Pastoral and other leadership positions within the church are traditionally held by men, making it hard for many to recognize the validity of a woman in leadership. In this book, Mary Rearick Paul explores God's call on her life and the call of other women to ministry. Women Who Lead gives biblical and practical examples of God calling women as well as men into positions of leadership in the church and elsewhere. Jesus says to Jairus's daughter in Mark 5:41, "Talitha cum," - little girl, get up! This command begins the author's examination of scripture through which it is revealed that women, too, are called to lead, tearing down the restrictions of traditional gender roles in the church.