by Lauren hart | Mar 19, 2022 | Bloom: Church Planting Women, Stadia Blog
Celebrating Women’s History Month I can’t believe it’s been two years since the beginning of the pandemic. I can’t believe it’s ONLY been two years since the beginning of the pandemic. Where do you land? In late 2021, I spent some time surveying women in church...
by Lauren hart | Jan 18, 2022 | Bloom: Church Planting Women, Stadia Blog
“Bloom” Where You’re Planting Did you always dream of a career in ministry? Well—here you are now: a real live church planter! Oddly, as a 28-year-old woman, one of my favorite movies has always been the 1992 film, A River Runs Through It (OK, I may have...
by Josie Barton | May 28, 2021 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women, Church Planting Resources, US Church Planting
Wanting To Be A Woman I Wasn’t Many, many moons ago, when I was but 22 years old, I wanted to be a woman that I wasn’t. Having been raised in church, I had a strange theology surrounding womanhood – not one that had ever been explicitly taught to me, but one...
by Josie Barton | May 8, 2021 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women
Finding My Place in The Church I’ll never forget my experience going through Stadia’s Church Planting Assessment Center. Our first child was a few months old and staying with her grandparents, so this was the most sleep I had gotten in months. (If you’ve gone through...
by Josie Barton | Mar 4, 2021 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women, Prayer
This blog is part of our 2021 Prayer Series, inspired and guided by Luke 11:09. Praying for Women in Church Planting Stop dilly-dallying. Stop dilly-dallying is one of my key parenting phrases. “Please no dilly-dallying as you get ready for the day.” “Stop...
by Josie Barton | Jan 8, 2021 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women, Church Planting Resources
Empowered in Everyday Life True Confession: I am incredibly jealous of professional basketball players. My closest friends know this about me: I love all of the unique jerseys, athleisure, fancy shoes, and accessories that professional athletes get to wear. It’s not...