As a young girl, Amy Mears always looked up to her father, who was a Southern Baptist preacher. Mears is now a pastor herself — of a Nashville church. And she talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner in our live series, Movers & Thinkers, about what it was like to take up her father’s profession at a time when women were almost forbidden from doing so.

This audio is an excerpt from the 
latest episode of our Movers & Thinkers podcast. Hear more of the conversation 
on our website, on 
Apple Podcasts, or on 
Google Play.