Date of Award

3-13-2025

Document Type

Project Portfolio

Degree Name

Doctor of Ministry (DMin)

Department

Seminary

First Advisor

Susan Rose, DMin

Second Advisor

Rebecca Park-Hearn, PhD

Third Advisor

MaryKate Morse, DMin

Abstract

The vocational context of this project portfolio is a small spiritual direction practice found in central Massachusetts. The directees are women who attend or have left the evangelical church for distinct reasons. One of the key issues that these women face is the dismissal or minimization of their voices. Leaders stopped these women from using their voices. The women could not ask questions, share their experiences, or make decisions about their spiritual journeys. Considering the context and stakeholder feedback, the NPO: the dismissal of women’s voices denies the evangelical church the complete revelation of God’s work among humans.

Four key insights emerged. First, women in the evangelical church need a space to learn how capable their voices are at expressing their experiences. Second, women in the evangelical church need to take on the responsibility to use their voices. Third, evangelical women need to do the work to uncover the lost and dismissed stories. Lastly, evangelical women must create safe spaces for stories.

The project design is a fifty-two-week-long devotional. Each week includes a story of a female character or a feminine image of God. I drafted the stories in the first-person narrative. In addition, the weekly material consists of a discipleship topic, suggested spiritual practices, and a note page. Through this devotional, women in the evangelical church can find a space to express themselves. By having a space to use their voice, they know themselves and God. They can gain the confidence to ask questions, share experiences, and make their own decisions on their spiritual journey.

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