"When people are committed to gender equality, what gets in their way of achieving it? Why do well-intentioned people reinforce sexist outcomes? Why does dissonance persist between organizational actors' good intentions of equality and sexist outcomes? This book provides answers to these questions by applying the critical lens of gendered organizations to moderate-liberal congregations that separated from their mainline denomination in support of women's equal leadership yet remain predominately male in positions of authority. This critical methodological study investigates congregations affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) with some dually aligned with The Alliance of Baptists. Although the CBF identifies the equal leadership of women as a core component of its collective identity and women are enrolling in Baptist seminaries at almost equal rates as men, only five percent of CBF congregations employ women as solo senior pastors. This book provides an organizational analysis investigating gendered congregational processes on the individual, interactional, and organizational levels including themes such as gendered hiring criteria, a perceived incongruence of women's bodies and leadership, unconscious biases of organizational actors, and how women pastors' experiences of discrimination influence their more risky approaches to leadership"--

What keeps women from being their best? Joyce has been helping women better themselves by helping identify emotional barriers and physical, mental, and spiritual obstacles in their lives for years. Now she provides another answer-confidence. Our society has an insecurity epidemic, women in particular. Compensating by pretending to be secure-a common response-only leads to feelings of shame. Lack of self-confidence causes great difficulty in relationships of all kinds, and in marriage instances can even lead to divorce. In THE CONFIDENT WOMAN, Joyce explores the seven characteristics of a woman with confidence, which include a woman who knows she is loved, who refuses to live in fear, and who does not live by comparisons. Joyce explains that confidence stems from being positive in your actions and living honestly, but most importantly from having faith, in God and in ourselves.

Dear Female Preacher- 21 Things Every Preacher Should Know, is born of the experiences of a woman who has dedicated herself to the work of ministry. It offers a treasure trove of wisdom, inspiration, and encouragement for women who are experiencing similar callings from God on their lives. In the current culture, it can be difficult being a woman in ministry, and for the first time Prophetess Barbara Calooway shares her personal experiences, the good, bad and even the challenging on how she has grown and is still growing into a powerful yet graceful preacher, leaving you encouraged to fulfill God's will for your life.

Although most evangelical traditions bar women from ordained ministry, many women have carved out unofficial positions of power in their husbands' spiritual empires or their own ministries. The biggest stars write bestselling books, grab high ratings on Christian television, and even preach. Bowler offers a sympathetic and revealing portrait of megachurch women celebrities, showing how they must balance the demands of celebrity culture and conservative, male-dominated faiths. And black celebrity preachers' wives carry a special burden of respectability. A compelling account of women's search for spiritual authority in the age of celebrity. -- adapted from jacket

"The Preacher Woman" is a must-read for all of the precious women who God has called into ministry. However, this book is not just for women, but it is also for the entire body of Christ. It was written to bring understanding, clarity, unity and oneness within the church of our Lord Jesus Christ. This book biblically depicts that God loves women. He uses them to His glory and to His honor. In this dispensation of time that we are living in, the church needs every person; male and female, using all of their God-given callings, gifts, talents and abilities to be a blessing to the body. Women of God, be encouraged for the word of God says in Galatians 3:27-28 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Betty J. Darnell is the Founder and President of Endtime Harvest Christian Outreach Ministry, Inc. She is a member and Minister at World Changers Church International of College Park, Georgia under the anointed leadership of Dr. Creflo A. Dollar Jr. As a part of the ministerial staff, she ministers for the Wednesday and Friday morning bible studies. She is an instructor for the World Changers Church International New Members Class and she conducts the Women's Department Monthly Corporate Prayer meeting. She has a weekly radio broadcast and she is widely known as a conference speaker, teacher, preacher and poet. She is married to Roscoe Darnell Jr. She is the mother of one daughter and two sons and the grandmother of three grandchildren. She resides in College Park, Georgia.

To everyone, Shante Dogan has a wonderful life. She is the pastor of a successful church, a loving single parent, a sought-after conference speaker and in a solid relationship with the most eligible bachelor in town, Maxwell Patrick, a local pastor. Her life is turned upside down when she successfully stops the opening of a gentlemen's club that is owned by her ex-husband, Kevin, another local pastor. As her relationship with Max heats up, Shante faces the biggest trial in her ministry when her church board questions her integrity, morality and commitment to Christ. She faces the dilemma of revealing and confronting her past and relying on her faith to help her find peace and true love.