Julie
Woodley has a BA in Christian Education, an MA in Counseling from Liberty
University, and is finishing her MA in Theology from Bethel Seminary.
Julie is a licensed mental health counselor in the state of New York.
She was ordained in May of 2000. Julie was also chosen as one of American's
Outstanding Women and Who's Who in America. Julie is a certified trauma
counselor and the founder/director of Restoring the Heart (www.rthm.cc),
a ministry to those who have been traumatized by life’s events.
Julie has recently produced a DVD series with curriculum called In the
Wildflowers for women who desire healing from childhood sexual abuse.
She also co-authored the book Restoring the Heart (with her husband,
Pastor Mathew Woodley), Surviving the Storms of Life (with her husband
and Dr. H. Norman Wright), as well as Post-abortion Trauma: The Silent
Side of Abortion (with Mark Kretschmar). Julie is currently working
on producing another DVD series and book on the trauma of abortion.
Julie’s greatest passion is to walk beside the suffering and brokenhearted,
seeing lives changed and restored through the love of Jesus.
Julie's story has aired on Billy Graham's "Decision Today,"
"Focus on the Family" and "Unshackled" of Pacific
Garden Mission in Chicago, Illinois. Julie has been interviewed on numerous
radio programs (especially Moody radio) and her story has been featured
in magazine articles. She is married to Pastor Matt Woodley and they
have four children. Her husband currently serves as the Senior Pastor
at the Three Village Church in Long Island, New York.
Julie has described her personal mission statement in the following
words: “My calling is to delight in whatever reflects God in His
glory, especially His sacrificial love. This calling is to be available
wherever others live, and will go beyond the traditional church setting.
My joy is to become richly involved in another’s life, and to
intrigue, disrupt, and invite the other person to consider their own
heart and to help them discard the life themes that rob them of the
joy that awaits them form the beckoning beauty of God’s waiting
heart.”
