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About bwebaptistwomenforequality

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

Lowering the bar

Posted on December 6, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Would a woman pastor be better than a male pastor? We don’t know, but we do know that male pastors have lowered the bar so much that a woman pastor can’t do any worse. Continue reading →

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Am I my brother’s keeper?

Posted on December 2, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Pastors are aiding and abetting these stupid heresies against women. When Pastors don’t the courage or the moral fortitude to stand up and speak up for 60% of their congregation, they are in the pit with them.

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Agenda – a Baptist cuss word

Posted on December 1, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

I have an agenda. I want women to be able to walk into their church without feeling that their church holds it against her that she is a woman. Continue reading →

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Advent – Should Women be Looking for the Christ Child, or for a Husband?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Since some Baptist teach that husbands are accountable to God for their wives and children, maybe women should be looking for a husband, instead of for the Christ Child. Continue reading →

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Rockin’ Georgia

Posted on November 22, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Things are Rockin’ in Georgia. One brave Catholic nun, Diane Doughtery, is standing up to the Catholic church, and one backward institution has disfellowed another church because it has a woman as co-pastor. Continue reading →

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Baptist Woman

Posted on November 19, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Baptist Woman has just been published on my website. This newsletter offers free downloads of the book Does God Really Prefer Men? by Leslie and Gary Johnson; free download of "Dethroning Male Headship – because it doesn’t have a leg to stand on" by Shirley Taylor Continue reading →

Posted in Demand for an Apology from the CBMW, Do Baptists Really Believe That?, Equality for women in Southern Baptist churches, Male Headship fallacy, The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Biblical Womanhood | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Is 1 Peter 3 an eternal Marriage Manual?

Posted on November 17, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

1 Peter 3 is not an eternal marriage manual. Instead it is just part of a passage that began with 1 Peter 2 which tells Christians how to act toward non-Christians, government, and with others, which includes husbands and wives. Continue reading →

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Sugar Coated Submission

Posted on November 15, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Sugar coating does not help when we are talking about women submitting to their husbands. There is nothing wrong with submitting to your husband. What is wrong is that women are told that they have to do it to honor God. God never made that demand. It is not in the 10 Commandments, and Jesus never indicated that a wife had to submit to her husband in order to honor God. Continue reading →

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Just who is your neighbor?

Posted on November 11, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

Why wouldn’t your wives and daughters be your neighbors in the sense that Jesus meant it? He said to love your neighbors as yourself. Continue reading →

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Create in me a new song – Conclusion

Posted on November 10, 2010 by bwebaptistwomenforequality

But what is the alternative? The Reformation was explosive and brought about exactly the things they said it would. People began to read Bibles and indulgences were exposed. Many different denominations sprung up and the Catholic church was no longer the only voice that was heard.

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