Shepherding Women in Pain: Real Women, Real Issues, and What You Need to Know to Truly Help - Softcover

Beverly Hislop

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802419968 ISBN 13: 9780802419965

Publisher: Moody Press,U.S., 2020

Synopsis

Infertility, divorce, domestic violence, eating disorders...all have become part of a day's work for women and men in ministry to women. Yet, most are not prepared for this aspect of ministering to women in real pain over real issues.

Designed to give leaders and care givers greater understanding, insights for shepherding, and referral resources, Shepherding Women in Pain is a compilation from contributors who have expertise and experience with women on the given issue. For example Stacey Womack, founder and executive director of Abuse Recovery Ministry & Services, wrote the chapter on domestic violence and Kimberley Davidson, founder of Olive Branch Outreach, authored the chapter discussing eating disorders.

The reader will be provided concise, practical, and grace-infused information designed to help women deal constructively with the trauma of their life experiences. This book will serve as a key resource--read and re-read often--to those who serve women in pain.

About this title

About the Author

BEV HISLOP (D. Min, Gordon-Conwell) is the executive director of the Women's Center for Ministry and associate professor of pastoral care to women at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. She currently serves on the board of Network of Women in Leadership, and is the former host of the weekly radio program Western Connection for Women. Bev is a contributing author to the Women's Ministry Handbook and is author of Shepherding a Woman¿s Heart: A New Model for Effective Ministry to Women. Bev and her husband, Jim, reside in Portland, Oregon and have two married children and five grandchildren.

From the Back Cover

Do More than See the Problem--Learn How You Can Help

A woman in pain needs more than condolence cards or affirmation hugs. She needs space to process. She needs to feel understood. She needs to be guided towards hope. A woman in pain needs a shepherd.

That's why this book by Dr. Bev Hislop and her colleagues is such an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to care for the women in their life. With biblical wisdom and years of experience, each contributor outlines all a shepherd needs to know to help women through painful circumstances like abuse, infertility, and incarceration. This updated and revised edition now features a chapter on sexuality by clinical psychologist Dr. Juli Slattery.

Delight in becoming a source of healing and hope for the women who need it most. And become equipped to do so with Shepherding Women in Pain.

"Shepherding Women in Pain fills a real void in the Christian Pastoral and Counseling library. Dr. Hislop helps caregivers to see more clearly the unique ways in which women have been sinned against and the wounds they carry. Additionally, she provides us with helpful information and strategies to bring healing and wholeness in the lives of women. I highly recommend this book."
--Ronald E. Hawkins, D.Min., Ed.D. member of the executive board for the American Association of Christian Counselors, and vice provost for online and graduate programs at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia

"Shepherding Women in Pain is a book every Christian leader needs! This is the most thorough, up-to-date ministry tool I've read in years."
--Carol Kent, speaker and author of When I Lay My Isaac Down and A New Kind of Normal

"Bev Hislop has written a wonderfully practical go-to book that should be within an arm's reach of everyone who cares about women."
--Kay Warren, founder, HIV/AIDS Initiative, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, California

Edition details

• Publisher: Moody Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802419968
• ISBN 13: 9780802419965
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400