Bev Hislop is the Associate Professor of Pastoral Care to Women at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.  Bev has developed and teaches several courses in the Pastoral Care to Women concentration, available on-line and on site at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon and San Jose and Sacramento, California. She is also the Executive Director of the Women’s Center for Ministry, a global hub for training, resources and networking for women in ministry.

Bev has been involved in ministry for over thirty years. She has established and led ministries for women in several local churches on the west and east coasts of US and overseas. She also served in a homeless shelter for families and as a lay counselor for a local pregnancy resource center. Bev was also the former host of the weekly radio program Western Connection for Women. 

Bev and her colleagues have authored Shepherding Women in Pain which focuses on understanding and giving effective pastoral care to women who have emotionally painful experiences in life. She also authored Shepherding a Woman’s Heart: a new model for effective ministry to women and was a major contributing author to Women’s Ministry Handbook.  Bev earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in S. Hamilton, MA.

Bev and Jim have two married children and six living grandchildren. Jim is lead pastor at a local church in Clackamas, Oregon.  On their days off Bev and Jim might be seen riding their motorcycle near Mt. Hood in Oregon, enjoying mocha at a local coffee shop or making boysenberry jam with the grandchildren.

CHECK OUT THESE LINKS:

Women’s Center for Ministry --We desire to be a global hub of training, networking and resources for women in ministry.

Western Seminary courses for women --All of our courses are of course open to women. However, there is a "Pastoral Care to Women" concentration in many of our programs.  The 7 courses include, A Pastoral Understanding of Women; Women in Pain I & II; Women in Leadership; Building Relational Ministries for Women; Develop & Deliver Life-Changing Messages; Develop Life-Changing Bible Study Curriculum.

Transformed Blog  -- This blog is a resource from the faculty and friends of Western Seminary focused on “living the Gospel in an everyday world.” In other words, we’re here to think through the implications of the Gospel for leading God’s people in everyday life and ministry.