80: Unearthing the biblical women you’ve never heard of with Cara Quinn

Have you ever heard of Arsinoe? Or Salome? or Susanna? or Joanna? or Mary of Clopas for that matter? 

These are just a few of the female disciples of Jesus who were well-known for their ministry in his day, yet we barely know of today.

Recognizing the inconsistency of how women were named in the gospels and how those stories were preserved helps us to understand just how ignored or suppressed the stories of women have been.

That’s why Cara Quinn started Know Your Mothers, a project that seeks to unearth the buried stories of Christian women over the centuries to reveal encouragement and fresh insight.

Cara spent 15 years working in advertising as an art director and designer, and graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2019 with a master’s in theology. A mother herself, and a lover of church history, she set out to not only empower us today but to correct misunderstandings about how God equips women to lead in our midst.

The Know Your Mothers project features a different woman each week, diving into her story, personality and impact on the church...and in this episode, Cara shares a name I’ve never heard.

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