What's Really Holding Women in Ministry Back — Rev. Dr. Amy Cedrone | MCN Conversations

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 back How to lead adaptively in a church or ministry context that wasn't built with you in mind — without losing yourself in the process What 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/cour... Connect with Amy Cedrone → mailto:[email protected] / Pillar Seminary Individual Membership → https://member.ministrychick.com/cour... Church Membership → http://ministrychick.com/the-church