Women Worth Knowing

Women Worth Knowing

Join us each week for a lively conversation between authors Cheryl Brodersen and Robin Jones Gunn as they explore the lives of well-known—and not so well-known—Christian women in history. Trust us, these are definitely women worth knowing!

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Olga Robertson Part 1
Women Worth KnowingMay 13, 202500:26:01

Olga Robertson Part 1

Olga was a familiar and much loved woman at her church in Costa Mesa. Few knew the dynamic ministry this kind, gracious, and godly woman had among thousands of prisoners at Bilibid Prison in the Philippines. God powerfully worked through Olga Robertson to bring salvation, disc...

Aileen Coleman Part 2
Women Worth KnowingMay 06, 202500:26:01

Aileen Coleman Part 2

Aileen Coleman has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, featured on the cover of Quantas In-flight magazine, and awarded many honors for her service to the Bedouin people in Jordan for over fifty years. Aileen was born in Australia the youngest child in a family of seven. Her lif...

Aileen Coleman Part 1
Women Worth KnowingApril 29, 202500:26:00

Aileen Coleman Part 1

Aileen Coleman has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, featured on the cover of Quantas In-flight magazine, and awarded many honors for her service to the Bedouin people in Jordan for over fifty years. Aileen was born in Australia the youngest child in a family of seven. Her lif...

Trish Kulcsar Part 3
Women Worth KnowingApril 22, 202500:26:04

Trish Kulcsar Part 3

Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series Trish shares about what it was like to try to c...

Trish Kulcsar Part 2
Women Worth KnowingApril 15, 202500:26:00

Trish Kulcsar Part 2

Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series Trish shares about what it was like to try to c...

Trish Kulcsar Part 1
Women Worth KnowingApril 08, 202500:26:01

Trish Kulcsar Part 1

Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series Trish shares about what it was like to try to c...

Anita Coon Part 2
Women Worth KnowingApril 01, 202500:26:02

Anita Coon Part 2

Anita Coon was a child of the sixties. Like her peers she explored the hippie lifestyle. She came to faith in the height of the Jesus Movement. However, it wasn’t long until Anita found herself in a dangerous cult that she had to escape. Others faith might have been challenged...

Anita Coon Part 1
Women Worth KnowingMarch 25, 202500:26:01

Anita Coon Part 1

Anita Coon was a child of the sixties. Like her peers she explored the hippie lifestyle. She came to faith in the height of the Jesus Movement. However, it wasn’t long until Anita found herself in a dangerous cult that she had to escape. Others faith might have been challenged...

Phyllis Thompson Part 2
Women Worth KnowingMarch 18, 202500:26:05

Phyllis Thompson Part 2

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 w...

Phyllis Thompson Part 1
Women Worth KnowingMarch 11, 202500:27:02

Phyllis Thompson Part 1

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 w...

Ruth Munce
Women Worth KnowingMarch 04, 202500:25:59

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 husban...

Carmen Imes Part 2
Women Worth KnowingFebruary 25, 202500:26:02

Carmen Imes Part 2

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 boo...

Carmen Imes Part 1
Women Worth KnowingFebruary 18, 202500:26:02

Carmen Imes Part 1

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 boo...

Melanie Dobson on Grace Livingston Hill Part 2
Women Worth KnowingFebruary 11, 202500:26:02

Melanie Dobson on Grace Livingston Hill Part 2

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 Li...

Melanie Dobson on Grace Livingston Hill Part 1
Women Worth KnowingFebruary 04, 202500:26:03

Melanie Dobson on Grace Livingston Hill Part 1

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 Li...

Michelle Ule on Pandita Ramabai Part 3
Women Worth KnowingJanuary 28, 202500:26:08

Michelle Ule on Pandita Ramabai Part 3

A brilliant Sanskrit scholar, Ramabai Donge earned the title "Pandita" as a twenty-year-old orphaned woman in 1878 India. Determined to follow in her Hindu father's belief that women could be scholars, Ramabai used her fame to argue for the education of women. along with the n...

Michelle Ule on Pandita Ramabai Part 2
Women Worth KnowingJanuary 21, 202500:26:01

Michelle Ule on Pandita Ramabai Part 2

A brilliant Sanskrit scholar, Ramabai Donge earned the title "Pandita" as a twenty-year-old orphaned woman in 1878 India. Determined to follow in her Hindu father's belief that women could be scholars, Ramabai used her fame to argue for the education of women. along with the n...

Michelle Ule on Pandita Ramabai Part 1
Women Worth KnowingJanuary 14, 202500:26:02

Michelle Ule on Pandita Ramabai Part 1

A brilliant Sanskrit scholar, Ramabai Donge earned the title "Pandita" as a twenty-year-old orphaned woman in 1878 India. Determined to follow in her Hindu father's belief that women could be scholars, Ramabai used her fame to argue for the education of women. along with the n...

Jamell Meeks Part 2
Women Worth KnowingJanuary 07, 202500:26:00

Jamell Meeks Part 2

Jamell is one of the most fascinating guests that I have ever had the pleasure to interview on Women Worth Knowing. Jamell grew up in the ghetto of Chicago not knowing it was the ghetto. She had good parents and a strong since of family, however, there was an emptiness that sh...

Jamell Meeks Part 1
Women Worth KnowingDecember 31, 202400:26:00

Jamell Meeks Part 1

Jamell is one of the most fascinating guests that I have ever had the pleasure to interview on Women Worth Knowing. Jamell grew up in the ghetto of Chicago not knowing it was the ghetto. She had good parents and a strong since of family, however, there was an emptiness that sh...

Irene Chapman Part 2
Women Worth KnowingDecember 24, 202400:26:00

Irene Chapman Part 2

After Irene got saved in college, she volunteered at her church. Little did she know where her willingness to serve would lead her! Hear the wonderful twists, turns, and adventures that simply following Jesus has led Irene to and in. Only recently, Irene, her husband Anthony (...

Irene Chapman Part 1
Women Worth KnowingDecember 17, 202400:25:59

Irene Chapman Part 1

After Irene got saved in college, she volunteered at her church. Little did she know where her willingness to serve would lead her! Hear the wonderful twists, turns, and adventures that simply following Jesus has led Irene to and in. Only recently, Irene, her husband Anthony (...

Brenda Leavenworth Part 2
Women Worth KnowingDecember 10, 202400:26:00

Brenda Leavenworth Part 2

Brenda was born shortly after her parents migrated from Scotland to the United States. Her home was filled with all the wonder and traditions of Scotland. Brenda did not find Jesus until after she married Ted, the love of her life. After they were married, they felt led to hel...

Brenda Leavenworth Part 1
Women Worth KnowingDecember 03, 202400:26:00

Brenda Leavenworth Part 1

Brenda was born shortly after her parents migrated from Scotland to the United States. Her home was filled with all the wonder and traditions of Scotland. Brenda did not find Jesus until after she married Ted, the love of her life. After they were married, they felt led to hel...

Shannon Forsyth Part 2
Women Worth KnowingNovember 26, 202400:26:00

Shannon Forsyth Part 2

Shannon did not choose an easy ministry. Better yet, God did not choose an easy ministry for Shannon Forsythe. After Shannon gave her life to Jesus, she asked the Lord to use her in whatever way He wanted. Almost immediately she felt a burden for the women she saw prostituting...