Male Headship Theology and Domestic Violence: There is a correlation

Lack of autonomous equality between women and men and domestic abuse are so closely related, that I have a difficult time talking about the one without mentioning the other. But I know everyone doesn’t always want to hear about marital abuse, so I have a separate column where I deal exclusively with the subject of Christian response to domestic violence. I invite you to subscribe.

Every April I make an annual tribute to a Christian wife, who, along with her children, did not survive complementarianism. The tragedy of their deaths is steeped in male governance, complementarian, theology.

My 2026 Article: The murder of Mary Fisher and her children: What no one in the churches will talk about

My 2016 Post: Would Mary Fisher and her children still be alive if their church had taught autonomous gender equality rather than male governance?