Today we continue with this topic and talk about the implications of complementarian beliefs on both women and men in the institutional church today. Abusive marriages, sexual abuse among church leaders (of all denominations), spiritual abuse – could they be connected to patriarchal teachings?

For more on this subject we suggest The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr, On Purpose by Julie Zine Coleman, the work of Marg Mowczko, and Sheila Wray Gregoire, author of The Great Sex Rescue.