Wanda Lee’s book, Live the Call, challenges women to understand, embrace, and live their individual callings as followers of Christ. Through Bible study, inspiring examples, and Wanda’s own testimony, it takes readers on an journey of discovery with real people ministering in real situations. It has been translated into Spanish: Vive el Llamado.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Listen and learn via a podcast series

"Real Women, Real Leaders: The Podcast Series" from American Baptist Women’s Ministries promotes leadership development through new episodes every two weeks. These include Patricia Stratton’s practical advice on spiritual disciplines and  Sandra Hasenauer's study of "Leadership Acts" from the book of Acts. Persons can subscribe to "Real Women, Real Leaders" on iTunes, or listen to episodes.

Try a book discussion group for leaders

For the past few months, the national board of American Baptist  Women’s Ministries national board members been learning about women’s ministry leadership. To guide their discussion, they have been reading Connecting Women: A Relational Guide for Leaders in Women’s Ministries by Linda Lesniewski (Baker:2007). It addresses the needs of women in all walks and stages of life, and encourages Christian women to become involved in leadership. The author is women's minister at Green Acres Baptist Church in Texas where she leads a ministry that reaches over 3,000 women.

BOOKS THAT HELP WOMEN GROW

Looking for a good book that will lead women in your church deeper into Scripture and develop their spiritual life? Here are some of the books NABWU’s member organizations are recommending this year:

BIG BUTS OF THE BIBLE: THE BOOK OF EXCEPTIONAL EXCEPTIONS: Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec chose this book by one of their own women, Jan Thomas. It sheds new light on familiar BIble stories, and shows “the amazing power of Scripture's many circumstance-changing, mind-changing, reality-changing, life-changing buts."

IS HE THE RIGHT ONE and IS SHE THE RIGHT ONE by Doris Wright Vols. Recommended by Women in Focus (Canadian Baptists of Western Canada) these books challenge young men and women to seriously consider all aspects of marriage before they make a final decision. They explore love vs infatuation, family background, money matters, household responsibilities, interests, spirituality, and sexual purity. The author belongs to First Baptist Church, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. These books may be purchased from Doris Vols, Box 374, Prince Albert, SK, S6V 5R7 for $15.00 each or $25.00 for the set plus $1.50 for shipping (in Canadian funds).

Look for the Bible studies  posted on the Women in Focus website.

Discover the mission heritage of the Karen refugees now arriving in North America from Burma/Myanmar:

BLESS GOD AND TAKE COURAGE: THE JUDSON HISTORY AND LEGACY: Rosalie Hall Hunt tells the gripping and poignant story of pioneer American Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson, his three amazingly gifted wives, and the church they planted in Burma (Judson Press:2005).