Since 1988, CBE has worked with supporters and ministry partners from over 100 denominations and 65 countries to dismantle the patriarchy practiced and taught as biblical.

The system of patriarchy (men holding authority and excluding women from it) has been entrenched in Christian theology through centuries of traditions and misguided teachings and practices. This has marginalized and excluded women’s God-given gifts and service—a practice that hurts everyone. Through misinterpreted/mistranslated Bible texts, girls and women are devalued, and women’s gifts and leadership are undermined, resulting in a limited talent pool and abuse.

CBE engages the original context and language of Scripture to show that the Bible teaches that women and men are equally created in God’s image for shared governance in all spheres, based on the teachings of Scriptures such as Galatians 3:28: “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

Equipping Women and Men to Serve as Equals

CBE advances the gospel by equipping Christians to use their God-given talents in leadership and service regardless of gender, ethnicity, or class. CBE is the only nonprofit organization promoting women’s equality as a biblical ideal to Christians worldwide. Our work addresses theological and historical errors, and flawed translations of Scripture that devalue girls and women and limit their voice, agency, and God-given gifts that families, churches, and communities need to flourish.

CBE's Publications

CBE publishes a magazine and an academic journal with articles on issues related to a biblical view of women’s equality and mutuality in the home, church, and world.

Priscilla Papers is CBE's award-winning journal and provides interdisciplinary scholarship on topics related to a biblical view of women’s equality. Read articles at https://www.cbeinternational.org/primary_page/priscilla-papers-academic-journal/

CBE's award-winning Mutuality magazine + blog offers inspiration, encouragement, and information on practical issues related to Scripture and the mutuality between women and men. Read articles at https://www.cbeinternational.org/primary_page/mutuality-blogmagazine/

Content from these publications is available for free, along with 4,700 online resources in 30 languages at cbeinternational.org. Print editions of Priscilla Papers and Mutuality are also available through a subscription.

“I have been a sponge, soaking in your articles and reading the many books I found on your website. I pray that God would use you to help me heal from the many years of feeling frustrated and abandoned by the church.” —CBE supporter

Gender-Accurate Bible Translation Project

For centuries, Christians have relied on flawed, sexist Bible translations that contribute to the devaluation of girls and women relative to boys and men. Thus, CBE launched a Bible translation initiative to examine and correct flawed translations of biblical passages that are most often used to demean and subjugate females to male authority and abuse.

An expert team of Bible scholars—women and men from diverse ethnic, racial, geographic, and denominational backgrounds—have translated 500+ Bible verses with commentary explaining and promoting a more exegetically-sound, gender-accurate, and accessible English translation of crucial texts historically mistranslated and used to subjugate women worldwide. A well-known academic religious publisher has offered CBE a contract to publish this book.

For more information about this project, go to https://www.cbeinternational.org/primary_page/gender-accurate-bible-translation/

International Conferences

At CBE’s international conferences, we bring voices together to consider egalitarian issues historically, biblically, and socially. Attendees gain awareness and the ability to address the abuse of patriarchy within their spheres.

It is crucial that we provide scholarships so more people can attend CBE’s international conferences. These scholarships help students, pastors, and others with limited financial resources participate. When women and men understand women’s biblical value and equality, they are better equipped to flourish in their life, work, and studies.

The generosity of donors like you help provide access, strengthen conference programming, and equip participants with awareness and tools to confront the harm caused by patriarchy.

Help us open doors to bring more people together to grow this vital conversation! Go to https://secure.qgiv.com/for/conferencegeneraldonationform

Learn more about CBE’s conferences at https://www.cbeinternational.org/primary_page/conferences-empower-people/

Scholarships for Women: Putting Women in Ministry Leadership

Each year, the Alvera Mickelsen Memorial Scholarship (AMMS) provides financial assistance to women pursuing graduate degrees in ministry fields related to preaching, communicating, writing, youth ministry, pastoral, or nonprofit work. Given the challenges and inequities women face in the church, Christian workplace, and academia, the AMMS was created to help women answer the call to ministry. Thanks to generous donors, CBE has been able to award twenty-three scholarships since 2018. The AMMS is made possible through the generosity of Alvera’s family and donors like you!

For more information about this project, and to help more women answer their call to ministry, go to https://www.cbeinternational.org/primary_page/seminary-scholarships-women/

CBE’s Global Work: Africa Partnerships

CBE acts where Christian faith, theology, global humanitarian work, and women’s equality intersect. Because individuals consult faith leaders in times of crisis—and given women’s historical marginalization and abuse—human flourishing depends on faith leaders who support women’s dignity, agency, and equality in the church, home, and world as a reflection of biblical teaching.

Women's equality is not attainable without addressing underlying cultural and faith-based beliefs that devalue and disempower women and girls, making them vulnerable to marginalization and abuse. CBE has collaborated with ministry leaders and other cultural change agents in Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe to address flawed biblical teaching that result in an imbalance of resources and power between women and men, and girls and boys. By providing culturally appropriate biblical resources on women’s dignity and equality, CBE is instrumental in partnering for human flourishing globally.

For more information about this project, and to equip CBE’s African partners to lead, teach, and transform communities, go to https://www.cbeinternational.org/primary_page/advancing-biblical-basis-womens-equality-sub-saharan-africa

Audio on Women's Biblical Equality

CBE’s website hosts our conference sessions on YouTube and SoundCloud, and short audio recordings on Women in Scripture and History in English and Spanish, proclaiming that women are created in God’s image to share ministry equally with men. To hear these audio messages, go to https://www.cbeinternational.org/primary_page/women-in-scripture-and-mission/

To help CBE expand worldwide access to life-changing resources about women’s biblical equality, go to https://secure.qgiv.com/for/frenchtranslationsdonationform

Egalitarian Resources Translated into Spanish

Seven of the top ten nations coming to CBE’s website are from Spanish speaking nations including Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, and Peru! As more Spanish speakers access CBE’s website, the need to translate and publish more CBE resources into Spanish continues to grow. This includes articles, books, publications, and multimedia educational tools such as podcasts, radio spots, conference sessions. These resources are distributed through CBE’s website as well as major platforms including Lightning Source, Amazon, and Christianbook.com.

Your support will help CBE reach more Spanish speakers globally who are eager to learn more about Scripture’s message that God created women and men for mutuality. Join us at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/spanishtranslationsdonationform

Egalitarian Resources Translated into French

CBE is working to create French translations of our resources. This matters deeply because French is spoken by approximately 321 million people across 29 countries and 11 territories. Join us in providing translations that will help raise awareness, deepen understanding, and empower French-speaking Christians to challenge the marginalization of women through faithful, Scripture-rooted teachings. These resources will be distributed through CBE’s website as well as major platforms including Lightning Source, Amazon, and Christianbook.com. Partner with us at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/fretradonfor