PreacHER Academy

ASPIRING PREACHERS, THIS IS FOR YOU!

PreacHER Academy is an online, synchronous, seminary-level learning experience created for women, by women.

This global cohort is 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. We’re here to help you expand your skills, networks, and opportunities.

Join us and learn how to preach the WORD with FIRE.

WHO


Women with a desire to preach.

WHERE


Gather on Zoom with women from around the globe.

PRICE


$1950 USD

(Payment Options & Scholarships Available)

WHEN

February 1st - June 27th, 2024

(Thursdays at 9:30am PST / 12:30pm EST / 5:30pm GMT (UK) / 7:30pm GMT+2 (Cairo)


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-resourcedWe will share all the knowledge and skills you would get in a seminary course, but uniquely 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)

FAQs

  • The Spring 2024 global cohort will be held on Thursdays at 9:30am PST / 12:30pm EST / 5:30pm GMT (UK) / 7:30 pm GMT+2 (Cairo).

    Our first class is on Thursday, February 1st, and runs every other week until June 27th, 2024.

  • Class sessions are live on Zoom for a duration of 2 hours and 15 minutes. Each session includes Scripture, teaching, discussion, and prayer.

  • The course is designed to be held in the space of 2 hours and 15 minutes weekly. Every second week features a live class, allowing the alternate week to serve as dedicated time for homework, which includes reading books, listening to sermons, crafting sermons, and giving peer review. 

  • Currently, the PreacHER Academy program is not accredited. 

  • The PreacHER Academy curriculum includes 11 seminary-level classes, taught by internationally acclaimed professors and preachers. Topics include: Soul of the Preacher, Exegesis and Hermeneutics, Preaching a Gospel of Hope and Justice, Developing Confidence and Stage Presence, Engaging Your Audience, Preaching for Transformation, Creativity in the Pulpit, and more. 

  • The academy is exclusively designed for women by women and covers topics not typically taught in seminary. To enhance your experience, PreacHER Academy offers two individual coaching calls to each participant—one with Grace and another with Beth. Additionally, each participant is paired with a mentor who provides feedback on one of their sermons.

    There is a uniquely transformative and powerful aspect to exploring your gifts and calling within a cohort of women. These women come from diverse locations, seasons of life, and levels of experience. The academy fosters a sense of community and solidarity as the women within it champion each other.

  • We never want finances to stand in the way of woman participating! We have scholarships available and have also created a fundraising letter that participants can send to their community to seek support for the remaining costs.

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, equip and encourage you.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Three Pillars of PreacHER Academy

Coaching

The PreacHER Academy is designed so that you will receive several different forms of teaching and coaching from renowned speakers, seasoned pastors, and committed coaches, so that you will be fully equipped and confident in your preaching abilities.

  • Two private calls with your directors for individualized coaching and endorsement

  • A six week mentorship with a seasoned pastor/preacher

  • One-on-one individualized coaching to help understand your unique style and areas for improvement on one preach

Community

This is a cohort model seminary module, designed to foster relationships between preacHERs as women sharpen one another through live discussion and Q&A.

  • Interactive feedback for two complete preaches from peers and directors

  • Access to online alumni group for continuing support

  • 3 months of Global Membership for free

  • Designed to increase opportunities for networking and speaking

Curriculum

12 seminary level classes, taught by internationally, acclaimed seminary professors in speakers with practical curriculum and homework designed to meet the specific needs of female preachers. Topics include:

  • Soul of the Preacher

  • Exegesis and Hermeneutics

  • Preaching a Gospel of Hope and Justice

  • Developing Confidence and Stage Presence

  • Engaging Your Audience, and Preaching for Transformation

  • Creativity in the Pulpit

  • Utilizing Different Mediums

Guest Professors and Speakers

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.

Until Every Woman Is Heard

LIMITED 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.