Fierce Advocacy: Meredith Stone and Lynn Brinkley

On this episode, Ka’thy Chappell, Executive Director of Baptist Women in Ministry of North Carolina (BWIM NC), Meredith Stone, Executive Director of Baptist Women in Ministry National, and Lynn Brinkley, Associate Director of Baptist Women in Ministry National gather at the well to discuss the rich history of women in Baptist life, today’s challenges of being a female minister in Baptist spaces, and hopes for the future of women ministers.  You can find BWIM NC on instagram and facebook. Want to support the work of BWIM NC? Click here or you can mail checks to Esther Soud Parker, BWIM NC Treasurer, 7913 Ocoee Court, Raleigh, NC 27612. Your donations go directly towards supporting North Carolina women in ministry through annual gatherings, mentoring programs, local lunch-and-learn events, scholarships for future female ministers, and outreach programs like this podcast. Ka’thy read the story of the first gathering of Baptist women ministers in 1888 from Alma Hunt’s 1964 book, History of Woman’s Missionary Union, which you can find here. 

We’d love to meet you! BWIM NC, in partnership with the Center for Healthy Churches, will be offering a workshop at the 2022 CBF NC Annual Gathering titled “Leveling the Playing Field for Women Called to the Church Pastorate.” This year’s gathering will be held at Trinity Baptist Church, Raleigh on Thursday March 17 and 18 both in-person and virtually.

Learn more about the incredible work of BWIM National, as well as other resources, such as their mentor programs here. Their facebook and instagram pages also include pictures of the incredible women participating in BWIM’s month of preaching.  As mentioned on the show, the BWIM National Annual Gathering will be held on June 28, 2022. Lynn also mentioned a children’s coloring page depicting women in the pulpit; you can find those here and here.