Sammie Jo Barstow

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–Assessing the need for — and tallying up available resources — are the starting points in five key steps for launching a local Christian Women’s Jobs Corps ministry. 1) Assess the need. Could Christian Women’s Job Corps contribute something to the lives of women that other service agencies in your community do not […]

TUPELO, Miss. (BP)–How does Christian Women’s Job Corps equip a woman for life and work? The Tupelo, Miss., CWJC site provides a good example of the way sites operate across the country. First, a woman in Tupelo, Miss., can learn about CWJC in most local women’s shelters and related agencies. It is up to the […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–Social agencies and service agencies are widely available. So what makes Christian Women’s Job Corps any different? Site coordinators are fast to answer that question. Diane Garcia in San Antonio, Texas, notes that, unlike other agencies, a CWJC program “includes the spiritual component to help women deal with self-esteem issues,” adding that when […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–Responding to a growing number of requests for Bible study materials, national Woman’s Missionary Union has published the first two books in a new Bible study series, “Timeless Bible Truths for the 21st Century Woman.” The first two titles are “Women of Faith: Living Lives That Matter,” by Carolyn Dipboye of Oak Ridge, […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–Only a few decades ago tough issues children faced might include being sent to the school principal for chewing gum in the classroom or for not having completed a homework assignment. Many middle-aged adults cannot remember having friends in elementary or junior high school whose parents were divorced. Now, however, children face the […]