The Salvation Army believes unequivocally in women’s right and responsibility to participate as full and equal partners in all areas of church, community and relationship.
The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Territory’s mission statement on Gender Equity is ‘Together we will work towards eliminating any barriers of sexism and gender bias across The Salvation Army so all are included, valued and equipped to reach their full potential – as God intended.’
In our Gender Equity Resources, we’ve provided a list of over 150 resources to arm you in this fight for justice. We want all areas of The Salvation Army to develop safe and holy environments for women and girls to thrive in. Our Gender Equity Resources are a living list to provide another tool in your kete (basket), to help free the captives and proclaim the Good News to all members of our community in Jesus’ name! We will be updating and editing this list as time goes on, and would love your input and feedback.
Do you have any resources you believe should be included in our Gender Equity Resources or feedback on the list?
- Contact [email protected]
- Send us a PM at Salvation Army Women’s Ministries’ Facebook Page!
Abuse (See also ‘Sexual Abuse’)
- Wheel of Power and Control (post)
- Five Ways Pastors Unconsciously Reinforce Abuse, and How to Do Better
- In the Midst of the Mess: Hagar and the God Who Sees
- A Gentlemen’s Guide To Rape Culture
- If I Were an Abuser, What Church Would I Want to Attend?
- 3 Ways Egalitarian Theology Opposes Abuse
- We know abuse when we see it, unless it’s women who are being hurt
Activism
- International Social Justice Commission
- Become an Eco church
- Buy Fair Trade https://hamodava.com/
- 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
- International Day of the Girl Child
- International Womens Day
- Day of Prayer against Modern Slavery
Equality in the Bible
(These are some of the best online resources for theological exploration of scriptures that concern ‘women’s roles’. Search these websites for keywords ie ‘submit’, ‘silent’, ‘obey’. For book recommendations and lists, please contact Booth College of Mission on 04-528 8628 or [email protected])
- Christians for Biblical Equality works
- Margaret Mowczkos’ works
- Denise T. Plichta’s works
- Male-Female Pairs And Parallelism In Luke’s Gospel
Equality in church
- ISJC Gender Equity Policy
- Extended arguments for women’s equality
- Culture is not an excuse for oppressing women
- God Cares About Women (and Christians Should Too)
- Stronger Together: A call to gender equity in The Salvation Army
- The Equality Workbook: Freedom in Christ from the Oppression of Patriarchy (free workbook series)
- 3 Practical Changes Churches Can Make To Empower Women
- Gender Division Divides the Church
- Championing Gender Equality in the Church | Karen Sethurama (video)
- The Bible Teaches the Equal Standing of Man and Woman
- 10 Ways Male Privilege Shows Up in the Church
- Unpicking the mess: Asking about women’s experience in church
- They Gave me a Box (poem)
- Gender Roles Not An Essential of the Christian Faith
- From there to here
- What do women want? Full inclusion the church (poem)
Equality in homes
- My husband and I split the housework. Here’s how we found a balance.
- You should’ve asked: The wars of household chores (comic)
- A woman’s greatest enemy? A lack of time to herself
- Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden
- Get rid of the Umbrella Picture of ‘God, Jesus, Husband, Wife, Children’ (picture)
Equality in the workplace
- How blind auditions help orchestras to eliminate gender bias
- How scientists are fighting against gender bias in conference speaker lineups
- Edinburgh seven doctors to graduate after 150 years
- Salvationist, Suffragist, Soldier: The Salvation Army and the fight for women’s right to vote
- Women are given a tougher time in interviews than men, scientists find
- Unconscious Bias Study Reveals Disparities in Conference Introductions
- The Gender Factor in Conference Presentations
- 18 women in the workplace statistics you need to know (in 2021)
Feminine imagery of God
- Is it heresy to describe God as a mother?
- Dr Wil Gafney Biblical Language for a God Who Transcends Gender (video)
- Advent: Hearing God In A Female Voice
- 3 Ways That Calling God ‘Mother’ Transforms Us
Gender-inclusive language
- 7 Places Where Gender-Inclusive Bible Translation Really Matters: Part 1
- A brand-new vocabulary to describe life in a male-dominated world
- A Cultural History of Feminine Nouns Turned Into Insults
- The Stereotype of the Nagging, Contentious Wife: Understanding Proverbs in its Original Setting
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Bible translations that are gender-accurate, and those that are not.
Male-headship theology
- 4 Facts that Show That Show ‘Head’ Does Not Mean Leader in 1 Corinthians 11:3
- Authentein (in 1 Timothy 2:12), in a nutshell
- In Search of Male Leadership: The Logical Inconsistency of Defining a Man’s Initiative in One Way and a Woman’s in Another
- Adam and Eve Didn’t Reverse Roles
- A Critique Of The Esv Study Bible Notes On 1 Timothy 2:12
Male violence against women
- 15 Books on Domestic Violence for Pastors, Believers, and Survivors (book list)
- Male violence against women kills more than COVID-19
- When Will We Care About Domestic Violence?
- The courage to be seen and heal: JD Douglas on #SheIsNotYourRehab
- New Zealand: The world’s most secretly violent nation
- Restored Project (resources)
- Director of film about domestic violence faces criticism from men’s rights activists for focusing on women
- Breaking the Silence (e-magazine)
- White Ribbon
- Another Day in NZ – Another Dead Woman
- Can You Cure a Domestic Abuser?
- Domestic violence and a simple tool called the ‘No Test’ could identify an abusive partner
Marriage
- A more beautiful picture than male headship and female submission
- Breaking the Marriage Idol (book review)
- Equality in Marriage
- The Ins and Outs of Marriage: A Review of “Mutual by Design”
- Q&A: Are Husbands to Lead Their Wives?
- Love and Respect: A better way
Relationships
- What an Old Testament Matchmaker Has to Say About Egalitarian Dating
- Egalitarian from the Start: Practical Tips for Engagements and Weddings
- Single. Dating. Female. Pastor: 5 Things I Want the Church to Know
- Welcome to the Jungle: The Dating Adventures of a Fifty-Something Egalitarian
- So You’re Interested In Her, But Don’t Want to Come off as a Creep
- Celebrating Mother’s Day as a Non-Mom
- Friendship and the Power of Holiness
- Five myths singles are told too often
- God, sexuality and self
- Why Are So Many Single Women Leaving the Church?
Representation
- Visualizing the data: Women’s representation in society
- Reading Spiritual Books by Women is About Embracing the Full Image of God
- The Highwomen Reimagine ‘Highwaymen’ (song)
- Did the Vatican Hide Art That Depicted Female Priests? (gallery)
- Just 24% of news sources are women. Here’s why that’s a problem
- ‘Brilliant exposé’ of gender data gap wins Royal Society science book prize
- Free Posters Celebrating Mighty Women Role Models (pdfs)
- Designer Creates Guessing Game About Incredible Women Who Have Changed the World
- Suffragetto – Suffragette Board Game (game and printable)
- Challenging Hidden Gender Messages: From Sensory Videos To Silent Sermonizing
- 15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen
- The Importance Of Using Feminine Words And Images
Sexism
- Pastors, Please Stop Preaching A Narrow “Biblical Womanhood”
- When women don’t speak
- In The Image Of God: Sex, Power, And ‘Masculine Christianity’
- The Salvation Army International Statement Against Sexism
- New domestic violence campaign to focus on ‘boys being boys’ attitude in society (video)
- Women Clergy Subjected to Sexist Remarks, Actions
- Why Christ wouldn’t aspire to ‘Christic Manhood’
- The Patriarchal Pandemic
Sexual abuse
- We Can’t Ignore Rape in the Bible, Not If We Want to End Sexual Violence
- Sexual Misconduct at Willow Creek: Why We Must Bid the Business Model of Church Goodbye
- Photography exhibit asks people to challenge victim-blaming (video)
- Five things I’d explain to a teenage girl if she asked about Deuteronomy 22:13-21 (assuming she has the courage to)
- I was so concerned about porn-themed portrayals of young girls on Instagram I reported to police
- Open Letter to the Church on Sexual Abuse (video)
- Before the Bus, Rosa Parks Was a Sexual Assault Investigator
- Kobe Bryant and Complicated Legacies
- Geographical Clusters of Rape in the United States Study
Submission and silence
- She is equally called, equally appointed and equally serving: Catherine Booth’s charge to women
- The shame of a woman speaking (video)
- Submission in Context: Christ and the Greco-Roman Household Codes
- Submission And Respect From Wives In 1 Peter 3:1-6
- The Household Codes Are About Power, Not Gender
- Who Silenced Women?
- Singing and silencing
Trafficking
- Trafficked vs. not trafficked: It’s a distinction without a difference, says survivor of prostitution
- Anti-trafficking and modern slavery
- 8 Ways to Stop Human Trafficking in Our Own Backyard
- Nefarious: Merchant of Souls | Human Trafficking Documentary (video)
- God of the trafficked: Kaitlyn heads to Cambodia with Hagar International
- Prostitution is not work: The crib sheet
- What’s Wrong with Prostitution?
- Who says decriminalised red-light districts are safer for women?
- Alice Glass challenges three common myths in the prostitution debate
- Buying sex makes men more prone to violence against women
- What is the Nordic Model?
- Wahine Toa Rising letter to New Zealand ministers
Unequal power dynamics
- The midwives vs. Pharaoh in Exodus: A question of power
- Frozen 2 and What Went Wrong Between Women And Men
- David and Bathsheba Keynote – Sara Barton (video)
- It is Not an Affair: It is Clergy Abuse
Women in the Bible
- Kenneth Bailey on Women in the New Testament (video)
- The Roman Woman who Instructed Her Husband in the Faith
- A Deeper Look at Women of the Bible – A Reading Guide
- Partnering Together: Paul’s Female Coworkers
- The Women of Advent
- 3 Things You Might Not Know About Proverbs 31
- Stories of strong women in the Bible told from a different angle
Women in leadership
- Want Some Leadership Advice? Lead Like a Woman
- Obstacles and Opportunities for Women Planting Churches
- Evangelical gatekeepers and conservative holiness
- The creation of patriarchy: How did it happen?
- Is Complementarianism Merely Personal Conviction?
Women in ministry
- 12 Ways To Advocate For Women In Ministry
- Women in ministry recommended book list
- Fearless Salvation Army Women of Faith
- Woman: Her Place and Power (War Cry 1918)
- Women in Ministry (video)
- Why Arguments Against Women in Ministry Aren’t Biblical
- Why Ordain Women? (video)
- Why I Believe in Women in Ministry
- The Church, The Truth, & Women in Ministry – Dr. Dave Ward
- Researcher: Artifacts show that early church women served as clergy
- Prominent Biblical Scholars On Women In Ministry