February 2026.
I’m pleased to share that my newest novel, The Woman Pastor, is available today on Amazon in hardback and eBook formats.
The Woman Pastor is a multi-generational narrative that explores calling, faith, resistance, and leadership. It traces the lives of women who dared to answer God’s summons across changing social and ecclesial landscapes. It traces the lives of women who dared to answer God’s summons across changing social and ecclesial landscapes.
📖 Available now on Amazon
👉 https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Pastor-Shawn-P-Richmond/dp/1959702394
Thank you to every reader and supporter who believes that faithful stories still matter.
Breaking Barriers and Building Belief
Five generations. One legacy. Endless courage.
The Woman Pastor is a full-length novel of more than 150 pages that blends sweeping historical fiction with thoughtful biblical scholarship. Tracing five generations of women from the red clay banks of Garysburg, North Carolina, to the modern pulpit, this story follows Lucinda, Luella, Lydia, Lorraine, and Leora as they live out faith, leadership, and calling in eras that repeatedly tried to silence them.
Interwoven throughout the narrative is original research on women leaders in Scripture, including four appendices featuring charts, tables, and expanded biblical commentary. These sections deepen the story and ground it in Scripture, making the novel both intellectually engaging and spiritually formative.
Perfect for book clubs, church reading groups, and classroom discussions, "The Woman Pastor" invites conversation across generations and perspectives. It is a must-read for women and men who care about faith, history, leadership, and the future of the church.
Hardback. 182 pages.