Look Back | Why It Matters to Have Female Pastors

Look Back | Why It Matters to Have Female Pastors

by | Feb 1, 2019 | Opinion

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Feb. 20, 2012. Kate Hanch was a children’s ministry associate at Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, at the time of publication. February has been Baptist Women in Ministry’s “Martha Stearns Marshall...

Will Your Church Connect with Sunday Workers?

by | Aug 21, 2013 | Opinion

After Rachel Held Evans’ commentary on millennials leaving the church, many people have weighed in on what millennials want, what church looks like and who is to blame for it. While this conversation can be fruitful, I find assigning blame frustrating because...

Is a Woman Preaching at Your Church This Month?

by | Feb 20, 2012 | Opinion

Martha Stearns Marshall Month, which occurs in February, celebrates the voices of women in the pulpit. Martha Stearns Marshall lived during the 18th century and, along with her husband, provided leadership and preaching for Baptist churches in North Carolina and...

Do Goodwill Baptists Welcome Women in Ministry?

by | Nov 2, 2011 | Opinion

Jesus’ ministry and training extends to all persons. He made disciples from the woman at the well, the Gerasene demoniac, fishermen and Mary Magdalene. He brings Judeans, Gentiles and Samaritans to a deeper faith to the one true God. Jesus’ ministry, as...