Jul 6, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Community
I will always remember the look on her face. She was holding a loaf of bread, smiling at her grandfather, and I heard her softly say, “This is the body of Christ, broken for you.” That memory is one I will always carry with me from our 2011 Baptist Women...
Jul 4, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words
Nearly two weeks I sat at the Baptist Women in Ministry annual worship service on June 22 at Bayshore Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida, and heard Veronice Miles preach. Her words have stayed with me . . . her words were ones of challenge and a call to those present...
Jun 29, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Motherhood and Ministry
Being “in charge” has some priviledges–including getting a good seat during worship. I got to sit on the front row during the Baptist Women in Ministry worship service last Wednesday, and I saw things that some folks there may not have opportunity to...
Jun 29, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words
I have had the privilege of serving for the past two years as executive director of Baptist Women in Ministry. Describing what I do to those I meet has sometimes been challenging—especially to the strangers that I sit by on airplanes. A few weeks ago I found myself...
Apr 13, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Being a Minister
This past Monday I was part of a conversation about women ministers and compensation. Several women spoke of their experiences in negotiating their compensation packages with churches. I was struck by the words of one woman who talked about the culture of secrecy...
Feb 21, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Being the Church
Baptist churches have relied on and enjoyed the good gifts of women for four hundred years now, since the first days of the existence of those churches. And Baptist churches throughout our history have nurtured the gifts of women– some churches have nurtured those...
