BOOK CLUBS

Book clubs are virtual opportunities for women and men to gather and learn about topics affecting and related to women in ministry. BWIM hosted two book clubs in 2021 with over 40 women and men participating in at least one gathering.

A meeting of the book club with special guest, Rev. Dr. Yolanda Pierce, author of In My Grandmother's House (Broadleaf, 2021) pictured below.

After a year off in 2020, BWIM's Annual Gathering returned in 2021, albeit virtually. Over 250 people registered for the virtual event, with many more watching via Facebook or YouTube.

Highlights of the Annual Gathering included a powerful spoken word piece written and performed by Sharlene Alice Provilus (pictured right), and 12 Zoom watch parties hosted by BWIM State Leadership, Leadership Team members, and partners.

Awards Presented at Annual Gathering

Nataly Mora (top left), Truett Seminary

Addie Davis Award for Outstanding Pastoral Leadership

Brittany Darst Hermsen-Edwards (top right), Duke Divinity School

Addie Davis Award for Excellence in Preaching

Dorisanne Cooper (bottom left), Watts Street Baptist Church, Durham, NC Frankie Huff Granger Distinguished Mentor Award

Pintlala Baptist Church, Hope Hull, AL Church of Excellence Award

(Jerrie and Gary Burton, pastor, bottom right)

In 2019, BWIM's Leadership Team redreamed and renamed its Month of Preaching emphasis to honor, in additional to Martha Stearns Marshall, three exceptional women preachers who reflect the diversity of Baptists--Ella Pearson Mitchell, Edna Lee de Gutierrez, and Helen Barrett Montgomery