{"id":10397,"date":"2025-01-18T14:35:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T21:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=10397"},"modified":"2025-01-19T09:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T16:01:27","slug":"jennifer-rothschild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/jennifer-rothschild\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Rothschild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Christian (com)Post had an article about Beth Moore&#8217;s friend Jennifer Rothschild who became blind at an early age and leading a similar ministry &#8220;for women&#8221;, and you can&#8217;t miss the name, though she appears to have married into the family (couldn&#8217;t find a direct family connection but the name is unique). We&#8217;ll go to the intelligence person&#8217;s drawing from inside information. Also of note, the Rothschild family are from the wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family originally from Frankfurt, who I believe run the Rockefeller family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image004-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image004-1.jpg 837w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image004-1-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image004-1-768x705.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll include an article below who looked into her ministry, but looking at her Wikipedia page, her book output is extremely suspicious, and reads like a spook&#8217;s, as they have teams of writers who do their books for them. And she was doing this while speaking many times per year? Putting out multiple books in a single year as a blind woman? Also, she has a BA in psychology with minor in communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Published_works\">Published works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rothschild is the author of 19 books and Bible studies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lessons I Learned in the Dark<\/strong> (Multnomah, 2002)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Walking by Faith Bible Study<\/strong> (LifeWay Press, 2003)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fingerprints of God<\/strong> (Multnomah, 2003)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fingerprints of God Bible Study<\/strong> (LifeWay Press, 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lessons I Learned in the Light<\/strong> (Multnomah, 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Self Talk, Soul Talk<\/strong> (Harvest House, 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Me, Myself, and Lies Bible Study<\/strong> (LifeWay Press, 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fresh Grounded Faith Devotional<\/strong> (Harvest House, 2009) Re-released as <strong>This Morning With God<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Missing Pieces Bible Study<\/strong> (LifeWay Press, 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>God is Just Not Fair: Finding Hope When Life Doesn&#8217;t Make Sense<\/strong> (Zondervan, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hosea Bible Study<\/strong> (LifeWay Press, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Invisible: How You Feel is Not Who You Are<\/strong> (Harvest House, 2015)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Rothschild#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Invisible For Young Women: How You Feel is Not Who You Are<\/strong> (Harvest House, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>66 Ways God Loves You: Experience God&#8217;s Love for You in Every Book of the Bible<\/strong> (Thomas Nelson, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Me, Myself, and Lies: What to Say When You Talk to Yourself<\/strong> (Harvest House, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Me, Myself, and Lies for Young Women: What to Say When You Talk to Yourself<\/strong> (Harvest House, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Psalm 23: The Shepherd With Me Bible Study<\/strong> (LifeWay Press, 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Take Courage: A Study of Haggai Bible Study<\/strong> (LifeWay Press, 2020)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Rothschild#cite_note-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Amos: An Invitation to the Good Life<\/strong> (Lifeway Press, 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Rothschild\"><em>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Rothschild<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And when you see the world promote her along with <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/28\/the-untold-story-behind-billy-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billy Graham<\/a>&#8216;s ministry, that&#8217;s a giant red flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>She has been featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Good_Morning_America\">Good Morning America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Today_(American_TV_program)\">The Today Show<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dr._Phil\">Dr. Phil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TLC_(TV_network)\">The Learning Channel<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Graham\">Billy Graham<\/a> television special and spoken for Women of Faith and Women of Joy conferences.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Her statement of faith is good, but that last one is a favorite of people undermining the faith. People bringing in liberal doctrines or undermining the Bible always promote unity heavily, to get a pass on the error they&#8217;re promoting. In this day and age of so many false churches and pastors, anyone calling for unity is suspect and usually twisting doctrine somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Statement of Faith<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We believe the Bible is the only, inspired, infallible authoritative Word of God.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three people: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that all humanity (because of Adam\u2019s fall) has inherited a sin nature and all human beings choose to sin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that salvation is a gift of God\u2019s grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that good works are results of salvation, not requirements for salvation. Due to the sufficiency and perfection of Christ\u2019s sacrifice, all who have received Christ as Savior are eternally secure, kept by God\u2019s power and sealed in Christ forever.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ, and the evidence of that unity being shown by how we love one another.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The article below has a good biblical foundation for their assessment, and there was some scriptural misrepresentations listed. But her ministry could just be a hustle, as it seems financially successful, and probably pulls in silly women and stymies their growth while also being a great PR campaign within Christianity for the Rothschild name. And we know the elite families love their public relations, which started with remaking the Rockefeller family reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/tag\/jennifer-rothschild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/tag\/jennifer-rothschild\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_2bfa488b-831a-4ec7-8289-eeaad39096dd\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jennifer-rothschild.jpg?w=640&amp;h=433\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13723\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I get lots of questions about particular authors, pastors, and Bible teachers, and whether or not I recommend them. Some of the best known can be found above at my <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/popular-false-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Popular False Teachers<\/a> tab. The teacher below is someone I\u2019ve been asked about recently, so I\u2019ve done a quick check (this is brief research, not exhaustive) on her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally speaking, in order for me to recommend a teacher, speaker, or author, he or she has to meet three criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a)&nbsp;A female teacher cannot currently and unrepentantly preach to or teach men in <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2015\/09\/11\/rock-your-role-jill-in-the-pulpit-1-timothy-211-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violation of 1 Timothy 2:12<\/a>. A male teacher or pastor cannot allow women to carry out this violation of Scripture in his ministry. The pastor or teacher cannot currently and unrepentantly be living in any other sin (for example, cohabiting with her boyfriend or living as a homosexual).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b) The pastor or teacher cannot currently and unrepentantly be partnering with or frequently appearing with false teachers.&nbsp;This is a violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+john+1%3A9-11%2C+rom+16%3A17-18%2C+tit+3%3A10%2C+2+cor+6%3A14-18&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scripture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c) The pastor or teacher cannot currently and unrepentantly be teaching false doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not very familiar with most of the teachers I\u2019m asked about (there are so many out there!) and have not had the opportunity to examine their writings or hear them speak, so most of the \u201cquick checking\u201d I do involves items a and b (although in order to partner with false teachers (b) it is reasonable to assume their doctrine is acceptable to the false teacher and that they are not teaching anything that would conflict with the false teacher\u2019s doctrine).&nbsp;<strong>Partnering with false teachers and women preaching to men are each sufficient biblical reasons not to follow a pastor, teacher, or author, or use his\/her materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just to be clear, <strong>\u201cnot recommended\u201d is a <em>spectrum<\/em><\/strong>. On one end of this spectrum are people like Nancy Leigh DeMoss Wolgemuth and Kay Arthur. These are people I would <strong>not<\/strong> label as false teachers because their doctrine is generally sound, but because of some red flags I\u2019m seeing with them, you won\u2019t find me proactively endorsing them or suggesting them as a good resource, either. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/recommended-bible-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">better people<\/a> you could be listening to. On the other end of the spectrum are people like Joyce Meyer and Rachel Held Evans- complete heretics whose teachings, if believed, might lead you to an eternity in Hell. Most of the teachers I review fall somewhere in the middle of this spectrum (leaning toward the latter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to check out some pastors and teachers I heartily recommend, click the&nbsp;<strong>Recommended Bible Teachers<\/strong> tab at the top of this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/29216910_10156398357619994_2847750985843998720_n.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13708\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Jennifer Rothschild<br>Not Recommended<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Jennifer<\/strong><\/a> is \u201can author, speaker, Bible study teacher, wife and Mom. And, I happen to be blind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer habitually yokes with false teachers. She calls <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2014\/08\/14\/updated-five-reasons-its-time-to-start-exercising-moore-discernment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beth Moore<\/a><\/strong> a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/video-always-moved-missing-pieces-bible-study-free-on-life-today-tv\/#more-6418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>dear friend<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d and has \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>teamed up with [Beth]<\/strong><\/a>\u2026to lead national women\u2019s conferences.\u201d Beth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/lessons-i-learned-in-the-dark-foreward-by-beth-moore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>wrote the foreword to Jennifer\u2019s book<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Lessons Learned in the Dark<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/store\/product\/me-myself-and-lies-a-thought-closet-makeover-bible-study-member-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>endorsed Jennifer\u2019s book<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<em>Me, Myself, and Lies<\/em> on her own blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer\u2019s conference ministry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshgroundedfaith.com\/bring-fgf-to-your-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Fresh Grounded Faith<\/strong><\/a>, features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshgroundedfaith.com\/about-special-guests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">false and problematic teachers<\/a> such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2015\/07\/31\/leaving-lysa-why-you-shouldnt-be-following-lysa-terkeurst-or-proverbs-31-ministries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lysa TerKeurst<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/popular-false-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ann Voskamp<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2017\/03\/27\/potpourri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liz Curtis Higgs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2019\/02\/05\/karen-kingsbury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karen Kingsbury<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2019\/01\/14\/the-mailbag-do-you-recommend-angie-smith-seamless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angie Smith<\/a>, <\/strong>and<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2016\/05\/09\/the-mailbag-do-you-recommend-this-teacherauthor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Sheila Walsh<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;as <strong>regular speakers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the other connections and yokings Jennifer has with these teachers (and others), which are too numerous to list\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lysa TerKeurst<\/strong> has endorsed at least two of Jennifer\u2019s books, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/missingpieces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Missing Pieces<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/reasons-to-buy-god-is-just-not-fair-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">God is Just Not Fair<\/a>. Jennifer has been featured on Lysa\u2019s <strong>Proverbs 31<\/strong> website <a href=\"https:\/\/proverbs31.org\/search?q=jennifer%20rothschild&amp;idx=P31Content&amp;p=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple times<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/proverbs31.org\/study\/online-bible-studies\/psalm-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">featuring her book<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Psalm 23: The Shepherd with Me<\/em> as an online study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ann Voskamp&nbsp;<\/strong>(whom Jennifer calls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/if-youve-been-looking-for-a-sign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>a \u201cdear, dear friend<\/strong>\u201d<\/a> in the introduction to a <strong>guest post Ann wrote<\/strong> for Jennifer\u2019s blog) also <strong>endorsed Jennifer\u2019s book<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/reasons-to-buy-god-is-just-not-fair-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">God is Just Not Fair<\/a>, has appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/hard-things-good-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Jennifer\u2019s podcast<\/strong><\/a>, and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/?cx=009129619922485734794%3A5pzhl1oidv0&amp;cof=FORID%3A10%3B+NB%3A1%3B&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=ann+voskamp&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">featured<\/a> on Jennifer\u2019s website multiple times (likewise&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/okay-not-being-okay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sheila Walsh<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer was a contributing author to the study, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/store\/product\/the-faithful-heroes-of-the-old-testament-bible-study-leader-kit-w-dvds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Faithful<\/a>, alongside <strong>Beth Moore, <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2015\/09\/18\/going-beyond-scripture-why-its-time-to-say-good-bye-to-priscilla-shirer-and-going-beyond-ministries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Priscilla Shirer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2019\/09\/03\/kelly-minter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kelly Minter<\/a>,<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2019\/01\/29\/lisa-harper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Lisa Harper<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer is scheduled to <strong>appear with<\/strong> <strong>Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer, <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2019\/09\/03\/kelly-minter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kelly Minter<\/a>,<\/strong> and others at a 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeway.com\/en\/events\/lifeway-women-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LifeWay Women Live<\/a> event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the general posture of Jennifer\u2019s teaching, conferences, and materials is geared toward women, Jennifer has no problem violating Scripture by <strong>preaching to men<\/strong> at her speaking engagements. Her website says she \u201cspeaks 25-30 times per year <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to groups \u2013&nbsp;<strong>mostly<\/strong> women<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Jennifer\u2019s Fresh Grounded Faith website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshgroundedfaith.com\/about-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clearly says<\/a> on the FAQ page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What if my husband or son wants to attend with me?<\/em><br><em>This is a women\u2019s event and all of the facilities are structured to cater to women. On occasion, you\u2019ll see a few men in the audience and <strong>that\u2019s okay with us.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/screenshot-2019-09-19-at-12.24.52-pm.png?w=350&amp;h=234\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13739\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Karrie, who runs the instant chat feature on Jennifer\u2019s website confirmed this when I asked about it: \u201c<em>We definitely have had <strong>men attend<\/strong> with their wives etc. <strong>We have no problem with that.<\/strong> As long as they know it is geared towards women. We even have men on the platform sharing in worship and in ministry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/screenshot-2019-09-18-at-12.07.08-pm.png?w=350&amp;h=313\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13740\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The way both of these responses are worded and presented seems to indicate that <strong>women preaching to men as a violation of Scripture<\/strong> is not even a factor to consider for Jennifer and her staff when it comes to whether or not men should attend Jennifer\u2019s conferences. They aren\u2019t twisting Scripture to defend allowing men to attend, it feels more like they <em>don\u2019t know<\/em> Scripture prohibits women from preaching to men. The answer they have presented gives the sense of, \u201cThere may not be a men\u2019s restroom easily available, and men might not like this conference because the swag and the content of the teaching will be pink and girly, but as long as they\u2019re aware of those things and they still want to come, they\u2019re welcome!\u201d. This is troubling because, if Jennifer and her staff firmly stood behind Scripture on this issue, it would be very easy for the FAQ page and Karrie to simply say something like, \u201cIn compliance with Scripture, Jennifer does not teach men. Therefore, her conferences are restricted to women only.\u201d But they don\u2019t even make that small effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to writing and speaking, Jennifer also runs a ministry to women in leadership, <a href=\"https:\/\/womensministry.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WomensMinistry.net<\/strong><\/a>, which, commendably, is geared toward women who lead women\u2019s ministries in their churches (rather than toward women who unbiblically assume the position of pastor, elder, etc.). Most of the (free) information on the site seems to be practical help and tips for leading a women\u2019s ministry, which, of course, is not out of line with Scripture. However, I did notice two things which gave me pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, while the vast majority of the wording on the site led me to believe this ministry is about equipping women who lead <em>women\u2019s<\/em> ministries, there were a few sentences sprinkled across the site that didn\u2019t seem to make sense if this is all strictly about women\u2019s ministry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministry.net\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cIf you are a woman in ministry leadership, <em>including<\/em> women\u2019s ministry\u2026\u201d<\/a> (What forms of \u201cministry leadership\u201d are included&nbsp;<em>besides<\/em> women\u2019s ministry?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministry.net\/library-membership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201c[If] Your heart\u2019s desire is to: See women, <strong>men<\/strong> and children come to know the Lord\u2026Connect with fellow women\u2019s ministry leaders <em>and women in ministry<\/em>.\u201d<\/a> (What does men coming to know the Lord have to do with&nbsp;<em>women\u2019s<\/em> ministry? What does \u201cwomen in ministry\u201d mean, since she has differentiated it from \u201cfellow women\u2019s ministry leaders\u201d?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t want to draw any definitive conclusions from these few statements. Perhaps it was just a poor choice of wording. Maybe \u201cincluding women\u2019s ministry\u201d and \u201cwomen in ministry\u201d is referring to women who teach children or a work in a parachurch pro-life ministry or something like that. Maybe \u201csee\u2026men\u2026come to know the Lord\u201d means that leading women well will enable wives to share the gospel with their unsaved husbands at home. I don\u2019t know. I just find it confusing and unclear, especially since Jennifer has no problem with men attending her conferences to be taught by her and other women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of greater concern than these examples of (hopefully) poor wording, is the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministry.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WMN-PrayerJournal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prayer Journal<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>offered as a downloadable <a href=\"https:\/\/womensministry.net\/prayer-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free resource<\/a>. The text of the journal is based on the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/corechristianity.com\/resource-library\/articles\/be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god-is-bad-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">out of context<\/a> misunderstanding of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=ps+46%3A10&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Psalm 46:10<\/a> (\u201cBe still and know that I am God.\u201d Indeed, <em>many<\/em> of the Scriptures in the journal are taken <strong>out of context<\/strong> and misunderstood.) and goes on to teach \u201c<strong>listening prayer<\/strong>,\u201d a form of the unbiblical practice of<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotquestions.org\/contemplative-prayer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contemplative prayer<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHe wanted me to \u2018Be Still\u2019. He didn\u2019t want me to just have a prayer time with Him where I was doing all of the talking. He wanted to have a conversation with me. He wanted me to \u201clisten\u201d to what He had to say.\u201d p.3<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the author does say, <em>\u201cI am not talking about an audible voice from the Lord, but a gentle whisper, or a still, small voice that you hear within your heart.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>(p.3- this allusion to God\u2019s \u201cstill small voice\u201d is <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2018\/07\/16\/the-mailbag-potpourri-michelles-a-moneygrubber-still-small-voice-husband-of-one-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an out of context misunderstanding<\/a> of 1 Kings 19:12), she includes in the journal a long section entitled&nbsp;<strong>A Guide to Listening to God<\/strong> (p. 17-18) with verbiage that completely contradicts her own statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2026God continues to speak to me. Since that first time I heard God\u2019s voice\u2026It has been important when I talk to God that I listen as He speaks to me. It is a two way conversation\u2026Prayer is a dialogue with God, not a monologue.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This section also includes quotes from <strong>Priscilla Shirer<\/strong> and <strong>Henry Blackaby<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the section \u201c<strong>Four ways to measure if God is speaking<\/strong>\u201d only the first could be considered biblical (and only if you consider <strong>extra-biblical revelation<\/strong> to be a doctrinally sound Christian practice, which it is <a href=\"https:\/\/michellelesley.com\/2017\/03\/10\/basic-training-the-bible-is-sufficient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>not<\/strong><\/a>). The others are completely subjective and feelings-based:<br>1. Does what you hear align with God\u2019s word?<br>2. Confirmation is received through a worship service or Bible study.<br>3. A Christian friend listens, prays for you, and agrees with what God might be saying.<br>4. Personal experience, a \u201cGod Moment\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in the journal, in one suggested prayer for the lost, the author presumptuously speaks for God, providing His \u201canswer\u201d to the prayer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201c\u2018Lord, I am overwhelmed with memorizing Bible verses to share with a lost person.\u2019 (God\u2019s reply) \u2018<\/em><em>Just tell them my words of John 3:16. Love, God .\u2019\u201d p.25<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer may not have written the prayer journal herself, but offering it as a resource from her ministry indicates that she has read it, approves of it, and believes it will be helpful to the people who receive and use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my readers, Holly, commented on Jennifer\u2019s study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferrothschild.com\/hosea1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hosea: Unfailing Love Changes Everything<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I picked up her Hosea study to do with two dear sisters in Christ. After one day of us starting, we were texting each other about unbiblical teachings in it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The book came across as all God can do is love, He doesn\u2019t have a choice, and weaving US into the story of Hosea and Gomer. We quit the study, and sent our books back to Amazon. Blessed are we, they gave us a refund.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The contemplative prayer is just like Lysa [TerKeurst] and Priscilla [Shirer].<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer seems like a lovely person who has admirably overcome the challenges in her life and has a genuine desire for women to know and grow in the Lord, but with the unbiblical ministry relationships and theologies she holds, I cannot recommend her teaching, conferences, or materials to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christian (com)Post had an article about Beth Moore&#8217;s friend Jennifer Rothschild who became blind at an early age and leading a similar ministry &#8220;for women&#8221;, and you can&#8217;t miss the name, though she appears to have married into the family (couldn&#8217;t find a direct family connection but the name is unique). 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