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Complementarianism

PCA adopts Danvers Statement endorsing complementarianism

By Filings on Mon, 07/06/26
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“The Danvers Statement is a document published in early 1988 by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood that establishes the framework for complementarianism in both the home and the church.” - Baptist Press

Should Complementarians Change Their Minds Now? On Preston Sprinkle’s ‘...What the Bible Really Says About Women in Leadership’

By Filings on Wed, 03/04/26
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“Though Sprinkle doesn’t provide new arguments for egalitarianism, his book will probably be referred to often because he changed his mind on the issue and states his views clearly. Nevertheless, I’m not persuaded by his argument.” - TGC

Do Southern Baptists Now Qualify As Neo-Fundamentalists?

By Filings on Thu, 06/20/24
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“Jake Meador sees evangelicalism breaking into four subgroups, moving from right to left the neo-fundamentalists, mainstream evangelicals, neo-evangelicals, and progressive evangelicals. He says the SBC is now undergoing ‘an attempted takeover from a well-moneyed group of neo-fundamentalists.’” - Religion Unplugged

On the State of Complementarianism in the SBC (Bart Barber)

By Filings on Tue, 06/04/24
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“I believe that our statement of faith does a masterful job of calling all believers to active Christian service while maintaining biblical roles for men and women.” - Bart Barber

Do Egalitarians Need Safe Spaces?

By Filings on Mon, 04/29/24
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“The April 2024 issue of Christianity Today includes three cover stories addressing ongoing differences between complementarians and egalitarians. Titled ‘Division of Labor,’ the cover asks whether egalitarians and complementarians are really as opposed to one another as people suppose.” - Denny Burk

Advocates, Not Merely Adherents: Lay-of-the Land Observations and Challenges for Complementarians

By Filings on Thu, 04/04/24
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“Stop trying to find the mushy middle. If you want to see people looking for it, you do not have to attend a feminist conference these days. You just have to attend ETS. But there is, in the final analysis, no mushy middle.” - CBMW

Yet Another Attempt to Justify What God Forbids: A Response to Cynthia Westfall, “Male and Female, One in Christ”

By Filings on Thu, 06/22/23
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“I proceed by answering three questions: (I) How does Cynthia Westfall’s chapter fit in the conversation about Galatians 3:28? (II) How does Cynthia Westfall’s new chapter compare to Gordon Fee’s old chapter? (III) Is Cynthia Westfall’s argument correct?” - Andy Naselli

Soft Complementarians: Holding to Headship and the Gifting of Women

By Filings on Wed, 06/21/23
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“ ‘Soft complementarian,’ as it is commonly called, is neither ‘complementarian’ or “egalitarian”—the two views that are typically featured in the debates.” - Eric Geiger

What 1 Timothy 2:11-15 means

By TylerR on Mon, 12/05/22
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This passage is not about circumscribing women’s roles in church life.

Are Complementarian Preachers Just Mansplaining?

By Filings on Fri, 11/11/22
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“It’s easy to see how complementarian churches could be accused of mansplaining. Generally speaking, complementarians seek to obey the plain meaning of 1 Timothy 2:12, which forbids a woman from teaching a man in the context of congregational worship.” - TGC

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