Wilma Faye Mathis holds a master's degree and a doctorate in urban ministry, and an MDiv. Rev. Mathis has served the church as Christian education director and conducts a ministry to moms and other women (Mom2Mom). She serves as an Athanasian teaching scholar in William David Spencer's theology survey course at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Boston Campus (CUME). She is a contributing author to An Artistic Tribute to Harriet Tubman; The Commission: Finding A Better Way; Black Girl Cry; and When Women Speak. She is an active conference speaker and preacher.
"In this book, Wilma Mathis provides practical steps on how to
reach out to women experiencing homelessness. Mathis' years of
experience overseeing groups in a Boston women's shelter and her
extensive biblical study of attitudes toward women who find
themselves in poverty, on the margins of society, or cast out from
their families form the basis of her approach. The development of
transformational relationships with Christians is key to helping
women in shelters discover a new life in Christ."
--Sara Mitchell, Boston Community Chaplain Ministry
"As a Pastor who serves those in need, I recommend Jesus among the
Homeless. From its profiles of marginalized biblical characters to
its description of ministries that offer practical ideas for those
new to ministry with the homeless, this book is a great resource
for pastors and lay people serving at-risk communities!"
--Valerie Doering Crisman, co-pastor, Pilgrim Church
"For over thirty years I have successfully applied strategies based
on scriptural principles to ministering to at-risk inner-city
youth. As an African American Christian leader, I endorse Jesus
among the Homeless for modeling strategies that heal the
marginalized."
--Yvonnette O'Neal, founder, Ambassadors Network Ministries
"Jesus among the Homeless details the successful program Mathis and
her colleagues have created to help homeless and at-risk women
through study of similar women in the Bible like Hagar, Ruth, and
others to whom God reached out and whose lives God changed and
includes suggestions how these ideas can be applied to anyone who
needs their self-esteem raised, so that the hopeless can meet God,
find God's hope, and see their hearts and their situations
improve."
--William David Spencer, distinguished adjunct professor of
theology and the arts, Gordon-Conwell Seminary
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