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About the Book
Throughout Paul’s journeys and letters, we meet women who were devoted followers of Jesus and vital participants in the mission of the early Church. They opened their homes, carried letters, supported the work of ministry, taught the faith, led communities, and helped shape the earliest Christian witness. Their names don’t often appear, yet their courage and faithfulness helped the gospel take root across the Roman world.
Entrusted: Women and the Apostle Paul is an eight-week Bible study that invites you into these stories. Together, you’ll learn about the lives of women such as Phoebe, Priscilla, Lydia, Junia, Nympha, Chloe, Apphia, and others, discovering how Paul recognized, honored, and entrusted women to carry out God’s purposes.
The study also examines some of Paul’s more difficult writings about women, wrestling with them honestly while exploring how context, culture, and the whole witness of Scripture help us read faithfully and with hope.
Entrusted is more than a history lesson. It is an invitation to see how God has always been at work through the lives of women—and to recognize the ways he is still at work through women today. Their faithfulness invites women to recognize their own God-given gifts and step into the work entrusted to them.
For every woman who has wondered whether there is room for her voice, her gifts, and her calling, Entrusted offers a faithful and hope-filled answer: God has always been entrusting women with the work of the gospel.
Purchase of the book includes companion video teachings for the eight-week study, accessed through QR codes in the book.
Perfect for:
- Individual study
- Women’s Bible studies
- Women’s ministry groups
- Sunday school classes
- Adult Bible studies
- Wake-Up Call readers
About the Author
LUANN RILEY is an Alabama girl who grew up in church, went her own way, and made a big, holy mess until Jesus showed up and changed everything. She is a pastor and Bible teacher at The Woodlands Methodist Church with a master of arts in theology, known for opening Scripture with clarity, warmth, and hospitality. Her seasons of infertility, chronic illness, and loss have formed a steady, gentle voice for the hurting, the overlooked, and the worn out. With a background in business and decades of leadership experience, she equips disciples and leaders through transparent community and intentional relationships.
