Christians believe that human beings were created in the image of God. Despite all humans being created in God's image, there have come to exist societal structures that reflect unjust hierarchies--including the hierarchies of sex and gender. 

Women have always had a leading role in the Christian faith, including the women who were the first followers of Christ to proclaim Jesus' resurrection. Unfortunately, much of the world still operates in patriarchal ways or through patriarchal structures that exist to minimize women as leaders. This has resulted in the fact that most public and private institutions center on men's actions, decisions and priorities. This imbalance of power continues to be reflected in financial systems and wealth that are overwhelmingly controlled by men. This financial power imbalance increases the the likelihood for tokenizing and unhealthy or abusive relationships between men and people from other genders. 

Bitcoin is a financial system that does not differentiate between users by sex, gender, race, ethnicity, able-bodiness, etc. Regardless of societal gender roles or rules, anyone with connectivity to the internet can store value or transact on the Bitcoin network. This creates a new stability and possibility for people of all genders to be able to store and compound wealth even when traditional societal barriers (religious rules, government laws, abusive relationships) prevent them from doing so.

Many justice issues are intersectional. People and communities experience multiple discriminations that fall within these different intersectional justice categories. Part of what makes Bitcoin such a powerful tool for ministry is that it addresses justice issues in intersectional ways. Be sure to check out all the intersectional justice issues to see how they overlap.