Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus

The Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus (EEWC) is a group of evangelical Christian feminists founded in 1974.^[1] It was originally named the Evangelical Women's Caucus (EWC) because it began as a caucus within Evangelicals for Social Action, which had issued the "Chicago Declaration". Its mission is to "support, educate, and celebrate Christian feminists from many traditions."^[2] It favored passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, encourages the ordination of women, and has called for gender-inclusive language in all communications. The word ecumenical was added to the organization's name in 1990 in order "to reflect the increasingly inclusive nature and the many traditions of [the organization's] membership".^[2]

In 1986 EWC passed a resolution by a two-to-one margin stating:

Whereas homosexual people are children of God, and because of the biblical mandate of Jesus Christ that we are all created equal in God's sight, and in recognition of the presence of the lesbian minority in EWCI [Evangelical Women's Caucus International], EWCI takes a firm stand in favor of civil rights protection for homosexual persons.^[3]

This resolution led Catherine Kroeger and other more conservative members to form Christians for Biblical Equality.^[4]

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Footnotes[]

^ Keller & Ruether 2006b, p. 469.
^ ^a ^b "About the Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus". Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
^ Balmer 2004, p. 237; Keller & Ruether 2006b, p. 471.
^ Balmer 2004, p. 237; Keller & Ruether 2006a.

Bibliography[]

Balmer, Randall (2004). "Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus". Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism (rev. ed.). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. pp. 237–238.
Keller, Rosemary Skinner; Ruether, Rosemary Radford, eds. (2006a). "Christians for Biblical Equality". Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Vol. 1. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-253-34686-5.
Keller, Rosemary Skinner; Ruether, Rosemary Radford, eds. (2006b). "The Evangelical Women's Caucus". Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Vol. 1. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 469–471. ISBN 978-0-253-34686-5.