This time last year, I was packing my essentials into boxes, loading up ol’ Bella (my tiny aging car), and moving cross country to intern at Baptist Women in Ministry. As a dual-degree MDiv/MSW student at Baylor University, I was passionate about the intersection of...
While attending The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor as an undergrad, I was introduced to Baptist Women in Ministry through a retreat held in Brownwood, TX. Although I did not know anyone attending the retreat, I was determined to be there. Little did I know, this...
I am a monthly giver to Baptist Women in Ministry. I give for many reasons. I give in honor of my mom, who felt a call from God to ministry as a teenager. But, unfortunately, all she heard was that women couldn’t be in ministry, and so she was forced to turn her back...
When I became a seminarian, I had never met an ordained Baptist woman. I did not know there was such a person. So, when God called me to full-time vocational ministry, I was mystified. I did not know where to begin looking for support, information, colleagues, or...
“Why do I give to Baptist Women in Ministry? Because I know the importance of support for women ministers, and I know what it’s like to live without that kind of support.” – Tracy Hartman Fifty More! Baptist Women in Ministry...
Mary Lillian Warner. Corn bread, greens, pork chops, and hugs. These are the reasons why I give to Baptist Women in Ministry. I met Mary Warner eight years ago, while working in the Arkansas Delta. Mary cooked for the hundreds of volunteers that our organization...
