gender roles

Submission in the Bible is one of the most controversial, misused, and misunderstood marriage teachings. Men in particular need to keep these five things in mind.

As a scholar of gender and evangelical Christianity who grew up Southern Baptist, I watched how complementarianism became central to evangelical belief, starting in the late 1970s, in response to the feminist influence within Christianity.

"Jesus is the great equalizer," says Danielle Strickland. "He’s the great liberator for all peoples"—and that includes women in the church.