Complementarians Single Out Single Women
Complementarians say men and women are equal in Christ, but the finer points of their beliefs reveal something different, especially regarding single women.
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Tag: Complementarianism
Perhaps Feminism is not the Enemy
In this terrific article, Michael Jensen (a Sydney Anglican minister) notes that there are different forms of feminism, and that feminism is not necessarily against Christian principles. He writes: “a Christian point of view has more in common with feminism than not.”
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Complementarianism and Same-Sex Friendships
The complementarian ideology that men are designed to lead, and women are designed to submit to male leadership, has many drawbacks, but in this post I highlight just one of them.
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A shepherd who only feeds the male sheep in his flock?
Matt Chandler states unequivocally, “I teach to men . . . I go after the men.” Matt focuses his ministry on men because, he says, this is how he understands the scriptures. So what happens to the lost sheep who are female? And how does Matt’s focus affect the thousands of women in his flock?
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Some girls want to fly paper airplanes too
Some girls want to fly paper airplanes, and some girls are very brave, but a 2011 study put out by Desiring God suggests these roles are for boys.
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Does “role” mean “rank” in complementarianism?
When some Christians, such as complementarians, use the word “roles” (as in “gender roles”) do they mean “rank” or some kind of gender hierarchy?
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Who is the “head”?
This is a critique of Mary Kassian’s article “Sex in the Shadowlands” in which she applies the word “head” to more than God, Jesus, and husbands.
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The ESV Bible’s Men-only Club
Out of the almost 100 theologians and scholars who contributed to the ESV Study Bible not one of them was a woman. Not one! They were all men! Couldn’t they have included even one qualified woman scholar who has something worthwhile to contribute?
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