Archives

Addie Davis Awards

Baptist Women in Ministry established the Addie Davis Awards in 1998 to honor Addie Davis, the first Southern Baptist woman ordained to the gospel ministry.

These awards, given until 2023, were a way for BWIM to give public recognition to gifted women seminarians. BWIM requested nominations for the awards from Baptist seminaries, divinity schools, and houses of study, for two awards: the Addie Davis Award for Excellence in Preaching and the Addie Davis Award for Outstanding Leadership in Pastoral Ministry. You can find a list of award recipients in the green box to the right.

In 2024, BWIM transitioned from making awards to providing direct scholarships to female seminarians in order to better meet the changing needs of women pursuing their calling to Baptist ministry and leadership and in order to support more women in obtaining their theological education. You can find more information about the Addie Davis Scholarships HERE.

View List of Past Recipients

2023 Victoria Blount (preaching) and Lane Riley (pastoral ministry)

2022 Angela Zimmerman (preaching) and Cheri Adams (pastoral ministry) 

2021 Brittany Darst-Hermsen Edwards (preaching) and Nataly Mora (pastoral leadership)

2020 Joya Moore (preaching) and Tarsha Banister (pastoral leadership)

2019 Andrea Huffman (preaching) and Julianna Marraccino (pastoral leadership)

2018 Kristen Pope (preaching) and Scarlette Jasper (pastoral leadership

2017 Demi McCoy (preaching) and Genetta Williams (pastoral leadership)

2016 Elizabeth Coates (preaching) and Margaret Brooks (pastoral leadership)

2015  Brenda Kay Hafer (preaching) and Crystal M. Shepherd (pastoral leadership)

2014 Racquel Gill (preaching) and Erica Evans Whitaker (pastoral leadership)

2013 Molly Brummett (preaching) and Heather Mustain (pastoral leadership)

2012 Erin James-Brown (preaching) and Angela Fields (pastoral leadership)

2011 Kyndall Rothaus (preaching) and Griselda Escobar (pastoral leadership)

2010 Karen Hatcher (preaching) and Gwen Brown (pastoral leadership)

2009 Marquette Bugg (preaching) and Tammy Jackson Gill (pastoral leadership)

2007 Shelley Hasty Woodruff (preaching) and Renee Kenley (pastoral leadership)2008 Bailey Edwards Nelson (preaching) and Caroline Lawson (pastoral leadership)

2006 Stacy Cochran (preaching) and Debra Anne Carter (pastoral leadership)

2005 Martha Kearse (preaching) and Teresa Pugh (pastoral leadership)

2004 LeAnn Gunter (preaching) and Holly Sprink (pastoral leadership)

2003 Susan Burnette (preaching) and Shirley Ramsey Luckadoo (pastoral leadership)

2002 Andrea Dellinger Jones (preaching) and Belinda Creighton-Smith (pastoral leadership)

2001 Nikki Finkelstein-Blair (preaching)

2000 Kimberly L. Hardegree (preaching) and Ellen Holden DiGiosia (pastoral leadership)

1999 Veronice Miles (preaching) and Virginia Dempsey (pastoral leadership)

1998 Kelly Bazemore, Tammy Condrey, Jennifer L. Dundas, Joy Heaton, Jana Stewart Kinnersley, Gloria Jean Ortega, Rachel A. Stephen

Vocare

Vocare was published two times a year by Baptist Women in Ministry.

Each issue features articles written by Baptist women about their work in ministry and life experiences. Other articles, written by Baptist women and men, are educational, informational, or just fun.

Vocare also features wonderful color photos of Baptist women serving, leading, praying, singing, learning, and playing.