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Where the road led
Jodi’s unraveling opened a road she never could have mapped: into partnership and friendship with church leaders in Northeast Africa. The mending does not end with the mended one, and this is one of the places God has invited her to spend what He has given.
The work
Empower One partners with indigenous leaders in South Sudan, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo who are planting churches, training pastors, and serving their own communities. The strategy is simple and rare: the leaders are local, the vision is theirs, and partners from the outside come to strengthen what God is already doing.
Jodi serves as Chief of Staff and Women’s Ministry Director. The people in these photos are colleagues and friends. Their faith and friendship have profoundly shaped the way Jodi understands freedom, community, courage, and the Kingdom, and their witness is woven throughout the book.
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Jodi speaks to churches, women’s ministries, conferences, and gatherings about the work in South Sudan, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She brings what she has seen, and she brings the women leading it there, by name and in their own words where they have given permission.
“When a woman is transformed by Christ, a generation is transformed.”
Annet, Empower One Africa Women’s Ministry Leader