Your Questions about Jen Oshman, Answered

  • Jen Oshman is a Christian author, speaker, and women's ministry leader based in Parker, Colorado. She has served in women's ministry for over two decades across three continents, including as a missionary and church planter in Japan and the Czech Republic. She is the Director of Women's Ministry at Redemption Parker, a church she and her family planted in 2017 in the Denver suburbs, and she is the mother of four daughters.

  • Jen Oshman is known for writing and teaching that connects biblical theology with everyday life and current culture, especially for women and girls. She is the author of four books, hosts the podcast All Things, writes a regular blog and monthly newsletter, and speaks at conferences and women's events nationally and internationally.

  • What does Jen Oshman believe and teach? Jen Oshman teaches from a gospel-centered, historically orthodox Christian perspective rooted in the authority of the Bible. Her core message is that lasting identity, purpose, and joy come from who God says we are rather than from self-improvement or cultural definitions of success. She writes and speaks frequently on biblical womanhood, cultural discernment, and rooting one's life in the gospel. She is a regular contributor to The Gospel Coalition.

  • Jen Oshman has written four books: Enough About Me: Find Lasting Joy in the Age of Self (Crossway), Cultural Counterfeits: Confronting 5 Empty Promises of Our Age (Crossway), Welcome: Loving Your Church by Making Space for Everyone (The Good Book Company), and It's Good to Be a Girl, a children's book co-written with her daughter Zoe Oshman (The Good Book Company). She is also the author of Very Good: What the Bible Says About Being a Woman, a seven-session women's Bible study from Lifeway, and has contributed chapters to Women & Work and a collection on women who endured trials.

  • Yes. Jen Oshman has written a new seven-session women's Bible study published by Lifeway. It walks through passages in Genesis, the Old Testament law, the Gospels, Acts, and Paul's letters to show how God delights in women and calls them into His redemptive story, featuring figures such as Deborah, Esther, Mary, and Priscilla

  • Jen Oshman writes primarily for women and girls, though her books on hospitality and cultural discernment speak to a broad Christian audience including pastors, ministry leaders, and men. Her children's book It's Good to Be a Girl is written for young girls and the adults who read with them.

  • Jen Oshman's books are available on Amazon and through major book retailers, with direct purchase links on the Books page at jenoshman.com. Her Bible study is published by Lifeway and her trade books are published by Crossway and The Good Book Company.

  • Yes. Jen Oshman speaks at conferences, women's retreats, missionary gatherings, panels, and one-day events across the United States and internationally. She has spoken at venues including The Gospel Coalition Women's Conference. To request her for an event, fill out the speaking request form on the Speaking page at jenoshman.com.

  • Jen Oshman speaks on biblical womanhood, identity and joy in the gospel, cultural discernment, contentment and materialism, hospitality, and the idols of our age. Her talks draw on the themes of her books, including Enough About Me and Cultural Counterfeits.

  • You can follow Jen Oshman on Instagram and Facebook, read her blog at jenoshman.com, and sign up for her free monthly newsletter on the site. The newsletter is the best way to stay current on her writing, speaking schedule, and new releases.