Biblical womanhood”, what she believes the Bible actually has to say about the role of women and what it will take for things to change…
Beth Moore apologises for her role in elevating ‘complementarian’ theology that limits women leaders
RNS First she shook the evangelical world by leaving the Southern Baptist Convention. Now Beth Moore, arguably the evangelical world’s most famous Bible teacher, has begged forgiveness for supporting the theology of male headship rooted in many evangelical cultures. In a Twitter thread on Wednesday, Moore took aim at complementarianism, the 20th century theological framework […]
Women and the church: With Beth Moore’s exit, more evangelical women are challenging strict gender norms
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on how the idea of complementarianism within Southern Baptist churches is changing for some…
Accusing Southern Baptist Convention of “caving”, US evangelical pastor John MacArthur speaks against women preachers
RNS US evangelical pastor John MacArthur, speaking at a celebration of his 50th year in pulpit ministry this week, weighed in on an ongoing debate in the Southern Baptist Convention over women preachers, claiming the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has lost faith in authority of the Bible. He claimed the SBC had taken a “headlong plunge” […]
THE INTERVIEW: AUTHOR KATE BOWLER ON HOW EVANGELICAL WOMEN CARVED OUT A NICHE IN CELEBRITY CULTURE
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, speaks with author and historian Kate Bowler about her new book, ‘The Preacher’s Wife’…
In Dallas, Southern Baptist leaders gather to address church abuse
Dallas, USRNS On Thursday, members of the Southern Baptist Convention kicked off a three-day summit focused on confronting sexual abuse, with church leaders and abuse survivors calling for the rejection of a religious cultures that can perpetuate abuse and for new systems to protect the vulnerable. Hundreds of pastors and SBC members filled the sprawling […]