CBE honors Jo Anne Lyon

World Hope International founder and CEO Dr. Jo Anne Lyon was honored this summer with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE). She was recognized for her career accomplishments working to alleviate poverty and suffering in the US and in over thirty countries around the world.

CBE honored Dr. Lyon at its 2007 International Conference Seeking Justice and Loving Mercy: Gender and Equality in the Bible and Our Culture in Denver on August 10 – 12, 2007. She was recognized along with ten other recipients for “a lifetime of courage, sacrifice, and vision in advancing the bibilical basis for gift-based ministry.” For a complete report on the ceremony and Dr. Lyon’s co-awardees, read CBE’s coverage of the event .

About CBE

CBE is a non-profit Christian organization that promotes a biblical basis for gift-based, rather than gender-based, service for men and women of all races, ages and economic classes. Our theology and membership is largely evangelical, yet we cross all denominational lines, representing more than 80 denominations. We have members in each of the 50 states and many foreign countries. To learn more about CBE, visit www.cbeinternational.org.