Chaplain Dawn Garrett has a message for all women considering leadership in ministry. Beyond praying and asking God for guidance, she counsels building a strong scriptural foundation, being prepared to defend it, and embracing opposition as an opportunity to educate.
In this book, Chaplain Garrett offers a common-sense approach to the issue of women in leadership that takes into account the bigger picture surrounding the foundational writings of Christianity and the influence of Judeo-Christian values on America's democracy.
She begins by describing the faith of the Founding Fathers and identifying how it informed their crafting of the Constitution. She then examines women's roles in the Old Testament. At the heart of the book, she references the New Testament to show that Christ clearly supported, empowered, and released women to pursue their callings and that Paul carried Christ's message to women forward through the epistles.
This easy-to-read book may ruffle a few feathers but it will also serve to open people's hearts and minds to the liberating truth that women and men are equally subject to Christ, the ultimate high priest.
About the Author: Dawn has served as a chaplain for over a decade with the military and law enforcement. She has extensive experience working with individuals from multiple socio-economic, racial, and religious backgrounds. From 2008 to 2009 she was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and served with the Army Infantry in Herat, Afghanistan. In 2013 she left the military to serve as a law enforcement chaplain
Dawn holds a bachelor of science in journalism from the University of Wyoming, a master of divinity from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and she is pursuing a master in criminal justice from Tarleton State University. She is ordained with the Pentecostal Church of God and holds multiple certifications in crisis counseling, conflict management, interpersonal relationships, and pastoral counseling.
She is the author of the book Free to Lead & Called to Serve: A Common Sense Approach to Women in Ministry in which she shows that the Bible does not support the exclusion of women from leadership roles in the church.
