It’s the time of year when women’s ministry teams select Bible-study curriculum for the coming year.
Choosing a study that is biblically rich, theologically sound, and works for a real-life group of women can be a challenge. To help narrow down the options, we asked 20 women’s ministry leaders for their recommendations for both Bible and book studies. Their recommendations certainly don’t highlight all the good Christian books available, but the format and content of these resources have worked well in their women’s small groups.
Maybe one of them will work for yours.
Recently Published Bible Studies
(alphabetical by author)
Hope A. Blanton and Christine B. Gordon
- Galatians: At His Feet Studies
- Homework: Less than 1 hour per week
- Video: Yes
Lydia Brownback
- Luke: Good News of Great Joy
- Homework: 2–3 hours per week
- Video: No
Courtney Doctor and Melissa Kruger
- Remember Your Joy: A Bible Study of Salvation Stories in the Old Testament
- Homework: 2–3 hours per week
- Video: Videos will be available after The Gospel Coalition’s 2022 Women’s Conference. (Better yet, join us in person!)
Christine Hoover
- Seek First the Kingdom: God’s Invitation to Life and Joy in the Book of Matthew
- Homework: 1–2 hours per week
- Video: No
Sarah Ivill
- Isaiah: The Holy One of Israel
- Homework: 4–5 hours per week
- Video: No
Trillia J. Newbell
- A Great Cloud of Witnesses: A Study of Those Who Lived By Faith
- Homework: 1–2 hours per week
- Video: No
Ruth Chou Simons
- Truthfilled: The Practice of Preaching to Yourself Through Every Season
- Homework: 1–3 hours per week
- Video: Yes
Susan Tyner
- What’s She Doing Here? The Messy Women in Jesus’s Genealogy
- Homework: Less than 1 hour per week
- Video: Yes
Jen Wilkin
- God of Deliverance: A Study of Exodus 1–18
- Homework: 1–2 hours per week
- Video: Yes
Bible Studies
(alphabetical by author)
Hope A. Blanton and Christine B. Gordon
- Psalms, Philippians, Romans, and so on
- Homework: Less than 1 hour per week
- Video: No
Dee Brestin
- A Woman of Healthy Relationships, A Woman of Contentment (Ecclesiastes), The Jesus Who Surprises (Bible overview), and so on
- Homework: 2–3 hours per week
- Video: No
Courtney Doctor
- From Garden to Glory (Bible overview)
- Homework: 2–3 hours per week
- Video: Yes
Keri Folmar
- Son of God (Mark), Grace (Ephesians), Joy! (Philippians), and so on
- Homework: 2–4 hours per week
- Video: No
Greg Gilbert
- James
- Homework: 1–2 hours per week
- Video: No
Nancy Guthrie
- The Promised One (Genesis), The Wisdom of God (Psalms & wisdom books), Hoping for Something Better (Hebrews), and so on
- Homework: 2–4 hours per week
- Video: Yes
Cynthia Heald
- Becoming a Woman of Grace, Loving Your Husband, Becoming a Woman of Simplicity, and so on
- Homework: less than 1 hour per week
- Video: No
Sarah Ivill
- Ezra and Nehemiah, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude, Revelation, and so on
- Homework: 4–5 hours per week
- Video: No
Melissa B. Kruger
- In All Things (Philippians)
- Homework: 2–4 hours per week
- Video: No
Kathleen B. Neilson
- Joshua, Proverbs, Colossians and Philippians
- Homework: 2–4 hours per week
- Video: No
Trillia Newbell
- If God Is for Us (Romans)
- Homework: 1–2 hours per week
- Video: No
George Robertson with Mary Beth McGreevy
- Deuteronomy
- Homework: 1–2 hours per week
- Video: No
John Stott
- Beatitudes, The Sermon on the Mount, Acts
- Homework: less than 1 hour per week
- Video: No
Jen Wilkin
- God of Creation (Genesis 1–11), The Sermon on the Mount, 1 Peter, and so on
- Homework: 1–2 hours per week
- Video: Yes
Big Dream Ministries (multi-authored)
- The Pentateuch, The Poetical Books, The Post-Exilic Books, and so on
- Homework: 3–5 hours per week
- Video: Yes
Book Studies
(books with an * do not have discussion questions or an available study guide)
Hannah Anderson, Humble Roots: How Humility Grows and Nourishes Your Soul
Lydia Brownback, A Woman’s Wisdom: How the Book of Proverbs Speaks to Everything
Keri Folmar, The Good Portion: Scripture
Nancy Guthrie, Even Better than Eden: Nine Ways the Bible’s Story Changes Everything about Your Story; Saints and Scoundrels in the Story of Jesus; God Does His Best Work with Empty
Megan Hill, Praying Together: The Priority and Privilege of Prayer in Our Homes, Communities, and Churches
Abby Hutto, God for Us: Discovering the Heart of the Father through the Life of the Son
Betsy Childs Howard, Seasons of Waiting: Walking by Faith when Dreams Are Delayed
Melissa B. Kruger, The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World
Melissa B. Kruger (ed.), Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of Our Identity in Christ
Tim Lane and Paul David Tripp, Relationships: A Mess Worth Making
Rondi Lauterbach, Hungry: Learning to Feed Your Soul with Christ
Carolyn McCully with Nora Shank, The Measure of Success: Uncovering the Biblical Perspective on Women, Work, and the Home*
Paul E. Miller, A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World*
Catherine Parks, Real: The Surprising Secret to Deeper Relationships
John Piper and Justin Taylor (eds.), Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life*
Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free
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