Problems within Complementarianism





Index to Videos

1.)  DOCTRINAL PROBLEMS WITH AND ISSUES WITHIN COMPLEMENTARIANISM

 On the FreeCWC YOUTUBE Channel!

What complementarians say they believe and how they actually apply their beliefs differs greatly. Though they may have never intended it, their teachings define men as spiritual mediators between women and God. They teach that they are lords of creation who rule over women with "rightfully-corrective' action. But here is good news: there is only one mediator between God and women: the Lord Jesus Christ.


Complementarians maintain that women must neither teach men nor "usurp the authority of a man." But avoiding direct statements of such, they teach that that a wife's salvation is mediated through Jesus only after it has been mediated through her "male head." Shirley Taylor and Jocelyn Andersen explain this evasive, misleading, and blasphemous double-talk. (Excerpts from Seneca Falls 2).


Complementarians tell women that they not only must submit to men, they must also "like it." Failing to like it is sinful and is said to bring shame upon the name of Jesus. Or do they just want women to be Stepford Wives?


Complementarianism focuses on gender-specific roles that they claim are mandated by Scripture, limiting women to a certain set of "roles." Join the speakers at the Seneca Falls 2 Evangelical Women's Rights Convention and learn about this "role play," something that has more to do with the traditions of men and acquisition of power than it does with the Bible! Watch these selected excerpts from the convention


Jocelyn Andersen, Shirley Taylor, and Waneta Dawn discuss ideas about equality and challenge the misleading, distorted, and contrived ideas promulgated by complementarianism and CBMW.


Consistent with spiritually abusive groups, CBMW does not tolerate criticism of their doctrine or their teachers very well at all. Both the group itself and some of the followers of the spiritually abusive ideology respond to their critics with authoritarian aggression.


A very brief review of the primary problems with complementarian theology: excerpts taken from Cynthia Kunsman's Workshop on Patriarchy from 2008.  View the entire presentation at Vimeo.com/channels/FreeCWC



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Shirley Taylor, Founder of bWe Baptist Women for Equality, addresses the Seneca Falls 2 Evangelical Rights Convention. She establishes why addressing the problematic Danvers Statement is relevant today and the far reaching effects it has had on Christian thought and doctrine.  The Danvers Statement does present a host of problems for individuals, marriages, families, and communities, but the idea that husbands serve as spiritual mediators for their wives presents one of the most disturbing. These are the doctrines being taught in Baptist Seminaries today.


2.)  FUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS WITH AND ISSUES WITHIN COMPLEMENTARIANISM


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Some have asked why this discussion is relevant, considering that the Danvers Statement was written in 1987. It is relevant because we are now reaping the fruit of their teachings. These excerpts from the Seneca Falls 2 Convention mention only some of the far reaching effects of this statement, including missionaries leaving the field, though the video could not contain the concerns about how the ideology fosters domestic abuse. Excerpts from the Seneca Falls 2 Evangelical Women's Rights Convention.


The complementarian leaders use a great deal of creative language to justify their belief system, and some of it is just outright bizarre! Has the Church lost it's mind? Listen to just a few of these excerpts from the Seneca Falls 2 Evangelical Women's Rights Convention, July 24, 2010, and visit FreeCWC.com.


Shirley Taylor briefly explores the history of the Civil Rights movement and how gender was inserted into the racially directed laws, hoping that the law would not pass. She recalls what it was like for both minorities and for women before the Civil Rights Act. CBMW was established to consolidate power -- power that in many respects belongs only to God.


From a presentation at the Seneca Falls 2 Evangelical Women's Rights Convention, Jocelyn Andersen directs a message to women about the gifts God has entrusted to them and the callings that He has placed on their lives.


Consistent with spiritually abusive groups, CBMW does not tolerate criticism of their doctrine or their teachers very well at all. Both the group itself and some of the followers of the spiritually abusive ideology respond to their critics with authoritarian aggression.


Manipulative and cultic groups use positive reinforcement and punishment to control behavior. Within complementarianism, when women violate the standards and the "rigid roles' set by the group, the punitive tactics surface. As Shirley Taylor states it in this clip from the Seneca Falls 2 Convention, "Get out of your pen, and the dogs start barking!"



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Shirley Taylor, Founder of bWe Baptist Women for Equality, addresses the Seneca Falls 2 Evangelical Rights Convention. She establishes why addressing the problematic Danvers Statement is relevant today and the far reaching effects it has had on Christian thought and doctrine.  The Danvers Statement does present a host of problems for individuals, marriages, families, and communities, but the idea that husbands serve as spiritual mediators for their wives presents one of the most disturbing. These are the doctrines being taught in Baptist Seminaries today.


Noted in the Cover Letter to CBMW:  "The Freedom for Christian Women Coalition met on July 24, 2010, in Orlando, Florida, and agreed and affirmed this Demand for an Apology from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Biblical Womanhood because of the concerns as listed . . . For the sake of all Christians, men and women, we demand that the Council on Biblical Manhood and Biblical Womanhood, make a public apology for the misuse of Holy Scripture as it relates to women, and cease to publish or promote The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Biblical Womanhood."

The Freedom for Christian Women Coalition responds to the Danvers Statement of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood by offering their own set of "Rationales" and "Affirmations." Jocelyn Andersen presents FreeCWC's statements before the SF2 Convention.






3.  SPIRITUAL ABUSE ISSUES  (Cynthia Kunsman)

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Shorter clip featuring Cindy Kunsman defending the concept of Christian churches with “cultic” behavior.


Cindy Kunsman discusses the basics of how people get manipulated within religious settings, focusing on complementarianism for examples. Excerpt from the Seneca Falls 2 Evangelical Women's Rights Convention.


Cindy Kunsman explains the basic concepts of David Henke's model of Spiritual Abuse. Review the main elements of the experience with examples drawn from complementarianism. Excerpts from the Seneca Falls 2 Evangelical Women's Rights Convention, July 2010.


Cindy Kunsman explains how behavior, thought, and emotion work together and how a person can be manipulated by manipulating just one of these aspects of self. Manipulating the information a person receives directly influences their behaviors, thoughts, and emotions in a powerful way as well. Control just one of these aspects of self or the information they receive, and it becomes much easier to control the whole individual.


In order to process all of the information that we're bombarded with every day, we have to take shortcuts, make assumptions, and follow rules of thumb. But when we take these shortcuts, we risk deception to some extent. Knowing more about the pitfalls and the shortcuts we take can make us much less vulnerable, reducing the likelihood that we will be exploited. Cindy Kunsman reviews some of these "Weapons of Influence" that Robert Cialdini explains in his book, "Influence."

Lifton's Thought Reform: What it Looks Like in Complementarianism and Churches

Cindy Kunsman explains each of Robert Lifton's Thought Reform Criteria and what each looks like within both churches and complementarianism. Part I of II of this overview of Lifton's Model, one of many presented at the Seneca Falls 2 Evangelical Women's Rights Convention.

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Listen to spiritual abuse consultant Cindy Kunsman explain the difference between cults of theology and cults of behavior, and how complementarianism employs these techniques in order to deceive Christian Believers into accepting their doctrines. Learn what Dr. Walter Martin had to say about the subject and the specific techniques used by manipulative and cultic groups to bypass critical thinking in order to indoctrinate the unsuspecting.





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