Egalitarianism

“A female professor of Christian ministry just sent me a survey to fill out. I don’t consider myself an expert in this area, but I certainly have tried to be responsible—this is one of those places where the battle over truth is fiercest in my generation. Here were my answers.” - Mark Ward

Denny Burk: Byrd’s will prove over time to be a briefly held way-station on the movement from narrow complementarianism to egalitarianism. Readers who do not wish to take that journey should be cautious about Byrd’s book.

“Despite the ongoing debates over gender roles, surveys show significant agreement in favor of female Sunday school teachers, worship leaders, speakers, and preachers.” - CToday

“While for Bartlett each side makes important contributions to our understanding of the Bible’s teaching on women and men, and ‘each side needs to move beyond the confines of the existing debate and closer to each other’…. Bartlett clearly argues for an egalitarian position.” - TGC

“An ultracrepidarian is someone who goes ‘beyond the shoe.’ He is ‘one who is presumptuous and offers advice or opinions beyond his sphere of knowledge.’ Or ‘someone who has no special knowledge of a subject but who expresses an opinion about it.’ Apelles’ concern was that the shoemaker should stick with his area of expertise and not presume to be an expert on everything.” - Challies

“Some online commentators have … asserted that an Alliance contributor — perhaps Carl Trueman, Todd Pruitt, or any other contributor or editor — is personally responsible for this change. No Alliance contributor or editor ever has such authority. There is no longer an Alliance Council speaking for the Alliance, nor are these difficult calls the result of pressure from any outside group.

“Perhaps instead of insisting on the use of a particular word [complemenetarian], if we are really interested in knowing what someone believes about the role of husbands, women elders, or plumb colored pants, we should simply ask.” - Ref21

“Upon the announcement that Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has hired Dr. Karen Swallow Prior as a research professor of English and Christianity & Culture, my Twitter feed exploded….It didn’t take long, though, for tweets of disproval to trickle into my thread from those upset that a conservative seminary would hire a woman as a professor.” - John Ellis

“I do not think that equality is one of those things (like wisdom or happiness) which are good simply in themselves and for their own sakes…” - Acton (Video)


The quote: “All egalitarians, by contrast, believe that husbands and wives are to relate together in mutual submission rather than a marital hierarchy. Yet not all egalitarians think alike.