Martha Lawley

Martha grew up in a small rural community in beautiful northern Wyoming. She accepted Christ as her personal savior and was baptized at the age of 9.

After receiving a degree in Political Science from University of Wyoming, Martha moved to Waco, Texas to attend Baylor University School of Law, where she graduated with honors. Martha began her legal career in Houston specializing in business litigation. While in Houston she met and married the love of her life, Roger Lawley. Martha continued to actively practice law until 1994, when God called her family to Utah. In late 1999, God called Martha to be the Women's Consultant for the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention where she served until her family relocated to northern Wyoming.

Martha has been blessed with many opportunities to lead women's conferences and retreats nationwide. God has graciously given her the gift of teaching and a passion to see lives continually changed through the power of God. Her humble, straightforward manner challenges women to go further with God. Her holistic approach to ministry emphasizes the importance of cooperating fully with God in all areas of spiritual transformation. She encourages women to wholeheartedly pursue the core spiritual disciplines of Bible study, prayer, worship, using spiritual gifts in service, and personal evangelism / missions involvement. Martha's greatest desire is to provoke women to look at things differently - to step outside their usual ways of thinking so they may see things from God's perspective and allow Him to reorder their lives accordingly.

Martha is the author of Attending the Bride of Christ: Preparing for His Return, a women's Bible study available in November 2005. She is a contributing author to several women's leadership books including, Women Reaching Women: Beginning and Building a Growing Women's Enrichment Ministry (revised and expanded), and Transformed Lives: Taking Women's Ministry to the Next Level. She has also written numerous articles for LifeWay Christian Resources Women's Ministry web page and serves as a Women's Ministry Multiplier for LifeWay.

Martha and Roger have three wonderful children, Amber, Katie and Taylor, as well as a great son in law, Keith, a precious new grandson, Jared, and a new granddaughter on the way! Martha, Roger and their two youngest children reside in Worland, Wyoming. She enjoys cheering for Taylor at his various sporting events, watching old movies with her girls and traveling with Roger.

Martha remains devoted to her local church where she and Roger, teach a young adult Sunday School class. She also serves her home church as a Bible study leader and women's ministry team member.

"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." Ephesians 3:20 -21