The Danvers Statement is a statement of the

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Christian view of

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s. It is not the product of any particular Christian denomination, but has been cited by the

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, the

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, and the

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. It was first published by the

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(CBMW) in

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in November 1988. Work on the statement began with "several evangelical leaders" at a CBMW meeting in

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in December 1987. In 1989, a paid advertisement center-spread appeared in the January 13 issue of ''

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'' accompanied with the Danvers Statement. In February 1989, R.K. McGregor Wright put out "Response to the Danvers Statement," an unpublished paper delivered to the ''Christians for Biblical Equality Conference'', St. Paul, which was later revised and republished. In 1990

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published a statement "Men, Women & Biblical Equality," in ''

''.

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says that the Statement was an attempt to "staunch the spread of biblical feminism in evangelical circles." Seth Dowland suggests that the authors of the statement "framed their position as a clear and accessible reading of scripture. The Danvers Statement is included in

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such as ''Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism: A Documentary Reader'' (

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, 2008) and ''Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim readings on Genesis and gender'' (

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, 2009).

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Core Beliefs: The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
— Danvers Statement at official CBMW site.
Men's & women's roles are biblical 'battle' among Southern Baptists
20th-century Christian texts Gender and Christianity 1988 documents 1988 in Christianity Christian statements of faith Christianity and society in the United States Complementarianism

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