The Church and the Single Mom

by Jennifer Barnes Maggio

Is Your Church "Single Mom-Friendly"? Are you doing all you can to reach out to the hundreds of single moms in your community? If she happened into your church one Sunday morning would she feel welcomed and loved? Would she get the sense that she was at home? That she, like the woman Jesus rescued from the stones of her accusers, wasn't being judged or condemned but raised up and valued - no matter how she ended up a single mom? Would she find hope, the hope of Jesus Christ? If not, leading single-parent authority Jennifer Barnes Maggio has good news! In her new book The Church and the Single Mom (a follow-up to her critically-acclaimed first book Overwhelmed: The Life of a Single Mom) Maggio introduces you to the single mom and shows you why we as a church are called to care for her and her children. The numbers are staggering. And if we don't reach behind those numbers to the women and children caught in the epidemic to help, who will? Maggio not only demonstrates the problem but provides a step-by-step guide to starting a life-changing single moms ministry. And she should know. She is not only a former single mom herself but one who founded and runs one of the nation's largest single moms ministries and has helped launch more than 70 such ministries across the country.

118 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2011

About the author

Jennifer Maggio is an award-winning author and speaker who is leaving audiences across the globe riveted with her personal story of severe abuse, homelessness, and multiple teen pregnancies. But her story does not end with the tragedy! Maggio went from living in government housing on food stamps and welfare to an 11-time Circle of Excellence Winner in Corporate America. Hers is a story of the ultimate redemption that is offered through Jesus alone.

Today, she has used that story to inspire millions. She is the founder of The Life of a Single Mom Ministries, a global nonprofit that has helped thousands of single moms in 19 countries find a home in their local churches. She is also founder of Overwhelmed: The Single Moms Magazine.

Maggio has been featured in hundreds of media venues, including The 700 Club, Focus on the Family, Daystar Television, Moody Radio, Power Women, Solo Mom, and more. She is a columnist with Single Parents Town, Bizy Moms, and Crosswalk.

For more info, please visit http://www.thelifeofasinglemom.com

Reviews

[Michele Renee Renaud · Rating 5 out of 5]

Precise eye opening view into what every church, and every person can do for single mom's in their community. Now if only they read this book and open their heart's perhaps the world would be a better place...well at least even just a little part of it.

[Connie S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jennifer Maggio's book "The Church and The Single Mom" is a must read. Her heart to help the precious single moms in churches everywhere is making an huge impact. Great book!

[William Dillon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maggio opens the book with a compelling testimony of what God has brought her through and how that shaped her passion for the single mom — she gives hard facts that must be dealt with and even couples that with true heart wrenching stories of single moms who enter the church. She then ends out the book with lots of practical advice for those whose passion for the single mom is ignited by her convincing appeal.

[Jennifer Maggio · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Amy Clackum · Rating 5 out of 5]

An important read for churches and ministries.