Complementarianism is currently a hot issue in North American evangelicalism. North American culture is strongly egalitarian, and cultural pressure affects our theology whether we want to admit it or not. This cultural influence cuts both ways. Some of what passes for complementarian thinking owes more to American cultural conservatism than it does to the biblical theology of men and women. Similarly, some narrower expressions of complementarianism—as well as outright egalitarianism—may owe more to our secular culture’s current conversations. Be that as it may, complementarianism remains a significant feature of much of American evangelical life.
What about the rest of the evangelical world? Evangelical Christians around the globe read and revere the same Bible. Do they come to the same conclusions about gender roles in the church, the family, and the world? To explore this question, this study surveyed Christian workers engaged in theological education and/or pastoral training on each continent and in each of the major global ethnolinguistic affinities. All of these workers have years of experience in their part of the world and are fluent in the local language. They also all profess adherence to complementarian theology. Their responses are remarkably similar.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, which is rapidly becoming
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