August - 2017

More than pretty

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More Than Pretty regularly publishes new blogs by leading women who make history through their lives and by serving God.

You will be able to gain insight into their everyday lives, their success, weaknesses, challenges and insecurities. They will share about their relationship with God and how they perceive their task as leaders.

This blog will encourage and strengthen you.

God writes history with ordinary people like you and me - get inspired!

More than pretty

in german since 2015

More than pretty has been running very succefully in the German language since January 2015.

More than pretty has published more than 100 blogs from many different female leaders from German speaking Europe.

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Aktuelle Blogs:

The unexpected Journey

Feeling Invisible Part 2

Feeling Invisible? Part 1

Dying

The Call

The New Shoes

The Birthday

The dark cloud lifted

Leading from behind

The Change

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Everyday hero?

My son likes to wear a T-shirt that reads “everyday hero.” Many people aspire to be leaders, and we usually aspire to be the kind of leader exemplified by their heroes. As a missions executive, my hero is Betsy Stockton, the first single Protestant female missionary from America. She was an African American born a slave, who aspired to be a missionary at a time when it was socially impossible. Finally in 1823, the American Board agreed to send her to Maui if she went as a dom

Faithfulness

God is faithful and at work! This truth still applies in difficult times! If we have our feet deep in the soil of ministry and leadership, then we can’t avoid the experience of hardship. I love to read biographies of missionaries or go to encouraging conferences, where people share the wonderful things that God is doing – of course, often through them. Yes, I do get inspiration from their lives! Yet sometimes it is also frustrating. Most of the time I only hear their success

juniaproject.com

12 Ways to advocate for women in ministry!

Article written by Elisabeth Graham.

The key to faithfully walking out the biblical image of gender equality is to seek out opportunities to take practical, purposeful steps in that direction at every turn. It takes intentional effort, as does everything about partnering with God in the work of restored creation. Read full article...

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Relevant Magazin

Article by Jackie Roese

3 Things Christians Get Wrong About Women Leaders

Do we misinterpret what the Bible says?

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How to find a good mentor?

We all have great leaders that we look up to and learn from through observation, but what does it look like to find a mentor that will help you along your journey, and how can you be a great mentor to others. Watch this great video resource as Dr. Christina Crenshaw, professor at Baylor University, shares some wisdom from her journey on finding a good mentor and how to lead others looking to you as a mentor.

Freedom

Christine Caine

In this powerful message, Christine Caine encourages us to step into the future and identity that God has for us by surrendering our hearts to Him, today.

Danielle Strickland Canada

Salvation Army Officer

Danielle Strickland shares some lessons in leadership.

Shauna Niequist

As the daughter of Bill and Lynne Hybels, co-founders of Willow Creek Church, Shauna Niequist watched the logistics of her parents' ministry and life prompt her mother to push her passions to the side. But as she grew older, she saw her mother blossom. Don't let logistics stand in the way of calling, her mother says now. In this talk from Q Nashville in April 2014, Shauna talks about what she's learned from her mother, and how that has shaped the life of her own family.