Hannah McKeever Joins the List

You might be won­der­ing two things: (1) who is Han­nah McK­eever? and (2) what is this “list?” Well, you’re in luck as I am about to explain it to you. The “list” is a group of women that I believe make the qual­i­fi­ca­tion of being “solid women.” Here are the characteristics:

  1. Christ is the sole object of all her affections.
  2. Pos­sesses a meek and gen­tle spirit.
  3. Desires to see the King­dom grow.
  4. Has a desire to ful­fill the Bib­li­cally out­lined roles of womanhood.
  5. Has an earnest desire to grow with other women.
  6. Has an active lead­er­ship role in ministry.
  7. Has a God-entrenched view of all things.

There are cur­rently four women on the list (in no par­tic­u­lar order): Ash­ley Hes­ter­man, Amanda Vince, Gwen Robin­son, and some­one who I can’t name because she is over­seas in a closed coun­try doing mis­sions (totally solid). I have found these women to exem­plify what it means to be a woman in accor­dance with the Scrip­tures. Being added to the list takes a long time of delib­er­a­tion and me get­ting to know them, and I have decided it is time for the list to expand.

The “list” is used for my ref­er­ence. When I meet a woman that needs help or encour­age­ment I cir­cle through the list. When­ever I meet some­one who also needs the coun­sel of a God-saturated woman I send them also to one of these fine women on this short list. I try to keep it short to keep the stan­dards high to who finds them­selves on this list. I don’t do this so I can boast in my own list, and I know that each of these women do not take it as a rea­son for them to boast. I know that each of them boasts solely in the cross (Gal 6:14).

Hannah and II have known Han­nah for about a year now. I met her through Cam­pus Cru­sade min­istry (as I did the other women), and I was imme­di­ately impressed with her gen­tle spirit and desire to help oth­ers. It was quite appar­ent that Han­nah was deeply in love with Christ, and we have had con­ver­sa­tions about her desire to see the king­dom expand wher­ever she is. She cur­rently is lead­ing a Bible study with Gwen through Cam­pus Cru­sade that I really wish I could attend! It is for rea­sons like this that she is a per­fect can­di­date for this list.

I am excited to have Han­nah as a part of this. I am blessed to know her as my friend, and I am con­stantly encour­aged by her desire to mag­nify and glo­rify the pres­ence of Christ in her life. It is not enough to just live in Christ–we must be about liv­ing for Christ. It is this qual­ity I see in Han­nah and the other women men­tioned in this article.

Indeed, true com­pan­ion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my strug­gle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fel­low work­ers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
Philip­pi­ans 4:3–4

Learn more about Han­nah at her MySpace.