{"id":362463,"date":"2026-08-01T21:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T21:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/baptist-faith-message-2000-in-bed-with-the-danvers-statement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T21:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T21:15:25","slug":"baptist-faith-message-2000-in-bed-with-the-danvers-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=362463","title":{"rendered":"Baptist Faith &#038; Message 2000 in Bed with the Danvers Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is still alive and well.  It was the brainchild of Wayne Grudem, professor of theology and biblical studies. It originated from a discussion and eventually a paper he wrote in which he defined the Greek work <em>kephale<\/em> to mean having \u201cauthority over\u201d instead of \u201csource\u201d as egalitarians were claiming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That sums up the Danvers Statement very well. In Wayne Grudem\u2019s mind and intent \u2013 based upon his own words, men having authority over women is the overriding theme. Never mind the fact that Jesus did not give males this authority or acknowledge in any way that men were superior to women. They claim that God decided at Creation that He would share His headship over women with all men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By giving males authority based on gender and nothing else, the writers and proponents of the Danvers Statement reduce women to an inferior status by assigning specific \u201croles\u201d based on gender. These assigned roles deny the power of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Man-made roles do not allow for spiritual gifts. Spiritual gifts are those of natural abilities and also those of supernatural abilities (when God calls us to do something, He will equip us for that job). The Word of God did not categorize these gifts under two column headings: male and female. The Danvers Statement has categorized men and women into roles, but the scriptures do not. The scriptures they give to back up their arguments do not prove that God has given males headship or authority over females.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Danvers Statement can be found on the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood\u2019s website, on John Piper\u2019s Desiring God website inside his book (<a href=\"https:\/\/document.desiringgod.org\/recovering-biblical-manhood-and-womanhood-en.pdf?ts=1709051206\">recovering-biblical-manhood-and-womanhood-en.pdf<\/a>,) on the website of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, where you find \u201cthe Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood establish the meaning of the Confession of Faith\u201d and elsewhere, and you can purchase it. The president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at the time was Paige Patterson who, along with his wife Dorothy Kelley Patterson, was instrumental in both the Danvers Statement and the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 is the official statement of the Southern Baptist Convention seminaries, and the majority of its 47,198 churches, and it has the same language and intent as the Danvers Statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that Baptist churches have adopted the essential dogma of the Danvers Statement without realizing it. That should surprise no one given that the CBMW at one time had its headquarters in a Southern Baptist theological seminary, and is now located in the same city in Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shirley Taylor Books (available on Amazon in print and on Kindle)<\/strong><br \/><em>The Biblical Marriage Myth: The Devil Comes Calling<\/em><em><br \/>The Power of a Book: The Street Evangelist<br \/>Raising the Hood: A Christian Look at Manhood and Womanhood<br \/>Women Equal: No Buts<br \/>Dethroning Male Headship: 2nd Edition<br \/>From Wife to Widow: What I Know Now<br \/>Beyond the Grave: A Christian Dilemma<\/em><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"entry-author-info\">\n<div id=\"author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" alt=\"Unknown's avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ead183f46b48569c98da8a29847a81ff46532d3243f379c785b656e1fdbf7b91?s=60&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ead183f46b48569c98da8a29847a81ff46532d3243f379c785b656e1fdbf7b91?s=120&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-60 photo\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- #author-avatar --><\/p>\n<div id=\"author-description\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout bwebaptistwomenforequality\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShirley Taylor writes with humor and common sense, challenging the church body to reclaim equality for Christian women.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- #author-link\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- #author-description -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is still alive and well. It was the brainchild of Wayne Grudem, professor of theology and biblical studies. It originated from a discussion and eventually a paper he wrote in which he defined the Greek work kephale to mean having \u201cauthority over\u201d instead of \u201csource\u201d as egalitarians [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":354832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183759,183760,183761,143721,143722,143723,183762,183763,100531,183764,183765,115430],"tags":[42124,1442,183766,3742,5009,4642],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-362463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baptist-faith-and-message-2000","category-complementarian","category-danvers-statement-on-biblical-manhood-and-biblical-womanhood","category-egalitarian","category-faith-and-religion","category-gender-equality","category-gender-inclusivity","category-paige-patterson","category-religion","category-wayne-grudem","category-women-preachers","category-womens-equality","tag-baptist","tag-bed","tag-danvers","tag-faith","tag-message","tag-statement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Baptist Faith &amp; Message 2000 in Bed with the Danvers Statement - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=362463\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baptist Faith &amp; Message 2000 in Bed with the Danvers Statement - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is still alive and well. 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