“So much of this conversation stems from a misunderstanding of women’s creational purpose, but I’ve already written about that at length here, so I’ll limit my response to addressing the common misconceptions about what the Bible says about motherhood and mothers.” - Mary Van Weelden
Why Are Educated Women Leaving Church?
“women in America seem to be abandoning Christian observance more quickly than men. Political scientist Ryan Burge… recently shared survey data showing that college-educated men are now more likely to attend church weekly than college-educated women.” - Breakpoint
Understanding Religion, Partisanship, and Women Voters Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election
“This Spotlight Analysis focuses on women’s religious and partisan affiliations and considers how American women view the two likely presidential nominees…by race, education level, age, and religious affiliation.” - PRRI
Which Way Will We Go? The SBC’s Problem with Women
“There are Southern Baptist Churches that are no longer allowing women to vote… We are acting like women are the problem in our churches.” - SBC Voices
Pew: Women now outnumber men in the U.S. college-educated labor force
“The number of women and men in the U.S. with at least a bachelor’s degree has increased since the second quarter of 2019. But the share of college-educated women who are in the labor force has not changed since before the pandemic, while the share of college-educated men who are working or looking for work has declined.” - Pew
How the Church Has Been Good for Women... and Other Ways It Is “Essential”
“…the feminist paradigm has quite successfully framed Christianity and the Church as misogynist, patriarchal, and harmful for women…. reframes pagan religions and cultures as being pro-woman, at least until Christianity gained prominence. This narrative, however, doesn’t match the historical realities.” - Breakpoint
Is Christianity harmful to women? Quite the contrary, says female apologist
“How sad that those who claim to be too feminist for Christianity rarely see that the very equality that they long for is ultimately grounded in the very same God that they are rejecting. There is simply no other statement of gender equality like this in the ancient world,” [Jo] Vitale said. - Christian Examiner