Christians for Biblical Equality

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule o.cbe educates and advocates to ensure women worldwide know that god loves them and calls them equally to use their god-given gifts. When women discover that they are equally valued and called to lead and serve in god's work, their lives are changed and their faith is renewed. When women are given a voice, they often speak prophetically and confidently, declaring the gospel that they were previously unable to fully express. Through radio, podcasts, award-winning publications, international conferences, student scholarships, and international partnerships, the biblical truth of mutuality is transforming lives, communities, and institutions. As one donor told us, "for the first time in my life i have experienced the gospel in all its fullness and freedom. I will forever be grateful that cbe puts forth such academically rigorous and thoughtful literature. The humility, grace, and love that is evident in everything you do has been refreshing to my soul and my new quest is to educate as many people as possible about your mission."as the only nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing sexist interpretations of scripture, cbe promotes scripture's teachings for a mutuality-based, empowering view of female/male service and leadership. People searching the internet looking for answers to why their churches treat women as inferior and subordinate often find cbe because we promote the most expansive online library of egalitarian resources on women, mutuality, and the bible. In fy2025, more than 1.4 million people accessed over 4,000 free cbe resources, our highest documented year ever. This historic increase in website traffic, reflects the growing global demand for content that proclaims god created women and men to lead and serve together as equals. Cbe's expansion to diverse populations with little access to egalitarian content is evident in our web analytics and google translate statistics that show a drastic rise in spanish google translate users, including a significant increase in visits from spanish speaking countries like mexico and spain. Last year, the number of unique visitors to cbe's website grew 48% to 1,469,705. The increase in traffic is the result of several factors including improved marketing and seo, alongside cbe's spanish radio spots on christian radio that includes cbe's spanish webpages loaded with egalitarian resources in spanish.cbe uniquely engages an extensive global network of ministry partners that disseminate cbe's award-winning biblical resources to many cultures, denominations, ages, educational levels, and vocations worldwide. Together we skillfully advocate for biblical mutuality between women and men which flourishes marriages, churches, and communities to lower abuses worldwide.cbe's 2024 international conference, "tell her story: women in scripture and history," in denver brought together over 300 christians worldwide for a record-breaking event. The conference became a global gathering of worship, learning, and encouragement. A special highlight was welcoming more than 20 leaders from asia, many from an international college campus ministry that has newly embraced egalitarian theology, and a powerful glimpse of the far-reaching impact of the generosity of foundations and donors supporting cbe's ministry worldwide.advancing the message of mutuality on cbe's website - people worldwide have access to cbe's 4,000+ free resources that inspire and mobilize christians with the truth that god created women and men to lead and serve as equals. Cbe's award-winning articles, journals, magazine, blog, radio spots, audio and videos from conferences, podcasts, and cbe's website is accessed by people speaking 112 languages and can be translated into 22 languages. The growth of requests through our spanish google translate shows cbe's expanding reach among diverse populations with limited access to egalitarian content. Of the top ten nations visiting cbe's website, only two were spanish speaking nati

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 65.8%; rating input score 66
• Program expense ratio: 63.2%; rating input score 63
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings