January 2007
Gifted for Leadership Writers Guidelines
Our Purpose
We believe that people who have the spiritual gift of leadership are called to lead, not for their own benefit, but for the sake of nurturing the body of Christ. Women with leadership gifts, as with all gifts, are obligated to use those gifts in the ways and the places God has called them to. We are committed to speaking with these values:
• Biblical truth—We always ...
Sally Morgenthaler
Sally Morgenthaler is recognized as an innovator in Christian practices worldwide. Since 1992, she has been pioneering new worship forms characterized by both cultural relevance and worship faithfulness. Her prophetic role among church leaders and local congregations continues to increase in denominational scope and impact, as her work now broadens into new forms of leadership ...
Naomi Gaede-Penner
Naomi Gaede-Penner obtained her master's degree in counseling from Denver Seminary in 1991. Since that time, she has taught the career counseling class at Denver Seminary, as well as classes on communication and leadership. She has also been an instructor at Arapahoe Community College in Denver and Alaska University, Kenai Peninsula College extension.
Ministry is innate to ...
Tracey Bianchi
Tracey Bianchi ministry leader and freelance writer who makes her home in the Chicago suburbs with her husband Joel, their three young children and sometimes, a trusty goldfish. Tracey serves as a pastor with women's ministry and worship teams at Christ Church of Oak Brook, a congregation with a weekly worship attendance of 2000+ located in the suburbs of Chicago where she ...
Heidi Husted Armstrong
Heidi is an ordained pastor with the Presbyterian Church (USA), and has ministered in West Coast churches for more than two decades. Beginning in 1995, Heidi served as senior pastor for 10 years at the 1,200-member Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, Washington. With Heidi at Columbia Presbyterian's helm, the church became the largest Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation ...
Priscilla Shirer
Priscilla Shirer is a BIBLE teacher. Through the expository teaching of the Word of God to women, her desire is to see women not only know the uncompromising truths of Scripture intellectually but experience them practically by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Priscilla is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary with a master's degree in Biblical Studies. She has been a conference ...
Susan Arico
Susan Arico has worked with faith-based nonprofits for more than seven years. She has served as a consultant to organizations such as Prison Fellowship, The Salvation Army, Promise Keepers, Christian Management Association, American Bible Society, and others. Much of her work has centered on program development to benefit high-risk populations such as ex-prisoners, street ...
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Frederica Mathewes-Green is a wide-ranging author whose work has appeared in such diverse publications as the Washington Post, Christianity Today, Smithsonian, the Los Angeles Times, First Things, Books & Culture, Sojourners, Touchstone, and the Wall Street Journal. She is a regular columnist for the multifaith web magazine Beliefnet.com, and she writes movie reviews for National ...
Angie Ward
Angie Ward is Professor of Leadership, Education & Discipleship and Associate Dean at Capital Seminary & Graduate School. Angie is passionate about helping leaders and organizations realize their full potential. She has a unique ability to see how little details fit into the big picture, and the steps needed to move toward greater effectiveness. Angie is a Contributing Editor ...
Bonnie McMaken
Bonnie McMaken has a passion for serving the church, especially through the ministry of worship. She is one of the worship leaders at an evangelical Anglican church in the suburbs of Chicago and is deeply committed to the study and practice of worship as spiritual discipline and celebration for individuals and the church body.
Bonnie has also written for our sister site, ChristianBibleStudies.com ...