Jan 13, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words, Preaching
For five years now, Baptist Women in Ministry has sponsored the Martha Stearns Marshall emphasis–asking churches to invite a woman to preach in February. Last year we had 106 churches in the United States and one in Cuba participate. This time around I have had...
Nov 30, 2010 | Challenges in Calling, Encouraging Words, Preaching
With all the recent talk about women in ministry and submission, I originally began writing my take on the matter. In doing so, I realized that it bothered me that the question even comes up. Even though the Bible says, “Submit to one another out of reverence for...
Sep 6, 2010 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words, Preaching
A few weeks ago I served on a jury. The case only last about three hours, and the deliberation process lasted only minutes. My five fellow jurors and I agree in about four minutes that the defendant was guilty. The case was amazingly forgettable as court cases go, but...
Jul 13, 2010 | Community, Preaching
Sunday, June 27, was a special day for a small rural congregation in south central Virginia. Colby was being dedicated, and a potential intentional interim was preaching a “trial” sermon. The congregation needed an intentional interim desperately, and this sermon was...
May 15, 2010 | +Pam Durso, Community, Encouraging Words, Preaching
In the beginning, there were T-Shirts—bright aqua-colored T-Shirts that read “This Is What a Preacher Looks Like.” In 2008, Baptist Women in Ministry produced and distributed the T-Shirts during the celebration of the organization’s twenty-fifth anniversary, and I...
