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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another excellent reflection by Diana Butler Bass …our current hyper-masculine war obsessed leaders women are certainly reminiscent of the Crusades, Archangel Michael as warrior military leader& “Deus vult (the battle cry of medieval crusaders). Women MIA dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/the-archan...

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The Archangel and the Secretary of War

O God, make speed to save us!

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We can't emphasize enough how crucial Live, Laugh, Love is in understanding much of Christianity in American today, and how we got here. Bravo, 👏 another groundbreaking book by @kkdumez.bsky.social that will travel far and wide! bsky.app/profile/kkdu...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#RIP #GloriaSteinem 🎥 A walk down memory lane...the 1970s feminist movement when a robust evangelical movement emerged alongside secular feminists. We interviewed evangelical feminist leader Letha Dawson Scanzoni before she passed. She told us she was the same age as Gloria. youtu.be/B-IUmjuZjmw?...

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1970s evangelical feminist movement

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

👏 theologians, scholars, authors & historians who have brought Mary to light as the powerful, faithful woman she was, chosen by God to birth Jesus, who spoke clearly of God's mission in “Mary's Song”, captured with urgency in art by Ben Wildflower. matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/mary-the-i...

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Defying Tyrants --- Mary the Insubordinate

Another excerpt from my forthcoming book: Defying Tyrants, Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Long but worth this re: Hildegard..."Sin affects the food we eat, the air quality, and brings about the extinction of species. The earth is rendered “incapable of sustaining humanity...The earth should not be injured. The earth should not be destroyed!” www.cbeinternational.org/resource/hil...

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Hildegard’s Green Grace - CBE International

Hildegard of Bingen's viriditas, God's 'greening' life-force, offers a rich theology of grace, creation care, and spiritual vitality.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

THURSDAY: A federal judge is opening a public phone line. You can listen….live…as Katie Phang’s suit against Todd Blanche over the Epstein files goes before Judge Sullivan. No spin. No panel. No press release. Just YOU, a phone, and a judge who isn’t taking DOJ’s word for it. Dial in.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Not addressed is Tucker Carlson comes from the brand of complementarian evangelicalism strategically marketed globally as "biblical" manhood/womanhood (men lead women submit to male leadership) created in the late 198Os as a backlash against feminism and rise of evangelical feminism in the church.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

If I have this right, Congress added SAVE Act to budget reconciliation package that needs 50 Senate votes instead of 60. If passed married women who took their husband's name, or have hyphenated names must have an ID that matches her current name such as a passport, that many can't afford, to vote.

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Julie Ingersoll @julieingersoll.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

And earlier in the movement that Hegseth is now part of, there was a shift away from the traditional Christian understanding of God as beyond gender, to an assertion that God is literally male.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

There's not a better time to revisit Jimmy Carter's words about the link between the mistranslations of holy scriptures and violence against women and girls. @cartercenter.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/v/19Fi...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

If you missed...keep in mind his movement isn't fringe anymore. He planted a church in DC, has direct contact with politcal leaders, big plans to Christianize US re: his interpretations of the Bible, & believes the apostle Paul meant the women should make the sandwiches. www.npr.org/2026/07/06/n...

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The pastor who wants to repeal voting rights for women is becoming more mainstream : NPR's Newsmakers

Pastor Doug Wilson believes women should not be allowed to vote and homosexuality should be a crime. He was also invited to speak at the Pentagon this year.That controversial invitation from Defense S...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

There's been much criticism about "Yesteryear" but here's a different take in RNS ... "The new bestseller has been criticized for having a shallow understanding of religion. I disagree. 'Yesteryear' depicts how shallow American religion has actually become." religionnews.com/2026/06/29/y...

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'Yesteryear,' a tradwife satire, understands Christianity better than most Americans

(RNS) — The new bestseller has been criticized for having a shallow understanding of religion. I disagree. 'Yesteryear' depicts how shallow American religion has actually become.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Bill Gothard is in a coma after a heart attack. He caused too many harm with his godless male ordained hierarchy that traveled far & wide. May those still trapped in his biblical patriarchy cult awaken, heal and find others to guide you who have done the hard work of healing & thriving.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

ALERT concerning study on the rise of support for #Repeal19th. Paul Jupe Prof Denison Uni & Brooklyn Walker Asst Professor, UTK Political Science have been collecting data on support for repealing the 19th... some early results here: religioninpublic.blog/2025/10/21/t...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A few citings from our travels as we honor #Juneteenth-- keeping the heroines and heros in the forefront, so many more then and now who led & and lead, preach & preached, stood and stand firm & courageous in the power of the spirit, and changed & change lives from convictions of faith & truth.!

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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

“Ideas that would have been considered fringe 20 years ago—like removing women’s right to vote—are now being openly discussed. It would not shock me if, by 2028, some Republican politicians begin experimenting with messaging around repealing women’s suffrage.” open.substack.com/pub/axismund...

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The Women's Conference Where Some Speakers Want Women to Lose the Vote

At Turning Point USA's Women's Leadership Summit, anti-feminist influencers, Christian nationalist rhetoric, and calls to repeal women's suffrage reveal where the MAGA movement may be headed next.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

One of the many impacts of biblical patriarchy that has infiltrated 🇺🇸 politics.

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The Faithful Citizen Podcast @faithfulcitizenpod.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

When Adam fell, the church gave him grace, blaming his situation. When Eve fell, they blamed her nature, calling the feminine spirit "pathological" and easily deceived. The entire patriarchal movement is built on a massive psychological double standard.

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Deconstructing Patriarchy

How the Church Misreads Paul to Enforce "Biblical Womanhood"

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A good time to view this excellent PBS documentary "Battle of the Minds", the early days when women were purged from leadership roles in the #SBC. Younger Mohler, Patterson and others featured, w/seeds of what Michael Bird names “cruel legalisms of Christian patriarchy". youtu.be/IuFFRx8Bj30?...

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Battle for the Minds

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

👏 Baptist Women in Ministry Silencing women is over “This billboard will greet approximately 20,000 Southern Baptists arriving in Orlando for the SBC Annual Meeting next week, where the role and value of women in the church will be debated once again...God calls women to ministry and always has."

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I'm convinced Christian feminists need to be more involved in political activism again.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This is disturbing. Documentary filmmakers are also being censored. See film trailer in comments. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

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Opinion | The Truth About E. Jean Carroll

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It's an era of hyper-anti-feminism Look ahead for this summer series! I'll add, what do you feel about Christian feminism? Keep in mind, it's a key part of Christian history that's been erased, marginalized, demonized. Beth will revive & shed light in this crucial topic! tinyurl.com/4n7ce7yx

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How do you feel about feminism?

If you aren't sure, if the word makes you uncomfortable or afraid, this post is for you.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#historical perspective on muscular Christianity from F. SCOTT Fitzgerald. I think of the complementarian leaders several years back who wore those expensive sneakers at the pulpit & did lots of running back and forth cross the stage on fire 🔥 for their preaching their gospel lesson.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Reminds of @bethallisonbarr eye-opening book,The Pastor's Wife & the similarities of the erasure, marginalization, & distortions of pastor's wives & military wives. We discovered complementarian Bible studies being taught within military networks--it needs much more attention. tinyurl.com/2tc34fw2

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Submission, Authority, and the Quiet Erasure of Women’s Gifts in Military Chapel Culture - CBE International

Military chapel culture can quietly sideline women’s gifts through subtle expectations around submission, authority, and who is allowed to lead.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Best 2026 news clip. Saw just after editing a segment about the deeply biblical work of first wave Christian feminists who paved the way for women's right to vote, & led abolitionist, temperance & anti-trafficking movements, then Doug's anti-suffrage/ repeal the 19th Amendment clip. @thebulwark.com

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Women are apostles in the New Apostolic Reformation. Many say NAR is egalitarian. Paula White is an apostle yet she said she submits to her husband. (Does she really?). Yet, here Lance emphasizes men as leaders of their family (character not factor). Video: tinyurl.com/2wdkjwfv

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Looking forward to this! If you think Jesus and John Wayne was a hit, and crucial and groundbreaking in understanding such a time as this, well hold on! @kkdumez.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Beside the obvious cringe here, it looks like it took Pastor Robert Jeffress much effort to clap for Paula. Afterall, he adamantly doesn't believe women should be preachers or leaders. Paula by the way believes it's God's design women submit to their husbands.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Former spiritual adviser to PresDTrump sexually abused then 12-yr old Cindy. Decades of her suffering trauma, & he gets 6 months. Horrific across the board. bsky.app/profile/reli...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Bet most don't know Wayne Grudem’simmense influence. In 1984 he started Christian Heritage Academy. 2005: "an 11-year-old boy in 5th grade...he raised his hand to commit his life to Christ. This commitment set the direction of his whole life. The young boy’s name was Charlie Kirk.” -Wayne Grudem

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I've always been interested in signs at protests related to various issues. They are like mini scripts to what concerns Americans. We saw many signs today quoting scriptures and Jesus.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

What a take on interpreting scripture 😕respected theologians would have a field day correcting the "theologies" at core of many speeches at cpac 👇 "We will never have another President like Trump and I believe god has raised him up for a time such as this, like Queen Esther. - "Franklin Graham

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Christian/evangelical feminist movements, too. Silenced by backlash by evangelical patriarchy networks in 80s after rise & huge influence in church networks that challenged patriarchal theologies & abuses, MANY at work today as whistleblowers of abusers & more. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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The one thing everyone gets wrong about feminism

People love to declare the death of the women’s movement, pointing to the ‘failure’ of #MeToo or the Epstein files, but don’t give up the fight just yet, writes Rebecca Solnit

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Sums it up. @julieingersoll.bsky.social has been warning for decades. She has helped us better understand the extremes of women’s submission, subjugation, & that mushroomed in evangelicalism & right into US/global political networks. @bulwarkonline www.thebulwark.com/p/douglas-wi...

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What Pete Hegseth’s Spiritual Mentor Wants for America

Pastor-theologian Douglas Wilson advocates theocracy, the restriction of the franchise from women and nonbelievers, and much else—and he is closer than ever to real power.

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Burke, vt, To kill w/out marks & selling body for med dissection @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

If you’re not reading @julieingersoll.bsky.social on Hegseth and Wilson, you’re getting enough information. If you’re not sharing widely what she’s writing about Hegseth and Wilson, people are not learning what’s at stake for our country and the world.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The abundance of posts for International Women’s Day were breathtaking! What testimonies to the fact that women were created in the image of God!

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The highly strategic marketing of biblical patriarchy and complementarianism through the decades. Many GenXrs grew up not knowing anything different. Hopefully they'll hear more from theologians & scholars pushing back w/differing & sound theologies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands

Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Women’s submission "theologies" are imbedded in such networks. One family vote, no fault divorce, shun women in military...Found under-radar gender role theologies are taught in military related organizations Bible studies. @sarahposner.bsky.social @julieingersoll.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3ju7z6je

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002: Pete Hegseth, Doug Wilson, and the God of War

Listen to Reign of Error with Sarah Posner on RedCircle

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Yes, women were named "Ezers" just as God was many times in the #Bible. But the patriarchal branch loves the English translation of women in Gen as "helper"-tiny little helper, subservient helper.🙄

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Still can't get over these youngster, juvenile complementarians on gender roles and wifey submission. This is a version of the Piper/Grudem script after it traveled through decades. Sigh.

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Sojourners @sojo.net · 01/03/2026

"The world still doesn’t value women the way it should. But still, we are here, and our courage is not dependent on whether the government or society or the church says we have a voice." sojo.net/articles/opi...

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Why We Need Women to Lead Us

By the time I was a young adult, I had taken in so many messages in the church that told me that as a woman, I would always be who I am in submission to the men around me.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The marketing of anti- Christian feminist scripts are most often deeply ahistorical & narrow minded. Like the arguments in a new anti-Christian feminist book by Carrie Gress that's gotten much press..hope more historians who oppose her views will offer rebuttals! juicyecumenism.com/2026/02/06/a...

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The Anti-Christian Core of Feminism

Gress ... asked whether or not such a thing as “Christian feminism” is possible. She believes it is not possible. Feminism, she found, is concerned with “control and power,” whereas Christianity focus...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

1920s poster women put in their windows. Yet, due to state laws, for decades many women of color couldn't vote. We can't go backward. Take a stand for women's rights & for the heroines who led the way. Biblical patriarchy networks today are at work toward turning back the clock.

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

👏 "Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning With and Reimagining Faith", treasured essays by @rachelheldevans edited by @sarahbessey.bsky.social Both helped lead a robust Christian feminist revival after a 1980s backlash against evangelical feminists! rachelheldevans.com/braving-the-...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Vast evangelical networks claim this Bible verse exempt women from preaching & leading in the church. For the many who say, "it's biblical",...."from Genesis to Revelation, women were anything but silent!"- Mimi Haddad, President of Christians for Biblical Equality

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