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PastoraLab Participant Highlight

July 7, 2022

Tina Teng-Henson is a PastoraLab Online Cohort member. She is training to be a spiritual director while otherwise responding to the missional opportunities God brings about in daily life as a community chaplain, connector, writer and free agent in his kingdom. She is also an assistant pastor at Grace Community Covenant Church.

Read her vulnerable, moving article on highlighting her experience as a woman pastor struggling to juggle her callings as a student, church pastor, and a mother. It serves as a clear call for the church to tend to the mothers in their midst.

Caring for the Mothers in our Midst: The Church’s Responsibility: “After serving multiple churches over the course of multiple pregnancies, uncomfortable patterns emerge upon self-reflection. Many of these I personally own.. but some responsibilities do belong to the institutions and organizations we choose to serve and be part of. The care that churches and other Christian employers give to their pastoral staff and their congregants should reflect the loving protection of God..”

S3, Episode 8: Elaine Paull
S3, Episode 8: Elaine Paull

Rev. Elaine Paull walks us through her sermon prep. as she seeks to help people grow & deepen their relationship with God through presenting all of Scripture (the Old Testament & New Testament). She brings a voice as a woman, an Asian American, married to a...

Executive Director’s Corner | August 2023
Executive Director’s Corner | August 2023

Ministry involves transforming people's dark sides into light. Like farmers, ministers must wait patiently for harvest after planting the seeds. We grieve that Maui, paradise, turned into an inferno! The many lives lost without any warnings cannot be replaced. It will...

S3, Episode 7: Kay Higuera Smith
S3, Episode 7: Kay Higuera Smith

Dr. Kay Higuera Smith joins us to dive deep into the topic of gender. She speaks on how women can often be used but not honored within church spaces, the crucial role of women in carrying out God's will in Scripture & subverting patriarchy, and invites us into a...