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What does it really feel like to be a woman serving in ministry today? In this conversation, Becky Burroughs—minister, coach, mentor, and longtime leader—opens up about the challenges, hopes, and realities women face in church leadership. Drawing from decades of experience and countless coaching conversations, Becky names the themes she hears again and again: the longing for community, the struggle for respect, the tension between giftedness and policy, and the deep desire to serve faithfully in environments that don’t always know how to support them. With honesty, humor, and wisdom, Becky invites listeners to consider what healthy leadership looks like—for women, for men, and for the church as a whole.

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Becky Burroughs spent most of her life setting high expectations, driving herself into the ground, denying her feelings, and hiding her fears. It took a series of traumatic events, and a full-blown identity crisis, for her to discover her true identity and to love herself as God loves her, unconditionally.

Becky has served in a variety of leadership positions for 40+ years, as a small business owner, a leader in the non-profit world, and for the past 18 years, a full-time minister at the Highland Oaks Church of Christ in Dallas, where she has held a variety of positions: Administration Minister, Children’s Minister, Executive Minister, and now, Outreach Minister.

Always a champion for others, Becky is now a certified Life/Leadership Coach for Christian women, a speaker, and author, encouraging and empowering women to find their true identity, know their worth, and use their voice.

When she is not with her 20 grandchildren, she can be found jumping out of perfectly good planes or traveling the world.

You can connect with Becky via her coaching websites Becky Burroughs Coaching and Leadership Bootcamp for Women in Ministry. She also hosts the podcast Leadership Becomes Her.