Who Will Reach the People the Church Struggles to Reach? | Karen Souter, Blood Bought

Author and ministry leader Karen Souter, writer of _Blood Bought_, joins Tina Bender on Sword & Grace Unscripted for a powerful conversation about reaching the people the Church has often struggled to reach. This episode goes beyond Karen’s testimony. We talk about Christian leadership, church outreach, redemption, shame, addiction, ministry, reaching the lost, and what it means to take the hope of Jesus beyond the four walls of the Church. Karen’s story has brought her into places many people in ministry may never see up close. She understands what it is to carry shame, rejection, brokenness, and the belief that your story may have placed you beyond restoration. But Jesus met her there. And now she is using her story to reach people who may never walk through the doors of a church on their own. In this conversation, Karen and I wrestle with questions I believe matter deeply for the Church and especially for those of us who lead: • How do we reach people who do not feel safe walking into a church? • What does it look like to hold truth and grace together? • Have we become more comfortable ministering to people who already know how to belong in church culture? • How can God redeem the most painful parts of a person’s story and use them to reach someone else? • What responsibility do Christian leaders have to see the person behind the behaviour, shame, addiction, or choices? • What happens when ministry moves beyond the four walls of the Church? This is exactly the kind of conversation Sword & Grace Unscripted was created to hold. I care deeply about the woman behind the leadership, but I also care about what happens when healed and surrendered leaders allow God to send them back into places their own stories have prepared them to understand. Karen Souter is the author of Blood Bought and leads Blood Bought ministry. Learn more about Karen, her ministry, and her book here: https://bloodbought.net Please note:_Blood Bought_can only be purchased directly through Karen’s website. Subscribe to Sword & Grace Unscripted for conversations about Christian women in leadership, ministry, healing, church culture, redemption, calling, and the woman behind the leadership: If this conversation makes you think of someone, share it with her. Sword & Grace Unscripted Hosted by Tina Bender Licensed Therapist | Coach | Prophet | Author #KarenSouter #BloodBought #SwordAndGraceUnscripted #ChristianLeadership #WomenInMinistry #ChristianWomen #ChurchOutreach #ChristianTestimony #Redemption #ReachingTheLost #WomenWhoLead