Women Worth Knowing

As a young woman, Phyllis loved all night life of London in the 1920’s. She loved to play cards, dance, and party. During that time she never imagined that someday she would serve as a missionary in China and be a prolific author of Christian biographies, but that is exactly what took place once Jesus captured her heart. Listen as Cheryl recounts the testimony of how Phyllis came to faith, her adventures in China, and how God majestically directed her life https://www.gracelivingstonhill.com/ruth-glover-hill-munce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Munce

Ruth was born in 1898 and lived to be 103 years old. She began writing Christian fiction when her mother, Grace Livingston Hill, passed away and left her current novel unfinished. Ruth finished her mother’s book and went on to write six more novels. When Ruth’s minister husband passed away only twenty years into their marriage, Ruth began teaching and went back to college. When she graduated, she started a Christian school in Pinellas County, Florida in 1952. At the age of 70, Ruth went to Nairobi, Africa and taught for eight years. She wrote a nonfiction book based on the curriculum she taught in Africa. She continued to teach weekly Bible studies until she was well into her nineties. https://www.gracelivingstonhill.com/ruth-glover-hill-munce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Munce

Dr. Carmen Joy Imes is associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. She is the author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters. She's currently writing a book to complete the trilogy, called Becoming God's Family: Why the Church Still Matters. Carmen has a YouTube channel where she releases weekly Torah Tuesday videos and you can find her writing on various websites, including Christianity Today, The Well, and The Politics of Scripture blog. Carmen is passionate about equipping the church to engage the Old Testament well and to see its relevance for the Christian life. https://www.biola.edu/directory/people/carmen-imes# https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVM-Oq9H-LqH0RJJulhvjlg https://carmenjoyimes.blogspot.com

Dr. Carmen Joy Imes is associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. She is the author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters. She's currently writing a book to complete the trilogy, called Becoming God's Family: Why the Church Still Matters. Carmen has a YouTube channel where she releases weekly Torah Tuesday videos and you can find her writing on various websites, including Christianity Today, The Well, and The Politics of Scripture blog. Carmen is passionate about equipping the church to engage the Old Testament well and to see its relevance for the Christian life. https://www.biola.edu/directory/people/carmen-imes# https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVM-Oq9H-LqH0RJJulhvjlg https://carmenjoyimes.blogspot.com

Melanie is the award-winning author of thirty historical, time-slip, and romantic suspense novels. She received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Liberty University and her master’s degree in communication from Regent University. Melanie explored the life of Grace Livingston Hill and visited her home while researching for her newest novel. Melanie and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest where Jon works at BibleProject. They have two daughters. www.melaniedobson.com Grace Livingston Hill is considered the creator of the modern Christian romance novel. She was born in Wellsville, New York. Her father was a Presbyterian minister, and both he and Grace's mother were writers. Grace’s first book was published when she was just twelve years old. After the death of her first husband, Grace was left with two small children and no income. When her father died less than a year later, her mother came to live with her. This prompted Grace to begin writing two to three books a year in order to support her family. She traveled around the country speaking and founded a Sunday School Mission. She partnered with Evangeline Booth to write a nonfiction book on the Salvation Army. In addition, she wrote hundreds of short stories, poetry, composed lyrics for hymns and a choir cantata, and even wrote a syndicated weekly column for a newspaper. Grace passed away in 1947, but her books continue to delight readers today. www.gracelivingstonhill.com