Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus


The Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus is a group of evangelical Christian feminists founded in 1974. It was originally named the Evangelical Women's Caucus 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." 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 membership".
In 1986 EWC passed a resolution by a two-to-one margin stating:
This resolution led Catherine Kroeger and other more conservative members to form Christians for Biblical Equality.

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