Carol McLeod Press Kit

Short Bio

Carol is a best-selling author, popular speaker, and noted podcaster who teaches women to cultivate joy in all seasons of life with the life-changing Word of God. “I’m just a girl who is head over heels in love with Jesus ... who is passionately addicted to His Word ... and who finds all the joy I need in time spent in His presence." Her popular “Significant Women” podcast is ranked in the top 10% of all podcasts globally, and her YouVersion devotionals have been downloaded over 4 million times. Her 15th book, “Meanwhile: Meeting God in the Wait,” a Bible study on the life of Joseph, has become the cornerstone of a flourishing prison ministry with strategic partnerships in multiple states. Learn more about Carol McLeod at carolmcleodministries.com.

Fun Bio

Carol is a Christmas-aholic, loves ACC basketball, and burying her toes in the sand at the beach! Like all post-menopausal women, she is overly fond of chocolate and enjoys a good read. She doesn't like cleaning her house and is an expert in carry-out dinners. She hates to shop … loves to jog … and somehow finds time in her busy life to hang out with small children. She is the kind of woman you could laugh with over lunch, cry with over disappointment, and celebrate with over a victory!

Long Bio

Carol is a best-selling author and popular speaker at women's conferences and retreats, where she teaches the Word of God with great joy and enthusiasm. Carol encourages and empowers women with passionate and practical biblical messages mixed with her own special brand of hope and humor.

Carol is a prolific author and loves digging for treasure in the Word of God.

Her 16th book, “Timeless: The Living and Enduring Word of God,” which released June 2023, dives into the book of 1 Peter. Even though it was written two millennia ago, it is as practical, hopeful, and up-to-date as anything written today. In this Bible study, Carol encourages us to find the timeless truths of Scripture found in Peter’s words. It has an accompanying 9-week video teaching series, making it a great choice for small group study.

In 2023, Carol McLeod Ministries is sending 1,000 copies of Carol’s 15th book, “Meanwhile: Meeting God in the Wait,” to women in prison. In this study, Carol examines the life of Joseph and what it means to “wait well” as God labors behind the scenes to work all things together for our good and for His glory. Through strategic partnerships and generous donors, this initiative is bringing hope to the hopeless, and this Bible study is changing lives.

“At Home in Your Heart” won second place in the 2023 Selah Awards in the devotional category.

“Rooms of a Mother’s Heart,” a devotional for moms, was released in 2021, winning the 2022 Director’s Choice Award from the Blue Ridge Writer’s Conference. “At Home in Your Heart,” released in March 2022.

All of Carol’s books are available on this website as well as at Barnes and Noble, CBD, Anchor Distributors and Amazon.

Her teaching DVD, "The Rooms of a Woman's Heart", won the Telly Award, a prestigious industry award, for excellence in religious programming.

Carol’s “Significant Women” podcast is a place for women to gather with their personal stories, dynamic hope and wisdom gleaned from the ordinary days of an uncommon life. Our goal is to simply encourage women in every season of life that their story matters; when Jesus is involved in the details, every woman’s life can be a significant representation of all that He is. “Significant Women” is in the top 10% of all podcasts internationally.

She is a devotional writer for YouVersion with 25 devotionals in current circulation and is among their most popular authors. Her YouVersion devotional, “21 Days to Beat Depression” is among her most popular, with her devotionals being downloaded nearly 4 million times around the world.

Carol also writes a weekly blog, “Joy For the Journey,” that has been named in the Top 50 Faith Blogs for Women. Carol also writes a weekly column in “Ministry Today”.

Carol was the first Women’s Chaplain at Oral Roberts University and received the university’s prestigious “Alumna of the Year” award for distinguished service to God in 2021. Currently Carol is President and CEO of Carol McLeod Ministries.

Carol has been married to her college sweetheart, Craig, for 44 years and is the mother of 5 children in heaven and 5 children on earth. Graduates of Oral Roberts University, Craig and Carol have spent the past 38 years pastoring churches across America. Currently, Craig is the North American Director for Global Partners and is training pastors and helping to plant churches in unreached areas of the globe.

They are now enjoying being “Marmee” and “Pa” to their 10 delicious grandchildren ... whom Carol refers to as “The 10 Wonders of the World!”