What Women Wish Pastors Knew, Denise George
What Women Wish Pastors Knew, Denise George
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What Women Wish Pastors Knew
Understanding the Hopes, Hurts, Needs, and Dreams of Women in the Church

Author: Denise George, Eugene Peterson

Narrator: Christine Williams

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 01/26/2010


Synopsis

This book will open your eyes to the needs, frustrations, dreams, and potential of your church’s greatest resource—the 60 percent of its members who provide far more than 60 percent of what keeps it going. The women of your church think the world of you, pastor. But they deeply wish you understood a few things about them that can make an enormous difference to their well-being and that of your church.From the findings of her personal survey of hundreds of Christian women, Denise George shares with you unique, long-overdue insights about things that have left you scratching your head. Better still, you’ll find out what you can actually do about• The tiredness and the hurts of women• Their longing for friends, fellowship, and spiritual growth• Their concerns for their marriages and their children• Your impact on them• Respecting the ways women differ from men• Helping women fulfill their need to give to the church… and much more.

About Denise George

Denise George is the author of 27 books. She is the co-founder and co-teacher (with author Carolyn Tomlin) of the popular writing-to-publish seminars: Boot Camp for Christian Writers. She speaks frequently at seminaries, colleges, churches, and retreats. Her husband, Dr. Timothy George, is founding Dean of Beeson Divinity School, Samford University. They live in Birmingham, Alabama.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Graham

Denise George is a delight to be around, and I applaud her hard work in putting this book together. It's somewhat old, so the statistics need to be updated, but I still found this to be helpful and insightful.......more

Goodreads review by Craig

All in all this was a helpful book. The beginning was a bit slow for me, and some of that may be because I have read more recent works saying the same things (or because I started reading it when I was pretty burnt out), so it may be more my fault than the author’s. I found the second half of the bo......more

Goodreads review by Ashley

I'm a little conflicted on this book. On one hand, I appreciate the urge for pastors to see the value of women in the church. Too many churches and pastors still adopt a view that women are to be quiet and within only a few roles in the church, typically in the childcare and cooking roles. I thought......more