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Master of Transformational Development Course Co-ordinator, University of Birmingham

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February 26, 2023

We’re told Pentecostal churches like Hillsong are growing in Australia, but they’re not anymore – is there a gender problem?

Rosie Clare Shorter, Western Sydney University and Tanya Riches, University of Birmingham

The latest Australian census shows a decrease in affiliation with Pentecostal churches, despite the ‘boom’ narrative. Women seem to be leaving: gender inequality and abuses of power are having an impact.

Some Christians interpret Biblical teachings to say that women are essentially equal to men, but should be submissive to male leaders in the church and home. Shutterstock

December 22, 2016

Explainer: why some churches teach that women are ‘separate but equal’

Tanya Riches, University of Sydney and Mark Jennings, Murdoch University

Complementarianism is the view – held by some Australian churches – that men and women have separate and divinely ordained roles: men are ‘spiritual leaders’ while women are ‘helpmeets’.

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