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    • About
      • About Diakonos Solutions
      • Mission + Vision
      • Leadership
      • Speaking & Appearances
    • Work With Us
      • Spiritual Direction
      • DMin Coaching
      • Schedule a conversation
    • Our Ministries
      • DMin Scholarships
      • Stories Behind the Stoles
    • Blog
    • Give
    • Contact
  • Home
  • About
    • About Diakonos Solutions
    • Mission + Vision
    • Leadership
    • Speaking & Appearances
  • Work With Us
    • Spiritual Direction
    • DMin Coaching
    • Schedule a conversation
  • Our Ministries
    • DMin Scholarships
    • Stories Behind the Stoles
  • Blog
  • Give
  • Contact

Transforming the Experience for Women in Ministry

Transforming the Experience for Women in MinistryTransforming the Experience for Women in MinistryTransforming the Experience for Women in Ministry

When ministry takes more than it gives, we walk with you toward what comes next.

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Transforming the Experience for Women in Ministry

Transforming the Experience for Women in MinistryTransforming the Experience for Women in MinistryTransforming the Experience for Women in Ministry

When ministry takes more than it gives, we walk with you toward what comes next.

Schedule a Conversation
Learn What Support Can Look Like

Some seasons of ministry don’t just ask more—they take more.

And when the pressure becomes relentless, the instinct is to wonder if you're the problem. Often it’s the systems that are broken. 


If you’re feeling stretched thin, isolated, or unsure what comes next, Diakonos Solutions offers a place to tell the truth about what you're carrying and to find a faithful way forward.


Our mission is to transform the experience for women in ministry by offering spiritual and academic support, and by advocating for your courageous leadership.

You might be here because…

You’re leading, but the exhaustion isn’t seasonal anymore; it’s structural. Or everything became urgent all at once, and somewhere in the running to keep up, you stopped being able to catch your breath. You’re giving everything to everyone else, and there's nothing left that's yours.


Maybe you’re in a transition. Maybe you’re trying to hold your call and your life together. Maybe you just need a place where you don't have to perform.

What this support makes possible

Spiritual Direction

Spiritual Direction

Spiritual Direction

A listening relationship where you can slow down, name what's true, and notice where God is already at work. Over time, you gain more clarity and a deeper sense of freedom in how you lead.

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DMin Coaching

Spiritual Direction

Spiritual Direction

Support that helps you move your doctoral work forward with focus and structure, especially when the process feels isolating and the doubt is relentless. You’ll have a plan you can live with and accountability that respects your real life.

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Not sure what you need yet?

Start with a conversation. You’ll share what season you’re in and what you’re hoping for. From there, we’ll identify what support makes sense and what a first step could be. Prefer email first? Contact Susan.

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Investing in women’s call

Some of this work happens one-to-one. Some of it happens through ministries that reduce barriers and honor women’s vocational milestones.

DMin Scholarships

Diakonos Solutions offers ecumenical scholarships to women pursuing Doctor of Ministry degrees — practical support and a public yes to women's leadership.
Scholarships

Stories Behind the Stoles

Stories Behind the Stoles shares gently used stoles — and the stories behind them — with newly ordained women in their first five years of ministry.
Stories Behind the Stoles

Our History

Diakonos Solutions was founded in 2005 by a group of mental health professionals who saw a need for more accessible mental health resources in our community.

“May no woman embark on a doctoral journey like this without a mentor like you. I knew you would get us to this day, and you did!”

—Dr. Erin Richer, DMin '25

“When I look back at the last few years, I wouldn't be where I am right now without you.”

—Spiritual Direction client

“It is very encouraging to see ministries specifically serving women in pastoral ministry...the mere existence of the webpage is extremely encouraging, which speaks to the particular needs and challenges to encouraging women in ministry.”

—Stories Behind the Stoles recipient

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