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Join NAMB Regional Equipper, Tiffany Smith, as she shares her heart for missions and the unique role women play in church planting.

Tiffany Smith is a Texas girl currently living in Atlanta who has a love for living the “SENT Life” – here or there. She has a passion to multiply disciples and churches toward movemental growth. Tiffany has a particular heart & passion for developing the next generation of leaders toward powerfully living life on mission. She currently serves with the North American Mission Board as a Regional Equipper for Canada. You can connect with her on twitter (@tiffanydsmith), Facebook (tiffanydsmith) or through her blog, Missional Mayhem – missionalmayhem.com

In this episode of At The Table Lesley Hildreth joins us to discuss discipleship and the local church. She helps cover topics from how to start and implement a culture of discipleship and how to develop leaders to reach more women in your church.

Lesley is the Women's Discipleship Director for the Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina. She is responsible for the discipleship of over 6,000 women spread over ten campuses and spends the majority of her time developing and equipping leaders who share the task of making disciples. Before this role, Lesley was the Assistant Director of Women's Life at Southeastern Seminary where she received her MA in Christian Studies. She also served eight years with her family with the International Mission Board in Western Europe and Central Asia. She has a passion to see all women participating in God's mission, using their gifts to serve the church, further his kingdom, and bring God glory. She is married and has two adult children and two grandsons.

Challenging. Convicting. Inspiring. Our conversation with mission veteran Ruth Ripken will leave you more passionate about the Gospel & encouraged that even in our hardest seasons Jesus is absolutely worth it.

Ruth and her husband, Nik are mission veterans of 35 years with the

International Mission Board, SBC, having served in Malawi, South Africa,

Kenya, Somalia, Germany, Ethiopia and the Middle East. Currently they are

directing and serving with Nik Ripken Ministries (NRM).

Ruth has a BA and Masters in Education and she taught school while Nik

pastored before they went overseas.

Along with her husband, they have done extensive research among believers

living in the midst of persecution in over 70 countries. This research has

been shared in numerous articles and three books, The Insanity of God: A

True Story of Faith Resurrected and The Insanity of Obedience: Walking

With Jesus in Tough Places. They spend their time sharing the truths they

have learned from these believers in persecution with churches, schools, and

mission organizations.

One of Ruth’s greatest joys is spending time with Muslim women, listening

to their story and seeing how God can break into their lives. Another

blessing is helping women across the US connect and fall in love with the

nations in their midst.

Nik and Ruth are the parents of three sons, two wonderful daughter-in-loves

and an amazing grandson.

Find out more about the Ripkens at www.nikripken.com

Women's Minsitry leader, Brenda Croston joins us to talk about how hard seasons & losses in our stories can be the springboard and key moments God uses in our ministry. We also celebrate the culture of the African American church and how they uniquely reflect the image of God to our world.

Brenda M. Croston is privileged to enjoy life with Mark. Together they have four adult children and two beautiful granddaughters. Her passion is writing, speaking, and sharing with women. You can find her doing that on Instagram @brendacroston. You can also visit simpletruthpublishing.weebly.com to get and stay connected.

Clinical Psychologist and leader Sarah Rainer joins us on the show today to talk about the increased presence of mental health issues in this pandemic season.

Sarah shares practical indicators and steps on how to deal with issues like anxiety and depression as well as when to seek professional help. She also shares how to come alongside children in this season and how to guide and lead them through their own struggles of anxiety.

Sarah Rainer earned both her Masters and Doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology. In her years of practice, she specialized in child and adolescent psychology. In 2018, Sarah left the field of psychology in order to pursue ministry opportunities. Consulting and providing education to the church about mental health issues are still passions for her. Sarah currently serves on the women's discipleship leadership team at her church, and is pursuing a theological certificate from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Sarah and her husband, Art, have been married for 14 years, and have three fun and rambunctious boys.

Listen in on the story of a church planters wife from NY as she shares her story of how they have served and taken the Gospel to their community in the midst of Covid. She also shares how to engage and invest in women before they even enter your church building.

You can connect with Melinda on Twitter @Mpacheco217.

Melinda Pacheco is the wife of Edwin and mother to Isabella (14yrs old) and Heather (9yrs old). Alongside her husband, she has helped plant Redemption Church in the heart of one of NYC's most challenging communities called Red Hook. It is home to the second largest low-income housing development in the city. Since moving into the community, Melinda has made it her mission to connect with women who are in need of Life-on-Life discipleship. Many of these women are single moms with multiple children and in poverty. Yet, this reality has given her a passion to see their lives changed Holistically. Her goal is to disciple women to experience the fullness of God's goodness, not knowing Him only as Savior, but also as Father, Friend, Provider, Comforter and Defender.

Today Cyndi Logsdon joins us on the show to share about how women are impacting the globe through the International Mission Board. She shares stories of our members on the field who are finding creative ways to minister in the midst of the pandemic and encourages listeners to engage the mission field in front of them no matter where they are.

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Cyndi works in Global Engagement for the International Mission Board and helps lead the IMB’s Global Cities Network and Global Women’s Network. She & her family previously spent 12 years living and working in Central Asia. Her husband, Scott, is the missions pastor at Mclean Bible Church where they are excited to serve through various capacities as they seek to spend their lives mobilizing the church to take the gospel to the nations.

You can learned more about what God has done and is doing through women in missions at imb.org/175 that launches May 1.

Julie Woodruff, Women's Minister at Long Hollow Baptist Church, joins us today to talk about leading teams. Practical tips on how many times to meet, how to on and off ramp members, and most importantly how important it is to have others to seek out for wisdom and experience.

Julie Woodruff realized God’s call to ministry as a college sophomore. Over the years that calling has taken the shape of youth ministry, pastors wife, women’s ministry, writing, teaching, and conference leadership. She has written Bible study curriculum and contributed numerous articles to ministry leadership magazines through the years.

Julie is a graduate of Louisiana College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Currently she serves as Women's Minister at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville,Tn where she has been for 14 years.

Julie’s passion for women’s ministry at Long Hollow is to help women find forgiveness and freedom in Christ, to be forged into the likeness of Christ and to become a force for Christ in the world.

She and her husband Sid have been married for 36 years. They have two married children and six grandchildren.

You can connect with Julie on Twitter @juliejwoodruff

Bible Teacher, Author, and Women’s Ministry Specialist for the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Andrea Lennon, joins us today to discuss how to lead through crisis.

An “on the go” kind of girl who loves Jesus, Andrea is a Bible teacher whose life calling is to teach women to know the truth, live the truth, and share the truth. Her passion is honest conversation about the topics that drive our everyday lives and how we can always weather the storms through the love and power of God and His Word. Andrea is a 2004 graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She has written and published Reflecting His Glory: From Conformity to Transformation, Free To Thrive: 40 Power-packed Devotions for Women on the Go, On the Road with Ruth, and God in the Window. Andrea hosts a weekly podcast called Inspire on the Go with Andrea Lennon. Andrea is the founder of True Vine Ministry and lives in Arkansas with her husband, Jay and two sons, Jake and Andrew.

You can connect with Andrea at www.andrealennonministry.org.

Today Katie Allred joins us to discuss ways to connect your church through online platforms and how import it is to maintain encouraging interaction between staff and members during these unprecedented days.

Katie Allred is an assistant professor of software development and marketing at the University of Mobile. She co-founded ChurchCommunications.com and manages the Church Communications Facebook Group that serves as a resource on marketing and communication strategies for over 23,000 church leaders. Additionally, Katie has previously consulted with Facebook on their Groups product. She is a speaker and blogs at KatieAllred.com.

You can reach her via Twitter @katiejallred or by emailing [email protected].

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