Christians for Biblical Equality
Proclaiming God’s design for equal partnership between women and men
Mission
Founded in 1988, CBE International (Christians for Biblical Equality) works to eliminate the power imbalance between women and men resulting from theological patriarchy. CBE exists to promote the biblical message that God calls women and men of all cultures, races, and classes to share authority equally in service and leadership in the home, church, and world. CBE collaborates with global pastors, churches, institutions, and NGOs to eliminate sexism, racism, misogyny, gender-based violence, and human trafficking; to raise the status of women; and to promote human flourishing. We educate and advocate through conferences, publications, blog, social media, and ministry partnerships.
Ruling year
1989
President and CEO
Dr. Mimi Haddad
Operations Manager
Ms. Mary Gonsior
Main address
122 W Franklin Ave Suite 218
Minneapolis, MN 55404 USA
EIN
41-1599315
NTEE code
Christian (X20)
Women's Rights (R24)
Religious Leadership, Youth Development (O55)
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Sign in or create an account to view Form(s) 990 for 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Register now
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
CBE seeks to dismantle the patriarchy practiced and taught as biblical by Christian individuals, churches, and organizations. Through a few misinterpreted / mistranslated Bible texts, girls and women are devalued, and women’s equality and leadership are undermined, resulting in a limited talent pool and abuse. Prohibiting women from fully exercising their God-given gifts, in leadership and service to the church, home, and world, constitutes injustice that impoverishes the body of Christ and its ministry in the world. CBE International is part of God's work to oppose injustice as required in Scripture. Recognizing that patriarchy is a root cause of female marginalization and oppression, including domestic abuse, CBE works to promote the Bible's call for women’s equality and to correct biblical distortions that justify male dominance.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Put More Women in Ministry Leadership
The Alvera Mickelsen Memorial Scholarship (AMMS) is made possible through the generosity of Alvera’s family and the CBE community. Given the challenges and inequities women face in the church and Christian academia, AMMS was created to help women answer the call to ministry by providing academic scholarships. The scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to women who are pursuing a master’s degree in a ministry field related to preaching, communications, writing, youth ministry, pastoral work, or nonprofit work. Thanks to generous donors, we have been able to award fourteen $6,000 scholarships since 2018. To help put more women in the pulpit, visit cbe.today/ammsfund
Fight Violence Against Women in Africa
CBE International acts where Christian faith, global humanitarian work, and women’s equality intersect. Women's equality is not attainable without addressing underlying cultural and faith-based beliefs that devalue and disempower women and girls, making them vulnerable to abuse. CBE collaborates with ministry leaders and other change agents in Sub-Saharan Africa to address power imbalances between women and men. By providing culturally-appropriate biblical resources, CBE is instrumental in partnering for change globally. For more information, visit cbe.today/outreach
Equip Churches to Prevent Abuse
In the US, 1 in 3 women have survived physical violence by an intimate partner, and studies show abuse is as common in the church as anywhere else. Exploring the link between deeply held views about women’s worth and the consequences of their devaluation, CBE’s newest book, Created to Thrive, provides solutions to create a safe space where all members can flourish. This book will help pastors address and prevent abuse. Its evaluation tool will help churches uncover subtle sexism they may be unaware of. With supporters from over 100 denominations and 65 countries, CBE engages Christians with conferences, adult and youth curricula, multi-media resources, award-winning publications, a blog, and an online library of 2,000+ free resources on gender and the Bible. To join the cause, go to: cbe.today/printresources
Gender-Accurate Bible Translation
For centuries, Christians have relied on flawed and sexist Bible translations that contribute to the devaluation of girls and women. Thus, CBE launched an initiative to examine the biblical passages most often distorted to demean females, fueling their marginalization and abuse.
CBE recruited an expert team of women and men from diverse ethnic, racial, geographic, and denominational backgrounds to work on translating 500-plus Bible verses (70 different passages) that will provide exegetically-sound, gender-accurate, and accessible English translations from the original biblical texts. They are working to identify where the wording of traditional English translations is inconsistent with the sense of the original language.
We need $60,000 to cover the final phase. If you share the dream to reclaim gender accuracy in Scripture, please make a generous donation to invest in this vital project. For more info, go to: cbe.today/bible
Radio Spots for Biblical Literacy
Due to the declining biblical literacy among Christians and the consequent lack of awareness of women in Scripture and mission, CBE created weekly radio spots that highlight these women and show that they were created in God's image to share leadership with men.
We would like to run similar radio spots in new cities. Using radio to highlight women in Scripture and mission gives CBE the opportunity to tell more people how women are an integral part of God's work in our world. The cost to produce radio spots is $60,000 for each city. Join us today at cbe.today/radio.
eLearning Courses
CBE is developing online courses with topics such as leadership in marriage and family, Bible translation and interpreting challenging passages, and more. These courses can be completed as an individual or with a group. They serve as an introduction to topics, with options that allow for deeper learning. Students can learn at their own pace, giving them time to absorb or discuss the material before moving on.
The first course, Answers to Common Questions about Women and the Church, is free. As you will see, the content is rich and extremely valuable for educating and advocating that God created women and men as equal partners. It will change many lives by opening the eyes of those who have been misled and confused by misinterpreted Bible passages and ideals that devalue women. The annual cost is $11,000. To help us add more courses to our e-learning library, go to cbe.today/elearning.
CBE's Feature Film of Katharine Bushnell
As the largest portal of egalitarian resources, it is vital that we use all available resources to deliver the message of women's shared leadership in more relevant ways. In collaboration with award-winning film director, writer, and producer, Brandon Dickerson, CBE is creating a feature film on the life of an early evangelical medical missionary, Bible translator, and egalitarian activist—Dr. Katharine Bushnell. The film will tell Katharine’s story of how she risked her reputation and life going undercover inside Wisconsin's lumber camps to expose the government-sanctioned trafficking of girls and women.
Funding is needed to create a three-minute reel that will help us demonstrate the look and feel of the film. The cost of the reel is $11,000. Help CBE develop this important film to demonstrate the impact of women’s leadership through the story of Katharine Bushnell. Go to cbe.today/film
Where we work
Awards
1st place, Critical Review | Mutuality vol. 11, no. 2 2004
Evangelical Press Association
2nd place, Cause of the Year (racial reconciliation) | Mutuality vol. 11, no. 4 2022
Addis Enterprises
3rd place, Fiction | Mutuality vol. 13, no. 1 2006
Addis Enterprises
4th place, Critical Review | Mutuality vol. 15, no. 3 2008
Evangelical Press Association
3rd place, Poetry | Mutuality vol. 16, no. 1 2008
Evangelical Press Association
3rd place, Critical Review | Mutuality vol. 17, no. 2 2010
Evangelical Press Association
3rd place, Student Writer of the Year | Mutuality vol. 17, no. 4 2010
Evangelical Press Association
5th place, Critical Review | Mutuality vol. 18, no. 4 2011
Evangelical Press Association
2nd place, Fiction | Mutuality vol. 18, no. 3 2011
Evangelical Press Association
4th place, Fiction | Mutuality vol. 18, no. 3 2011
Evangelical Press Association
2nd place, Student Writer of the Year | Mutuality vol. 18, no. 1 2011
Evangelical Press Association
1st place, Student Writer of the Year | Mutuality vol. 19, no. 4 2012
Evangelical Press Association
1st place, Critical Review | Mutuality vol. 19, no. 1 2012
Evangelical Press Association
4th place, Student Writer of the Year | Mutuality vol. 20, no. 2 2013
Evangelical Press Association
4th place, General Article: Short | Mutuality vol. 20, no. 1 2013
Evangelical Press Association
3rd place, Reporting | Mutuality vol. 20, no. 3 2013
Evangelical Press Association
4th place, General Article: Medium | Mutuality vol. 21, no. 2 2014
Evangelical Press Association
2nd place, Critical Review | Mutuality vol. 22, no. 3 2015
Evangelical Press Association
2nd place, Student Writer of the Year | Mutuality vol. 22, no. 2 2015
Evangelical Press Association
5th place, Poetry | Mutuality vol. 23, no. 1 2016
Evangelical Press Association
4th place, Personality Article | Mutuality vol. 23, no. 4 2016
Evangelical Press Association
3rd place, Poetry | Mutuality vol. 24, no. 2 2017
Evangelical Press Association
5th place, Editorial | Mutuality vol. 25, no. 3 2018
Evangelical Press Association
3rd place, Blog: Single Post | Mutuality online 2018
Evangelical Press Association
1st place, Poetry | Mutuality vol. 25, no. 1 2018
Evangelical Press Association
Award of Merit, Organizational (Print) | Mutuality, vol. 26, no. 3 and vol. 26, no. 4 2019
Evangelical Press Association
2nd place, Cause of the Year Article—Biblical Literacy | Mutuality, vol. 26, no. 2 2019
Evangelical Press Association
3rd place, Best in Class | Mutuality, vol. 27, no. 2 2020
Evangelical Press Association
5th place, Poetry | Mutuality, vol. 27, no. 4 2020
Evangelical Press Association
4th place, Cover | Mutuality, vol. 27, no. 3 2020
Evangelical Press Association
3rd place, Single Blog Post | Mutuality 2020
Evangelical Press Association
Award of Merit, Organizational (Print) | Mutuality vol. 28, no. 1 and vol. 28, no. 2 2021
Evangelical Press Association
3rd place, Editorial | Mutuality 2021
Evangelical Press Association
2nd place, Best in Class | Mutuality, vol. 28, no. 1 2021
Evangelical Press Association
4th place, Best in Class | Mutuality, vol. 29, no. 2 2022
Evangelical Press Association
Platinum MARCOM Award for Website 2022
Addis Enterprises
1st place, Critical Review | Mutuality vol. 11, no. 2 2004
Evangelical Press Association
2nd place, Cause of the Year (racial reconciliation) | Mutuality vol. 11, no. 4 2004
Addis Enterprises
2nd place, Cause of the Year (racial reconciliation) | Mutuality vol. 11, no. 4 2022
Evangelical Press Association
1st place, Critical Review | Mutuality vol. 11, no. 2 2004
Evangelical Press Association
2nd place, Cause of the Year (racial reconciliation) | Mutuality vol. 11, no. 4 2022
Addis Enterprises
Affiliations & memberships
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2009
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2010
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2011
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2012
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2013
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2014
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2015
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2016
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2017
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2018
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2019
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2020
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2021
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of website pageviews
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Christians, Women and girls, Men, Victims of crime and abuse
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric measures CBE’s Key Result Area 2 goal to empower Christians for egalitarian advocacy and to extend CBE’s reach and influence. See strategic plan. Data reflects fiscal year-end (March 31)
Number of conference attendees
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Christians, Women, Men, Victims of crime and abuse
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric measures CBE’s Key Result Area 2 goal to empower Christians for egalitarian advocacy. We were not able to hold a conference in 2020 due to COVID restrictions.
Number of donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Christians, Women and girls, Victims of crime and abuse, Men
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric measures CBE’s Key Result Area 3 to maintain an effective, sustainable, and efficient organization. See strategic plan. Data reflects fiscal year-end (March 31)
Additional revenue and wages generated attributable to the organization's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Christians, Women and girls, Men, Victims of crime and abuse
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Includes subscriptions, honorariums, royalties, memberships, bookstore sales, in-kind donations, advertising revenue, conference income, and interest income.
Number of unique website visitors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Christians, Women and girls, Men, Victims of crime and abuse
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric measures CBE’s Key Result Area 2 goal to empower Christians for egalitarian advocacy and to extend CBE’s reach and influence. See strategic plan. Data based on fiscal year-end (March 31)
Number of unique page views for CBE journal, magazine, and blog
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Christians, Women and girls, Men, Victims of crime and abuse
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric measures CBE’s Key Result Area 2 goal to empower Christians for egalitarian advocacy and to extend CBE’s reach and influence. See strategic plan. Date reflects fiscal year-end (March 31)
Number of donor gifts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Christians, Women and girls, Men, Victims of crime and abuse
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric measures CBE’s Key Result Area 3 to maintain an effective, sustainable, and efficient organization. See strategic plan. Data reflects fiscal year-end (March 31)
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
CBE International develops resources and partnerships that challenge patriarchy as a biblical ideal. CBE creates award-winning publications and blog, sponsors yearly conferences, coordinates local chapters, and hosts a website and book service to reach popular, academic, and humanitarian audiences with the biblical teachings that promote the shared dignity, worth, leadership, and authority of males and females.
CBE's objective is to reach global Christian communities with biblical resources that teach the mutual calling, gifting, and responsibility of males and females to use and develop their gifts in service to God, neighbor, and community. CBE envisions a future where every Christian has heard the biblical teachings that challenge patriarchy as God's ideal, and where men and women are empowered to use their gifts in any position of service or leadership.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
CBE works beside like-minded leaders on projects worldwide to advance the shared dignity and leadership of males and females, CBE's strategic plan addresses 3 key result areas:
1. Education
2. Advocacy
3. Maintain an effective, sustainable organization to enable 1 and 2
Each key result area is advanced through measurable impact indicators to ensure that CBE's outreach is successful, relevant, and sustainable in the long term.
1. Churches become more egalitarian
a. Growth in # of women working as teaching pastors
b. Growth of egalitarian denominations
2. Growth of global egalitarian momentum
a. Growth in # of egalitarian organizations or advocates
b. Growth in % of women speakers at Christian conferences
c. Growth in # of CBE donors
3. Greater gender equality in Christian higher education
a. Growth in % of women faculty in Christian higher education
b. Growth in # women in leadership at the Evangelical Theological Society, and/or number of egalitarian scholars in leadership or published in it’s journal
4. Increased demand for egalitarian resources
a. Number of new egalitarian books in publisher catalogs
b. Sales, shares, citation, of CBE resources
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
CBE has been challenging theological and social barriers to women’s equality since 1988. As the largest portal of egalitarian resources, CBE collaborates with the most extensive egalitarian Christian network worldwide. Working with more than 100 denominations in over 65 countries we provide education, biblical resources, support, and leadership to advance the biblical basis for the shared authority, leadership, and service of women and men. Our members, donors, and ministry partners provide contributions for the vision and execution of objectives in each of the three key result areas (cited above), thus lending momentum and global impact.
For example, many of our global partners write for CBE publications, commission and oversee non-English translations of CBE's resources, host CBE-promoted events in their countries, and provide lecturers for these and other CBE events. Because CBE sponsors regional chapters and supports sister organizational projects around the world, CBE's message is regularly contextualized through publications, discussions, events, and annual international conferences hosted in the United States and internationally. Sister organizations also facilitate the development of local egalitarian leaders and groups to address the biblical and cultural issues related to gender and faith in a contextually sensitive manner.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
CBE has expanded global outreach:
-- Translated CBE’s founding statement, “Men, Women and Biblical Equality," into over 30 languages.
-- Translated Still Side by Side, CBE's primer on women’s equality as a biblical ideal, into 30 languages.
-- Increased circulation of CBE publications, which include an academic journal (Priscilla Papers) and a popular magazine and blog (Mutuality). These publications have received nearly 50 publishing awards and are available at ebsco.com, academia.com, JSTOR, and through subscription.
-- Hosted annual conferences in domestic, international, and online venues.
-- CBE’s 13 regional chapters and sister organizations hosted events.
-- Engaged Christians at conferences around the world. Dr. Mimi Haddad, CBE's president, maintains a regular speaking schedule and teaches at 2 academic institutions.
-- CBE hosts the most expansive free library of resources on women, men, mutuality, and the Bible. Thousands of articles, book reviews, lectures, e-books, and translations of Still Side by Side are available FREE at cbeinternational.org. Lectures also reach a worldwide audience via SoundCloud, YouTube, and WordMp3.
CBE’s website receives one million visitors each year.
-- CBE adopted the Mutuality Matters podcast, offering the latest conversations on women, men, mutuality, and the Bible. It also explores the intersection of sexism, racism, and religion, and the global impact of egalitarian activism.
-- Established a partnership with the Publish4Africa network of Christian print shops, sharing dozens of books in several languages for free download.
-- Partnered with ministry leaders in Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe to reach thousands of people with the good news of women’s equality as God’s design.
-- Built a sustainable financial base and skilled staff for new and existing ministry opportunities.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
-
How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
-
Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
-
What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Financials
Unlock nonprofit financial insights that will help you make more informed decisions. Try our monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights?
Learn more
about GuideStar Pro.
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Connect with nonprofit leaders
SubscribeBuild relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.
Connect with nonprofit leaders
SubscribeBuild relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.
Christians for Biblical Equality
Board of directorsas of 02/16/2023
Jeannette Cochran
No Affiliation
Term: 2021 - 2024
Vince Huffaker
Boaz Johnson
Cynthia Aceves-Lewis
Nancy Graf Peters
Kathie Rankin
Wilmer Villacorta
Jeannette Cochran
Jeanne Porter King
Jackie Anderson
Liz Testa
Board leadership practices
GuideStar worked with BoardSource, the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section.
-
Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
The organization's co-leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
No data
Disability
No data
Thanks for signing up!
An email has been sent to the address you provided. Click on the link in that email to get more GuideStar Nonprofit Profile data today!
(Don't see an email in your inbox? Click here to resend it.)
GuideStar Pro Reports
Report successfully added to your cart!
Want more data?
A GuideStar Pro report containing the following information is available for this organization:
- Email contact information
- Financial trends metrics for five most recent years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018*
- Financial statements for 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
- Letter of Determination
- Officer and/or Employee data for 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
- Contractor and/or Paid Preparer data for 2022, 2021, 2020
- Board of Directors data for 2023
- *with the ability to download the data for 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
Download it now for $125.
Need the ability to download nonprofit data and more advanced search options?Consider a Pro Search subscription.