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About bwebaptistwomenforequality

Shirley Taylor writes with humor and common sense, challenging the church body to reclaim equality for Christian women.

Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr

Posted on January 17, 2022 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

So I honor Martin Luther King this day. He had a great effect on my life as a white female. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave blacks, and white women, the same rights that white men already had. Continue reading →

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10 questions Christians should answer

Posted on January 14, 2022 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Exactly what is it that Christians are afraid of if men and women are allowed to serve equally in their church? Continue reading →

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Missing: the spiritual leader

Posted on January 13, 2022 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

A Baptist deacon wrote “The man of the house is the spiritual leader and is responsible for seeing his family loves the Lord and accepts Jesus as their Lord and Savior.” I tried to find the scriptures that tell women … Continue reading →

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Qualifications of a deacon

Posted on January 7, 2022 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

In Baptist churches, deacons serve the Lord’s Supper, even though that is not the table that was being referred to in Acts 5:2. The table in Acts 5:2 means distributing food to the widows. Continue reading →

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They didn’t need another law on marriage

Posted on January 3, 2022 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

In Romans, Paul clarifies how they can serve Christ (find a new love), and it is not about marriages at all. Continue reading →

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A New Year, an Old Problem

Posted on December 31, 2021 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

“Wives, you must submit to your husbands.” I wonder if Susie (name changed) heard those words as she sat in her Baptist church. By his own admission, her husband had slapped her a few times, no more than four or … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Gift

Posted on December 24, 2021 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Thirty years is a long time to wait to see what your Christmas Gift will actually do.  It came with no instructions but with lots of promise.  Kings journeyed far in order to see for themselves this Gift, and to … Continue reading →

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Birth of the Activist Jesus – Part 4

Posted on December 17, 2021 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

The true meaning of Christmas is the freedom that Jesus gave us.  No more rigamarole such as the way to wash your hands before eating, and not working on the Sabbath – things that had absolutely no spiritual significance to them.  In doing away with these things, Jesus said: “My yoke is easy and my load is light.” Matthew 11:3 Continue reading →

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Birth of the Activist Jesus – Part 3

Posted on December 10, 2021 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

She said that those who hunger for God will be filled, but those who think they are already rich in the knowledge of God will be turned upside down and the money they hold in their pockets (what they think they know about God) will fall out on the floor. Continue reading →

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Birth of the Activist Jesus – Part 2

Posted on December 2, 2021 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Will you give hope to women who daily face the discrimination that is birthed in churches, denying them full honor and responsibility of serving Christ as pastors and deacons, and from full equality in their own homes? Continue reading →

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