Valerie BridgemanRev. Valerie Bridgeman, PhD, is dean and vice president of Academic Affairs, as well as associate professor of homiletics and Hebrew Bible, at Methodist Theological School of Ohio. She also is founding president and EO of WomanPreach! Inc.--the premier nonprofit organization that brings preachers to full prophetic voice. Dr. Bridgeman has lectured or taught in some of the nation's top seminaries and divinity schools. She has been in licensed or ordained ministry since 1977. She is a regular contributor to workingpreacher.org and writes frequently for the Journal for Preachers. Read More Read Less