“The language of belonging in the early church=siblinghood, & norm appears to be brothers & sisters co-laboring together. This practice across church history sanctioned things like female vocational orders & male vocational orders, oftentimes born as twin movements. /1

[On the teaching that lust is “every man's battle”]: “If we know a message is: (1) Untrue (2) Does harm (3) Isn't in line with Scripture, ...then why do men want to hold on to it?”– Sheila Gregoire From: www.threads.com/@sheilagrego...

“The greatest beneficiary of complementarianism are mediocre men. Because if you're mediocre as a speaker, as a teacher, as a leader, you're more likely to find a position if half the population is barred from that position. But the moment you allow women into the mix, mediocre men lose. /1

[On the Greek verb authentein in 1 Timothy 2:12]: “If this word is unsuitable to describe the proper action of a church elder, it follows that in 1 Timothy 2:12 Paul is not talking about who may properly exercise authority within the church. Instead, he is prohibiting bad behaviour. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “You know what the problem with the church is? Women.There's just too many of them. It just feels so feminine. When they do things wrong, let's say that that's why they shouldn't do things, and when they do things right, /1

“But I see this story in John 20 as something more than Thomas and his doubt. I would like to call him something else. Maybe we call him “Traumatized Thomas” or “Grieving Thomas.” /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: On the Sydney Anglican diocese rule that visiting women clergy and bishops are not to have their rank recognised; rather they have to dress and operate as if they are deacons during their visit. /1

“I worry that the church that I call home [...] has repeatedly failed the test of charity as it relates to the treatment of its female clergy in particular. /1

“The women-in-ministry debate is certainly a matter of scriptural interpretation. But if those who limit women are wrong, then what we do with this knowledge becomes a matter of justice. This is a justice issue. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Paul did not silence edifying speech or sound teaching. Moreover, he valued women and used the same terms - coworker, diakonos (minister), apostle, and labour/labourer words - for his male and female ministry associates.” - Marg Mowczko /1

“The Israelites wanted a king like other nations so God let them have one even though it wasn’t his best for them. The church has insisted on fabricating “offices” (a word that’s not in the Greek anywhere in the New Testament) out of servant-type words that Paul used for fellow laborers, /1

“Elder meetings are the locker rooms of complementarian churches.” – Lark Kelsey From: www.threads.com/@larktheosis...

“Context is the most selectively applied tool in biblical interpretation. Passages about wealth redistribution and welcoming immigrants? “That was ancient Israel.” Passages about sexuality? Timeless and universal. /1

“Some Christians will raise millions to send missionaries overseas so people can be their neighbors in heaven. Yet they resist making space for those same people to be their neighbors on earth. /1

“Arguing against complementarianism is not an abstract theological dispute. Real lives are on the line. When a system of ideas claims God's authority but harms God's daughters, it is our Christian responsibility to rebuke those ideas as unbiblical and ungodly. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “If patriarchy is meant to benefit women then why is it whenever women say, “This isn’t benefiting me” the only answer Christian patriarchy provides is “Shut up and submit more”?” - Keith Gregoire From: baremarriage.com/2022/08/lets...

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Anytime you hear a man say a woman should be a submissive wife, ask him what happens if she won’t.” – Tia Levings From: www.threads.com/@tialevingsw...

“If I had my way, I would remove the word ‘domestic’ from that phrase, ‘domestic violence’ … and just have straight out ‘violence against women and girls’ — because that's exactly what it is. /1

“I danced with and around Deborah for weeks, trying to figure out why she had been overlooked and where she fit into the biblical picture of women and men.Then it hit me: She fit perfectly.” – Nick Quient From: juniaproject.com/dancing-debo...

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: [On the story of Deborah in Judges 4–5]: “The text portrays this woman of light and fire, this prophet and judge, in a consistently positive way throughout. Her people, whom she rescues at a time of national crisis, respect her. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “In the days of Shamgar, Anath’s son, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased. Those traveling by road kept to the backroads. Villagers disappeared; they disappeared in Israel, until you, Deborah, arose, until you arose as a mother in Israel.” - Judges 5:6-7

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “The funny thing about complementarianism … It’s an emotional reaction dressed up as theology. When the world finally started to say women were equal, some men felt uncomfortable actually treating us that way. /1

“A Christian vision of virtue must govern our understanding of what it means to be “manly” as a follower of Christ. When the target for Christian discipleship becomes “manly” rather than “Christlike,” we risk a pagan vision of masculinity displacing a properly Christian one. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “I doubt that it is easy for our brothers to always regard Christian women as they would their mother or sister, but this is what we must aim for /1

“One of the things we kept circling back to in our book She Deserves Better is how modesty culture attracts abusers. Think about it: If you were a pedophile, where would you want to hang out? /1

“Family violence (in fact, all violence) can fall into two categories: abuse and neglect. Generally, acts of abuse are sins of commission, where an act such as hitting or shouting is performed that harms or hurts the victim. /1

“In the 1950s America was starting to hear more and more terrifying stories of children who had been sexually abused. The FBI responded by putting out posters warning children to stay away from strangers ... Sexual abusers were painted as outsiders and social pariahs ... /1

“From a former missionary who worked with sexually exploited women: Evangelicals loved fighting sex trafficking—until it required confronting their own complicity. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “If women and men are equally capable of discerning and implementing God's will, then a woman does not need a man to exercise spiritual authority over her. Describing such an arrangement as a service to the wife is, therefore, inaccurate and inappropriate. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “I didn’t go to church today because I’m tired of not being able to invite my non-Christian friends (male or female). They would be offended by the male-only leadership and dismissive attitudes towards women. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “A healthy marriage should not feel like eggshells and little deaths. It should not suck the life out of you and do nothing while you’re collapsed on the ground, begging for help. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “The solution to a fragile male ego is not to teach wives how to stroke it. The solution to a fragile ego is to make it strong by seeking to form one’s identity in the right place; not as king of the house, but as a disciple of Christ. /1

“Love each other like the members of your family. Be the best at showing honor to each other ... Consider everyone as equal, and don’t think that you’re better than anyone else.” - Romans 12: 10, 16a

“Paul never tells husbands to lead or have authority over their wives, and he never tells them to be unilaterally responsible for the spiritual formation of their wives. Never. Not once. Neither does Jesus or Peter. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Nowhere does Adam indicate any sense or awareness that he is to “lead” or “protect” Eve. In fact, as often as it is touted by complementarian teachers that men are to lead and/or protect women, /1

“Mutualism is not a revolution. It’s a restoration to Kingdom of God intentions.” – Christine Hnat Jolly From: www.threads.com/@stine_jolly...

“In contrast with the rabbis, who avoided even mentioning women, Jesus populates his sermons with female characters. Scandalously, he likens God’s joy at our salvation to that of a widow who finds her lost coin. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Jesus treated women as disciples, inviting Martha and Mary to sit at his feet in the proper role of a (male) student learning from a rabbi (Luke 10). /1

“The fact that the Twelve were all men cannot be used to bar women from leadership ministries for several reasons. – Jesus called the Twelve before the New Covenant had been inaugurated and before the Holy Spirit had come on all believers. /1

“In complementarian writings, Jesus’ teaching and example in regard to women is generally ignored ... This omission of the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ interactions with women by those claiming to be giving “what the Bible teaches” on women is unpardonable. /1

“The promise of salvation is not simply that we escape from the wrath of God, but that we receive empowerment and transformation for the present life ... The Bible speaks of all this transformation and empowerment as offered to believers without any qualification by gender. /1

“From a biblical perspective, dignity is not some inherent ethereal worth of an invisible soul. Dignity is embodied. It has matter that can be weighed. Dignity is visible and palpable. When two people have equal dignity, their presence and their voice carry equal weight. /1

“Churches play a vital role in spiritual formation and community life. But expecting churches to meet all psychological, relational, and trauma-related needs is neither realistic nor safe. /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “I was realizing that you can’t have hierarchy without placing differing value on people and inevitably you protect what you value most. /1

“Here are a few things to know: – Frequency of sex in marriage is not a good predictor of having an affair. In other words, men don’t cheat because they’re not getting sex. /1

[On Philip Yancey]: “How will the publisher respond? Will they pull the best-selling books written during the period when Yancey was having an affair? Several notably female authors have been penalized for far less ... /1

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “There is a good reason why defenders of adulterous pastors always trot out the example of David rather than New Testament apostles. That is because there are no known examples of the disciples of Jesus committing adultery. /1

“I am increasingly convinced that male headship is just cover for male immaturity. That's what shows up in our datasets, over and over again. Those who believe in and practice male headship show so much more emotional immaturity. We need to do better.” – Sheila Gregoire

“We have all heard many times how evangelicals led the opposition to slavery two hundred years ago. Who does not honour William Wilberforce and those who worked alongside him? /1

“Second, this is a contest over the right of men to rule over women. Deep down it is easy for men to think that they should rule the world, and given an interpretation of one text, 1 Tim. 2:11-14, that they are told says that this is just what God has ordained, most men are hooked for life. /1