Ordained Inequality: How a Quiet Movement Redefined Women’s Roles in Christianity. Episode 1 - The Secret Meeting
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Apr 27, 2025 A pivotal meeting in 1987 sparked a movement that reshaped women's roles in Christianity. The Danvers Statement emerged as a response to feminist egalitarianism, promoting traditional gender roles. The podcast delves into the tensions between advancing women in leadership and fears of undermining male authority. It critiques how complementarian theology, disguised as biblical equality, limited women's contributions in church and society, revealing the significant impact of these changes on theological education.
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The 1987 Danvers Meeting
- A secret meeting of evangelical men in 1987 produced the Danvers Statement to oppose women preaching and leading.
- Wayne Grudem and others organized this movement fearing the rise of feminist egalitarianism.
Fear Underpinned Danvers Theology
- The Danvers Statement used concern language but was driven by fear to protect male-only authority.
- It declared a boundary that women preaching or leading would collapse traditional Christian manhood.
Complementarianism's Gender Roles
- Complementarianism posits men and women have equal value but strictly different divinely assigned roles.
- This structure enforces male leadership and female submission as biblical and non-negotiable.
