ASPIRING preachers, THIS IS FOR YOu!
An online, synchronous, SEMINARY-level learning experience.
Guided by seminary-trained pastors and church planters that have developed a practical and powerful curriculum designed to equip you to handle scripture with integrity and preach it with boldness.
Learn from master speakers and internationally renowned pastors with years of experience speaking to thousands to expand your skills, networks, and opportunities.
You will preach the WORD with FIRE.
Our next module is February 21 - June 20, 2023
Price: $2200 USD
(Payment Options & Scholarships Available)
It’s HER time…
We know seminary is not always an option, especially for women. That's why we've created a PreacHER Academy for women who have natural giftedness but are under-resourced. We will share all the knowledge and skills you would get in a seminary course but crafted to address the specific needs of a woman in the pulpit.
You’ve heard the call. Now it’s time to train to preach the WORD with FIRE!
“...his word is in my heart like a fire...I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” (JEREMIAH 20:9 NIV)
Meet Your Program Directors
Grace and Beth met while doing urban ministry in Fresno and found a common love for preaching and equipping women to step into the pulpit. These two seminary trained and talented pastors and church planters will train you to preach the WORD with FIRE.
Beth Paz
Beth Paz has dedicated her life to Jesus Christ to mobilize people to be the next generation of leaders to live out the Gospel and join God’s mission of justice and righteousness. She is currently pastoring college students and young adults at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, CA.
Beth is a passionate communicator of the Gospel and preaches at conferences and churches across the United States and internationally. She graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity. During her time at Fuller, she received the 2018 Hooper–Keefe Preaching Award and the prestigious Parish Pulpit Fellowship (2019-2020) where she lived internationally in Guatemala and Albania.
Beth has traveled to over 30 countries and served as a North American delegate for the Lausanne 2016 Younger Leaders Movement (YLG 2016). She enjoys coffee, gardening succulents, boxing and reading. With 18 years of full-time ministry experience, she continues to cultivate and build the Kingdom of God with joy. See more of Beth’s story and listen one of her sermons HERE.
Grace Spencer
Grace fell in love with pastoring on the streets of downtown Fresno, CA, where she intentionally lived and worked for a neighborhood-focused church plant in an area of high-concentrated poverty. In her late twenties, she was navigating the Great White North as the lead pastor of church plant just outside of Toronto.
Before she was a pastor, Grace was mediating conflict between juvenile offenders and their victims at the Center for Peacemaking. Teaching about the vision of restorative justice and the work of the Center drew her to the pulpit. She has a MA in Theology and is an adjunct professor for the Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary. She has spoken at churches, conferences, and talk shows across North America and has contributed to multiple books, Christian magazines, and devotionals.
Most recently, she joined an Evangelical Covenant Church in San Jose, CA as the pastor of small groups and evangelism. Grace has experienced both pain and profound healing in church community - she’s seen breathtaking glimmers of what the Church can be and won't give up on that vision.
See more of Grace’s story and listen one of her sermons HERE.
Three Pillars of PreacHER Academy
Guest Professors and Speakers
Danielle Strickland
Her aggressive compassion has served people firsthand in countries all over the world. From establishing justice departments and church plants, to launching global anti-trafficking initiatives, to creating new initiatives to mobilize people towards transformational living.
R. York Moore
R. York Moore came to faith in Christ as an Atheist while studying philosophy at the University of Michigan. He has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Michigan and an MA in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary. He lives in the Detroit, MI area with his wife and 3 kids.
Kristi Bramlett
Pastors and leaders often focus solely on the manuscript they are preparing, without giving proper attention to their voice and body charged with delivering that text to their audience/congregation. Kristi Bramlett is a movement pattern analyst who will teach you to connect to your breath for stronger impact, share how all movement has meaning, and she will discuss effective use of space to become a better and more authentic communicator of the gospel. She has worked as a professional actor, taught in Academia for more than 28 years, and equipped communicators around the world with tools that lead to mindful movement.
Anne Zaki
Anne has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology from Calvin College, a master’s in social psychology from the American University in Cairo, and an MDiv from Calvin Theological Seminary. She is currently pursuing a PhD in preaching from Fuller Theological Seminary.
Dr. Janette H. Ok
As a church leader and preacher, Ok has more than 20 years of ministry experience. She is an ordained minister who pastors at Ekko Church in Orange County, California. Her interdisciplinary interests and ecclesial commitments have shaped her preaching, teaching, and scholarship, giving her a practical focus on church ministry and Christian leadership.
Jo Saxton
Jo Saxton is a speaker, podcaster, author, guest TV host and leadership coach. She hosts a digital coaching community and is the founder of the Ezer Collective,two initiatives dedicated to investing in women leaders around the world, equipping them to own their voice, and boldly step into their calling.
Born to Nigerian parents and raised in London,England,Jo now lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two daughters. She loves the everyday stuff like good music, good food, and good friends.And Target. She really, really loves Target.
Soong-Chan Rah
Soong-Chan Rah joined Fuller’s faculty in 2021 as the Robert Boyd Munger Professor of Evangelism. Prior to his appointment at Fuller, Dr. Rah served as the Milton B. Engebretson Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary.
Rob Dixon
Rob Dixon lives in central California with his wife, Amy, and four children and works as a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He earned a Doctor of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he focused on discerning the attributes of flourishing mixed gender ministry partnerships.
Rich Villodas
Rich Villodas is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens.
Noemi Vega Quiñones
Noemi is the National Associate Director of Theology and Spiritual Formation for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's LaFe and a PhD student at Southern Methodist University where she is working towards a doctorate in Religious Studies and Ethics. She is an Adjunct Professor and a mentor for Fresno Pacific University Biblical Seminary. Noemi is a sought after preacher, speaker, and writer, contributing to Christianity Today and coauthor of Hermanas: Deepening our Identity and Growing our Influence.
Until Every Woman is Heard
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Women who would like to join PreacHER Academy but need some financial help to do so can apply for a scholarship from WSC.
To request a scholarship for PreacHER Academy, fill out the form below:
*Our scholarship fund can only operate with the generous donations of people like you! Please consider partnering with us to sponsor a female speaker.
“Jesus chose women because they were gifted, able, obedient, and willing. Also, because they were women."
— DANIELLE STRICKLAND
Join the PreacHER Academy
We know seminary is not always an option–women in our world are busy! That’s why we’ve created a preaching school for women who don’t have the option of seminary. We will share all the knowledge and skills you will get in a seminary course and more. More? Yes–because this Academy is taught by women, for women. We’ll teach you all the things we wish seminary taught us about being a woman in the pulpit.