Ministry Chick: Find Your Community, Own Your Leadership, Take Your Step!

by Melissa Mashburn

As a female in ministry, are your leadership gifts calling you to more? If you’ve served as a woman in ministry leadership, you know the journey is not always easy. As a twenty-year veteran of the church, Melissa Mashburn has served in the local church in just about every role and is ready to offer encouragement and hope for women in ministry. Ministry Chick is your personal guide to finding your community, owning your leadership, and taking your next step in ministry leadership. Written by women in ministry for women in ministry, it will help you tackle topics such as finding your identity in Christ instead of your role in the church, being the only woman at the decision-making table, and learning to thrive in a male-dominated industry while being fully heard, respected, and valued on the team. Ministry Chick will help Ministry Chick will equip you for leadership and affirm God’s call to this season of your life and ministry. As a woman, we need your gifts, skills, and leadership now more than ever. This is your chance to lead with intention and purpose as you faithfully serve in ministry. Dive into Ministry Chick and gain the support and encouragement you need to excel in ministry leadership.

254 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2022

About the author

Melissa Mashburn has invested over twenty years serving the local church on four different church staff teams ranging in size from 90 to 40,000+ in weekend attendance. Melissa also runs the private Facebook group, Ministry Chick, where she leads over 3300+ women from all over the world. She and her husband, Matt, co-founded a company called The Mashburns Consulting Group, which offers practical solutions for growth for churches and non-profits. You can find out more at www.MelissaMashburn.com.

Reviews

[Jessie Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is gold! As a woman in ministry, I often feel misunderstood. In comes this book… written by a woman in ministry who gets it. She’s lived it and grown from it and has a real heart for helping others live it and grow from it. This book brings up the dirt but then fills your heart with scripture and stories and encouragement to help you not stay there. It’s practical in the best ways. I found myself journaling as I read and writing “yes!!!” In tons of places. This book is a must read for women in ministry, their leaders and pastors and really anyone who wants to grow as a disciple. It’s not a book that spends page after page debating egalitarianism vs complementarianism. It is not taking one side or another. It presents issues and then presents how we should think or work through things based on what the Bible says. Get it. Read it. Grow. Be encouraged to stay the course.

[Lindsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must read of you are a woman in any ministry role. So good and so encouraging. Melissa's heart for women in ministry is such a blessing and encouragement. So many helpful tips to take away and put into practice. I have already started putting into practice some of the take aways and seeing positive results! Highly recommend this book!

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received an ARC just before the release. From what I have read so far, its clear this a great book for wisdom, leadership, spiritual growth and practical application for women in ministry! So many helpful tips and immediate application into the ministry where I serve! Cannot wait to finish!

[Tara Koestel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m almost finished with this book, and it’s good! Melissa GETS ministry. I can’t wait to start applying it to my life in the church. This book has so much to offer!

[Melissa Mashburn]

In Ministry Chick, author Melissa Mashburn helps answer the question of “Who do you think you are?” Looking at the truth of God’s word, seeking wisdom, and allowing Him to define their identity, Melissa encourages leaders to fully lean into the call to be His daughter and His leader in the Church—His voice to a lost and lonely world.

I would love to invite you to check out my newest book, if you are a woman in the ministry, then this book is for you! You can order a copy anywhere you buy your books.

[Heather Kepuraitis · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a wife and mom in vocational ministry, this book offered great insight and next steps. I wish I had this book sooner!