Ministry Chick Network Podcast

Melissa Mashburn
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The Ministry Chick Network Podcast is for women of faith who are leading, serving, and sensing there’s more—but want clarity before they make their next move. Hosted by Melissa Mashburn, pastor, coach, and founder of the Ministry Chick Network, this weekly podcast offers honest, practical conversations around calling, confidence, leadership, and sustainable ministry. Episodes feature everyday women in ministry, trusted leaders, and experienced practitioners who share real stories, lived wisdom, and the behind-the-scenes realities of leadership. You’ll hear conversations about: Finding clarity in your callingLeading with confidence without burning outNavigating ministry, leadership tension, and self-doubtBuilding community and support instead of doing it aloneAligning your faith, leadership, and next step with purpose This podcast exists to remind you of something essential: You are called. You are gifted. And you don’t have to figure this out alone. Whether you lead in a church, nonprofit, marketplace, or your local community, the Ministry Chick Network Podcast is a place to reset your leadership, strengthen your voice, and take your next step with clarity and support.

  1. 1d ago

    The Hidden Cost of Leading Alone | Carrie Williams

    Carrie Williams has been in rooms that most women in ministry never get to enter. She helped launch Eleven22 in Jacksonville. She led Truth Republic. She now serves as Executive Director of Exponential NEXT, equipping current and next-generation leaders to navigate the future of the church. And through all of it, she has been building something most women in ministry quietly ache for but rarely find: a room full of people who actually understand what they carry. In this conversation, Melissa sits down with her longtime friend Carrie Williams to talk about what it means to lead in ministry without navigating alone — what it costs, what it looks like to build the right community around you, and why the women who go furthest are the ones who figured out they were never meant to do it by themselves. Keywords: women in ministry, ministry leadership, faith-based leadership, church multiplication, community, belonging, calling, women of faith, leadership development. KEY TAKEAWAYS What Carrie has learned about community from decades of building it intentionally — inside churches, inside networks, and inside rooms most women never get access toWhat the woman in ministry is actually missing when she leads alone — named specifically, not genericallyWhat it looks like to build the kind of relationships that sustain a calling for the long haul — and where most women in ministry stop short of actually having them RESOURCES & LINKS Individual Membership → member.ministrychick.com/courses/membershipFree Clarity Journal → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-journalConnect with Carrie → carrie@exponential.orgExponential NEXT → [exponential.org/next or current URL]Church Membership → ministrychick.com/the-church

  2. Aug 11

    You Were Never Meant to Lead Alone: Hannah Conway on Identity, Community & What Keeps Women Standing

    She is doing all of it. Women’s minister. Communications director. Seminary student. Author. Military wife. Mom. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, she has had to figure out how to keep showing up — through the moves, the transitions, the seasons where her entire support system reshuffled and nobody around her fully understood what she was carrying. In this conversation, Melissa sits down with Hannah Conway — bestselling author, women’s minister, and someone who knows firsthand what it costs to lead in ministry without the right people in your corner — to talk about identity, community, and what it actually takes to stay standing for the long haul. Keywords: women in ministry, ministry leadership, faith-based leadership, identity in Christ, military wife in ministry, community, belonging, calling, women of faith. KEY TAKEAWAYS Why identity in Christ isn’t just a theological concept — it’s the thing that keeps a woman from losing herself in the middle of everything she’s carryingWhat the military wife experience teaches about community — how to build it fast, hold it loosely, and why women in ministry need those same skillsWhat Hannah would tell the woman in ministry who is doing it all and quietly running out of people who understand what that actually costs Individual Membership → member.ministrychick.com/courses/membershipFree Clarity Journal → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-journalConnect with Hannah → IG: @hannahconway.authorIn Case You Forget https://www.amazon.com/dp/1087773709/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_X36HF7J0H33JX10CWPHD?linkCode=ml1&tag=livinglifef04-20&linkId=5d4cef5e710ee40f47001a782f711daeFaith Like a Girl https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QD75WTM/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_SNJZBMT6RYKJ4YMSBHRF?linkCode=ml1&tag=livinglifef04-20&linkId=fd2503ce96c90d298e99f8d3c4c0ed25YouVersion Bible App → Faith Foundations: How to Follow Jesus / Five Reminders of Your True Identity in JesusChurch Membership → ministrychick.com/the-church

  3. Aug 4

    We Built This Room for You — Here's the Full Story | In the Room with Melissa & Brandy

    In March 2025, Melissa Mashburn launched something she had been building toward for years. It wasn’t perfect. It was complicated in ways she didn’t anticipate. And then life got hard in ways she didn’t plan for — and the thing she had built for other women turned out to be the thing she needed most herself. In this episode, Melissa and Dr. Brandy Baxter pull back the curtain on the full story of the Ministry Chick Network membership — what they launched, what they learned, what they changed, and what exists right now. This is the episode that was supposed to happen a long time ago. It’s happening now because the story is finally ready to be told. Keywords: women in ministry, ministry leadership, faith-based leadership, community, membership, women of faith, calling, belonging. KEY TAKEAWAYS What the Ministry Chick Network membership actually is now — not the complicated version, the real one — and why what exists today is better than anything we launched withWhat it actually costs a woman in ministry to keep navigating alone, named specifically, without minimizing itWhy $45/month is the most generous offer MCN will ever make — and why September 1st is the last time that number exists Individual Membership → member.ministrychick.com/courses/membershipFree Clarity Journal → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-journalClarity Kickstart Kit ($27) → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-kickstartChurch Membership → ministrychick.com/the-church

  4. Jul 28

    September Is Closer Than You Think — What Are You Going to Do With the Time You Have Left

    July is almost over. August is the last full month before ministry season kicks back in. And the woman who decides right now what she wants to be different by September is the one who actually gets there. This episode is about making that decision before the window closes. Melissa Mashburn and Dr. Brandy Baxter close out July with one honest question: what have you actually gotten clear on this month — and what do you still need to do before September arrives? Keywords: women in ministry, ministry leadership, faith-based leadership, clarity, calling, fall preparation, women of faith. KEY TAKEAWAYS What the woman listening has hopefully gotten clearer on this month — and how to name it so it doesn’t slip away when August gets busyWhat still needs to happen before September — and how to make it simple enough to actually doWhy the decision made at the end of July is the one that determines what October looks like RESOURCES & LINKS Free Clarity Journal → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-journalClarity Kickstart Kit ($27) → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-kickstartIndividual Membership → member.ministrychick.com/courses/membershipChurch Membership → ministrychick.com/the-church

  5. Jul 21

    You Were Made for More Than You've Been Told

    Someone handed you a smaller version of yourself a long time ago. A smaller vision of what you could do, what you could lead, what your voice was worth in the church. And somewhere along the way you started to believe it — not because it was true, but because nobody handed you anything bigger. In this conversation, Melissa sits down with Jane Doerman — writer, speaker, podcaster, and creative — to talk about what it looks like to cast a bigger vision for who God actually made you to be, why your story is one of the most powerful leadership tools you have, and why the church is missing something essential when women's voices are absent from the room. Keywords: women in ministry, ministry leadership, faith-based leadership, women of faith, calling, storytelling, women's leadership in the church, vision. Key Takeaways: What it looks like to cast a bigger vision for yourself than the one you've been handed — and what gets in the way of believing itWhy your story is not just personal — it is a leadership tool that builds the kind of connection no strategy can manufactureWhat the church actually loses when women's voices are missing from leadership — and what becomes possible when they're not Free Clarity Journal → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-journalConnect with Jane Doerman → [jane's website/socials + What Even Is This? podcast]Individual Membership → member.ministrychick.com/courses/membershipChurch Membership → ministrychick.com/the-church

  6. Jul 14

    What Getting Clear Actually Means — And Why Most Women Skip the Step That Makes It Possible

    Everybody says get clear. Very few people tell you what that actually means or where the process keeps breaking down. If you’ve tried to get clear on your calling or your next step and ended up more confused than when you started, this conversation is for you. Melissa Mashburn and Dr. Brandy Baxter get specific about what clarity actually is, where most women in ministry get stuck, and why the step everyone skips is the one that makes everything else possible. Keywords: women in ministry, ministry leadership, faith-based leadership, clarity, calling, next steps, summer, women of faith. KEY TAKEAWAYS What clarity actually is — and what it isn’t — so you stop chasing the feeling and start doing the workThe specific reason most women in ministry stay stuck in the same confusion season after seasonWhat changes in October for the woman who does the clarity work in July — and how to take the first step this week RESOURCES & LINKS Free Clarity Journal → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-journalClarity Kickstart Kit ($27) → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-kickstartIndividual Membership → member.ministrychick.com/courses/membershipChurch Membership → ministrychick.com/the-church

  7. Jul 7

    The Shame Nobody Talks About: Amy Cedrone on What's Really Holding Women in Ministry Back

    There's a specific kind of weight that women in ministry often carry, without a name. It's not burnout, exactly. It's not insecurity, exactly. It's the quiet, persistent feeling that you have to earn the right to lead — that you're somehow too much, or not enough, or both at the same time. Amy Cedrone has a name for it: shame. And she's spent years studying how it shapes the way women lead, and what changes when they finally put it down. In this conversation, Melissa sits down with Amy — a professor, Bible teacher, retired pastor, and seminary faculty member at Pillar Seminary — to talk about the impact of shame on female Christian leaders, what adaptive leadership actually looks like in contexts that weren't designed for you, and what the New Covenant has to say about women who are already leading. Keywords: women in ministry, ministry leadership, faith-based leadership, women of faith, calling, biblical leadership, shame, egalitarian leadership. KEY TAKEAWAYS: What shame actually looks like in female ministry leaders — and how to recognize it in yourself before it costs you something you can't get backHow to lead adaptively in a church or ministry context that wasn't built with you in mind — without losing yourself in the processWhat a biblical egalitarian framework gives you that you may never have been handed before — and what becomes possible when you finally have it Free Clarity Journal → https://member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-journalConnect with Amy Cedrone → acedrone@pillarseminary.org / Pillar SeminaryIndividual Membership → https://member.ministrychick.com/courses/membershipChurch Membership → ministrychick.com/the-church

  8. Jun 30

    What Does Refueling Actually Look Like for You

    June is almost over. Summer is here. And for the woman in ministry, summer is the one season where the pace actually slows down enough to do something different — if she decides to use it that way. This episode is about making that decision before July starts and the moment passes. Melissa Mashburn and Dr. Brandy Baxter close out June with one honest question: now that you've heard all of this — what are you actually going to do differently? Keywords: women in ministry, ministry leadership, faith-based leadership, rest, summer, rhythms, sustainability, women of faith. KEY TAKEAWAYS What refueling actually looks like in her real life — not a retreat, not a sabbatical, the week she is actually livingWhy she already knows what fills her and the real reason she hasn't done it yetOne specific decision she can make before July starts that changes how she leads in the fall Individual Membership → member.ministrychick.com/courses/membershipFree Clarity Journal → member.ministrychick.com/courses/clarity-journalChurch Membership → ministrychick.com/the-church

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The Ministry Chick Network Podcast is for women of faith who are leading, serving, and sensing there’s more—but want clarity before they make their next move. Hosted by Melissa Mashburn, pastor, coach, and founder of the Ministry Chick Network, this weekly podcast offers honest, practical conversations around calling, confidence, leadership, and sustainable ministry. Episodes feature everyday women in ministry, trusted leaders, and experienced practitioners who share real stories, lived wisdom, and the behind-the-scenes realities of leadership. You’ll hear conversations about: Finding clarity in your callingLeading with confidence without burning outNavigating ministry, leadership tension, and self-doubtBuilding community and support instead of doing it aloneAligning your faith, leadership, and next step with purpose This podcast exists to remind you of something essential: You are called. You are gifted. And you don’t have to figure this out alone. Whether you lead in a church, nonprofit, marketplace, or your local community, the Ministry Chick Network Podcast is a place to reset your leadership, strengthen your voice, and take your next step with clarity and support.

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