Apr 8, 2020 | Weekly Words
“February is BWIM Month of Preaching? What it that?” they asked. And so I told them. Each February, Baptist Women in Ministry celebrates and honors women preachers by intentionally providing a space for them to preach. “Oh,” they said. “We could...
Mar 25, 2020 | Preaching, Weekly Words
At Royal Lane Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, we don’t simply want to acknowledge that women are equipped, gifted, and called to lead in all ministry positions during one Sunday of one month. We want to affirm that women can be ordained leaders in the church each and...
Mar 18, 2020 | Preaching, Weekly Words
On February 23, 2020, Harper Hoover, a senior at Waco High School stepped into the pulpit at Seventh and James Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, and preached her first sermon. Harper is an active church member and has led a Sunday School series entitled “The Bible...
Mar 10, 2020 | +Clergy Sexual Misconduct Task Force, Weekly Words
In the early years of my social work career, I started volunteering at a rape crisis center in Louisville, Kentucky. I would be on call and respond to hospital calls whenever they had a rape victim walk into their ER. I went on to become a therapist, providing...
Feb 26, 2020 | +Lynn Brinkley, Weekly Words
I can’t lie. It was difficult to say “yes” to Pam Durso, “yes” that I would accept the position as associate director at Baptist Women in Ministry. “Yes” meant leaving what I knew. It meant leaving what was comfortable. It meant leaving twelve years of...
Feb 5, 2020 | Weekly Words
Last November on the Baptist Women in Ministry Facebook page, the staff asked the question: “Who was the first woman you heard preach?” Several folks mentioned my mother’s name, Esther Burroughs. My mom was a great preacher–even if she didn’t always call...
