DiscernmentPurpose/Calling StoriesWomen in Ministry How Discernment Led to Service as a Deacon: A Calling in Retirement I was purposeful in this being a time to listen and see, to ask, “Where is the call?”Mamie McIndoeApril 23, 2024
Church LifePurpose/Calling Stories A Tale of Two Palm Sundays: My Journey Into Ministry God knows all and hears all before we make our desires known to the world.Patricia JohnsonMarch 25, 2024
DiscernmentPurpose/Calling Stories What I Discerned About My Calling During My Sabbatical Most of the discernment happened around getting honest about what gives me life, what I love.Becky Getz and Rev. Kurt BushFebruary 7, 2024
LeadershipPurpose/Calling Stories How God Has Provided For Us Through Bivocational Ministry The church has grown more since I have made the decision to be bivocational.Hanoi AvilaOctober 10, 2023
Purpose/Calling StoriesWomen in Ministry How My Unexpected Journey Through Seminary Led Me To Co-vocational Ministry I will never forget the moment I heard God say to me, “It is time to go back to seminary.”Rev. Mornier RichOctober 3, 2023
Purpose/Calling StoriesWomen in Ministry My Call to Ministry Terrified Me at First, But Now I’m Embracing It How Martha Draayer is living out her love for God and the church as a Latina church planter.Martha DraayerJuly 19, 2023
Purpose/Calling Stories How Scripture Guides My Calling as an Army Airborne Chaplain “If you do not stand in faith, you shall not stand at all” (Isaiah 7:9). Early one August morning, in…Rev. John D. BarryJune 23, 2023
Purpose/Calling StoriesWomen in Ministry God’s Irrevocable Call to Me as a Woman in Ministry Despite pushback and struggle, I knew God had called me for a special purpose.Lubna YounasMarch 14, 2023
DiscernmentPurpose/Calling StoriesWomen in Ministry God Has Called Me to Listen, Trust, and Obey, Even When the Picture Is Unclear After decades in ministry, I know it’s best to commit whatever I do to the Lord.Rev. Dr. Andrea Godwin-StremlerMarch 14, 2022
DiscernmentPurpose/Calling StoriesWomen in Ministry How I Came To Love Dahlias and God’s Vision for Me God gave me a vision that felt absurd, but it blossomed into a beautiful reality.Lori HernandezMarch 7, 2022