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Jen Oshman

Jen Oshman has been in vocational ministry for over two decades on three continents. She’s an author, speaker, and podcaster, focusing on the intersection of culture and Christianity. Jen is the Director of Women’s Ministry in her local church, pursuing her Masters of Theological Studies, and the mother of four young adult daughters. Jen’s family currently resides in Colorado where they planted Redemption Parker eight years ago.

Resources from Jen

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Team Vision: Church, Nations, and Practical Leadership for Planting Teams

New Churches Podcast Season 3 Episode 12

Host Jeff Medders is joined by Vance Pitman, Matt Carter, and Jen Oshman for a final discussion on applying key essentials to church planting teams.
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5 Cultural Reasons to Include Women Leadership in Your Church

Jen Oshman

Male and female relationships are more than complicated in our world today. Possibly even more complicated in the church than in culture. We struggle to thrive as brothers and sisters because of suspicion, church scandals, poorly formed theology, or we’ve...
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Team Essentials: Theology, Mission, and Teaching in Church Planting Teams

New Churches Podcast Season 3 Episode 8

Host Noah Oldham is joined by Jeff Medders, Bryan Loritts, and Jen Oshman to explore how Theology, Mission, and Teaching apply to church planting teams.
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Team Vitals: Heart, Calling, and Relationships in Church Planting

New Churches Podcast Season 3 Episode 4

Host Noah Oldham welcomes Vance Pitman, Mark Lee, and Jen Oshman explore how the first three essentials—Heart, Relationships, and Calling—apply to teams.

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Who the Gospel Reaches

New Churches Podcast Season 2 Episode 9

See how this “all people” vision for planting the church is essential for every church plant in every context, as well as how verse 14 offers a gospel flavor to speak comfort and correction to you when you need it most.
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5 Biblical Reasons to Make a Woman an Early Hire

Jen Oshman

Church planting is exhausting, round-the-clock work. When we planted over seven years ago, every family member poured themselves out for the task. Along with our church-planting friends, we did everything from counseling and teaching to web design and childcare. So...
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Spiritual Formation of Women

New Churches Podcast Season 2 Episode 7

Discover how you, like Paul, can serve, engage, recruit, and commission the women of your congregation by casting an intentional vision for their growth and development as disciples of the Word.