In 2010, the newly formed Freedom for Christian Women Coalition (FreeCWC) sent by FedEx a demand that the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) apologize for their destructive teachings against women as outlined in the Danvers Statement, a harmful document released in 1987 which has united churches across denominational lines and has been adopted and implemented within denominations and local churches worldwide.
To date, almost four years later,
CBMW’s response has been dead silence.
However, in 2010, Al Mohler, a
council member of CBMW and President of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary which is headquarters to CBMW—an influential seminary that aggressively
supports the oppression of women through the precepts of the Danvers
Statement—did attempt to censure FreeCWC through a tweet suggesting that
supporters of the Apology Demand seemed
to be confused and poorly organized.
After four years with no response
from CBMW, the FreeCWC has now taken their demand to Change.org in the form of
a petition to Owen Strachan, Executive Director of CBMW.
With 200+ signatures, and rising,
Christian men and women are uniting in demanding change within the evangelical
community regarding the derogatory attitudes and teachings against women
propagated through CBMW, an organization committed to the complete subjugation
of women both on earth and—according to Dr. Bruce Ware, a council member of
CBMW, Professor of Christian Theology, and Father-In-Law to Executive Director
Owen Strachan—throughout eternity.
The petition can be viewed and signed at:
http://www.change.org/petitions/owen-strachan-for-the-sake-of-all-christians-of-all-genders-we-demand-that-cbmw-apologize-publicly-for-their-misuse-of-holy-scripture-and-for-the-inestimable-harm-suffered-by-women-and-families
Co-founder of FreeCWC, Shirley Taylor, and Special Consultant to
FreeCWC, Cindy Kunsman, are both available for comment.
Shirley Taylor can be reached by
email at: bwebaptist.women@live.com
Cindy Kunsman can be reached by
email at: undermuchgrace@gmail.com
History of FreeCWC
and the Apology Demand:
2010
http://www.abpnews.com/archives/item/5370-christians-demand-apology-for-anti-women-teaching#.Uz2dXaIfOSo
2010
http://abpnews.com/archives/item/5411-evangelical-group-still-waiting-for-apology#.U0ALpqIfOSp
2010
http://abpnews.com/archives/item/5768-video-of-womens-rights-meeting-posted-online#.U0AL4KIfOSp
2014 http://abpnews.com/ministry/organizations/item/28501-petition-asks-gender-role-group-to-repent#.U0ALcaIfOSo
Links to FreeCWC:
www.FreeCWC.com
www.facebook.com/FreeCWC www.twitter.com/FreeCWC
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