Apr 18, 2019 | +Clergy Sexual Misconduct Task Force, Weekly Words
Opening Welcome to Worship We are taking on a difficult subject this morning. The #metoo movement has shown a bright, bright light on our culture’s acceptance of demeaning and sometimes violent treatment of women. Institutions have been rocked. Careers ended. Horrific...
Apr 17, 2019 | Weekly Words
Since I was a little girl, I’ve wanted to be a writer. I’ve carried journals and pens and reams of loose-leaf paper with me everywhere, always. The results are strewn around my house. Any stack of books or mail inevitably contains a spiral-bound notebook or a handful...
Apr 12, 2019 | +This is What a Minister Looks Like
Every Friday, Baptist Women in Ministry features an interview with an amazing minister. Today we are thrilled to introduce Maria Robertson. Maria IS what a minister looks like! Maria, tell us about your call to ministry and the journey to embrace your call. Like any...
Apr 10, 2019 | +Pam Durso
I have in recent days been re-reading BWIM’s founding documents. (Some people binge-watch movies on Netflix in their spare time, I pull out dusty papers and binders of old newsletters and binge-read). One of the documents that I keep coming back to was written...
Apr 9, 2019 | +Clergy Sexual Misconduct Task Force, Weekly Words
Last month in an article for Ethics Daily, Pam Durso wrote about her experience with the #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements. Her call to action at the end was to push readers to make space for the voices of survivors. As a survivor and member of Baptist Women in Ministry...
