In this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership podcast, host Julie Cole and guest host Kaci Smith-Lopez interview Dr. Marti Williams, a professor and academic with the heart of a pastor-teacher. After encountering a couple Jesus loving teenagers after work one day as a 19-year-old, Dr. Williams accepted Jesus as her Savior. It completely changed the trajectory of her life, eventually going on to seminary and discovering her calling to the local church. She shares the challenges of her experience as a woman in seminary and ministry and yet how it strengthened her conviction to the calling God had on her life to preach the gospel. Dr. Williams passionately speaks to the importance of being rooted and planted in a church community. She emphasizes the importance of humility and vulnerability as a female leader in leadership and shares how she navigates her separate callings in both her ministry and in her marriage. Dr. Williams encourages women to do what God has called them to do and find a community of people who support and encourage them in their ministry journey.

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In this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership Podcast, host Julie Cole and co-host Kaci Smith-Lopez interview Dr. Linda Hoover, the Interim Chief Academic Officer at The King's University. Dr. Hoover shares her journey of becoming a licensed psychologist and an ordained minister, and how these two roles have intersected in her life. She discusses the importance of knowing one's identity in Christ and overcoming imposter syndrome, all while balancing work and sabbath rest.  Dr. Hoover reminds us to embrace the God factor and trust in His faithfulness in every season of life.

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Join hosts, Julie Cole and guest-host Angela Pruis, on this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership Podcast, as they sit down with Gateway Associate Campus Pastor, Elizabeth Demarest. Elizabeth hails from the rainforests of Brazil, where she grew up with missionary parents. After 17 years in Adult Ministries leadership, coaching and mentoring, Elizabeth shares about the imperfection of stepping out into what God calls us to. She encourages us in her own story of stepping into ministry, how God commissions us to come as we are, to just serve where He has us, messiness and all. Her story is an inspiring example of how God can use us, no matter who we are, what we’re doing or how little we feel qualified. There’s abundant grace in the imperfection of the journey.

You can find Elizabeth on Instagram™ at elizabethdemarest and on X™ at  elizabethdemar.

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On this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership Podcast, host Julie Cole and guest host, Angela Pruis, sit down with Pastor Lorena Valle, the Southlake Campus Associate Pastor at Gateway Church (Southlake, TX). Lorena is the first female to hold the role, in addition to being a descendant of Guatemala.

Pastor Lorena shares her story of moving to the U.S. as a teenager to pursue her education, to serving in various ministry roles over the years. She recently then stepped into a greater leadership role at Gateway Church as Associate Campus Pastor. Often being the only woman in the room, Pastor Lorena talks about how her trust in the Lord allowed her to move through her roles with greater humility, maintaining a heart to serve others above all else.

While her gender and ethnicity could have been a vice for exclusion, she learned the joy of faithfulness, trusting the Lord with the outcome in every season. God's favor went before her and opened doors that no man can shut.

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On this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership Podcast, host Julie Cole and guest-host Megan Grondin sit down with Pastor Nellie Lee, the Director of Student Success at The King's University. Nellie shares her story of transition from an college degree in criminal justice and a career in sales to establishing and pastoring her own online church, Daughters of Zion Ministries. Her story is an inspiring example of breaking barriers in ministry leadership and learning to say, “Why not?” to embracing the seemingly unconventional path that God has laid out for you.

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On this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership Podcast, host Julie Cole and guest-host Megan Grondin welcome Dr. Leanna Thompson, a faculty member of The King's University. She is the Director of the Master of Theological Studies program, Associate Professor of Bible and Theology, and the Doctor of Ministry Project Coordinator. In this episode, she discusses learning to embrace and enjoy the changes God has put in her life, which ultimately led to her becoming  an academic and theologian. 

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On this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership Podcast, hosts Julie Cole and Dr. Rhonda Davis welcome Elizabeth Settle, the Pastor of Groups at Gateway Church. Her passion for prioritizing the presence of God has led her to create resources and build teams that advocate for people’s spiritual formation. In today’s episode, Elizabeth shares the challenges she has faced navigating her ministry calling, and her personal experience with the “check engine light” moments in her life.

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On this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership Podcast, hosts Dr. Rhonda Davis and Julie Cole sit down with Kerrie Oles to discuss her powerful testimony of coming to know the Lord later in life to being called to “prison mentality” ministry, leading to the creation of Unlocked Ministries. 

Kerrie is is an author, speaker, and the President and Founder of Unlocked Ministries, a non-profit ministry that works with women’s transitional homes, such as addiction recovery centers, halfway homes, and battered women’s shelters, by providing resources that help women find healing from past trauma.

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Pastor Monica Bates has a passion to see God's people live and walk in their true identity in Christ, and to experience their full identity as sons and daughters of God. She loves to cultivate spaces of inclusivity for people where they can feel seen, valued, and experience a sense of belonging. 

On this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership Podcast, hosts Dr. Rhonda Davis and Julie Cole sit down with Pastor Monica Bates, a pastor at Gateway Church Frisco, as she discusses being a woman of color in ministry leadership, dealing with micro-aggressions and the feeling of imposter syndrome, creating inclusive spaces, and helping others to discern God’s divine calling.

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In a world of constant comparison, young women often struggle with the need for validation, and April Biondolillo was no different. Now, April uses her personal journey and ministry calling to encourage and empower young women who were just like her, so that they can see who God has called them to be. April is the Director of the Women and Children’s Shelter for the Union Gospel Mission and the Founder of Cherish Ministry.

On this episode of the Women in Ministry Leadership Podcast, host Julie Cole and guest-host Kristey Simmons talk with April Biondolillo about the importance of mentorship to champion women forward, feeling “unqualified” in your calling, and the difference between struggling and struggling well. 

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