CBE International (Christians for Biblical Equality) advances the gospel by educating and equipping Christians to use their God-given talents in leadership and service regardless of gender, ethnicity, or class.
CBE, a 501c3 US nonprofit, is supported by a global community that believes the Bible, properly interpreted, calls women and men to lead and serve as equals in the home, church, and world, based on Scripture such as Galatians 3:28.
For more than 35 years, CBE’s resources and events have provided healing and hope for Christian women and men around the world. As a global community, CBE strives to become an interculturally competent organization committed to advocacy for the equality, equity, and leadership of all women regardless of culture, class, race, ethnicity, or age. To that end, we intentionally and routinely educate ourselves (CBE staff, board members, and stakeholders) on issues impacting women worldwide.
In a spirit of advocacy, CBE collaborates with pastors, churches, schools, scholars, ministry leaders, NGOs, local CBE Chapters, and CBE Church and Organization members from over 100+ denominations and 230+ countries to eliminate sexism, racism, misogyny, gender-based violence, abuse, and human trafficking, so that women, girls, and their communities can flourish. CBE does this by raising the status of women by educating Christians with biblical resources that show how God has called women and men based on their giftings and not their gender.
CBE engages Christians from around the world with conferences, events, CBE published books and curricula, award-winning publications (magazine, blog, and academic journal), book reviews, a podcast, online bookstore, audio, and video resources, and much more. Over 4,700 of these digital resources are available in 24 languages for free on CBE’s website (www.cbeinternational.org), making it the largest online library of egalitarian resources worldwide.
CBE also supports women who are furthering their education through our Alvera Mickelsen Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship provides financial assistance to women who are pursuing a master's degree from a seminary within the United States in a ministry field related to preaching, communicating, writing, youth ministry, pastoral, or nonprofit work. Since the fund was established in 2018, CBE has awarded twenty-four scholarships to women preparing for ministry. CBE’s 30+ year history and global network (100+ denominations, 230+ countries and territories) support women students with biblical resources, events and mentors at partner institutes worldwide, in countries such as Kenya, Argentina, India, and the United States. Women graduates and early career women pastors receive strategic professional support and opportunities to strengthen their theological and ministerial leadership skills. By nurturing and honing women’s theological and pastoral leadership, more Christian families and communities will model and propagate egalitarian practices and teachings that are known to foster human flourishing.
