Our story

Here to grow alongside you

Daughters of Promise ministry was founded out of a desire to nurture and encourage women in the everyday understanding and practice of their faith.

We live a diversity of lives, with one central theme: faith in Jesus and His redemption of the world. Daughters of Promise was originally founded as a simple magazine featuring the stories of Anabaptist women. Responding to a growing desire for trusted resources for women who want to learn more about and grow in the Christian faith they are living, DOP became a gathering place for study resources and home goods that can nourish women as they grow in faithfulness.

Meet the team behind

Daughters of Promise Ministry

  • Rachel Slabach Founder, Chief Editor

    Life these days is full and sweet for Rae Slabach. In addition to her role as Chief Steward of Daughters of Promise Ministry, she considers her greatest role to be “Seeker of Beauty” and “Tender of Tiny Hearts” as she embraces the role of wife to Tim and mother to Fleurie and Elovie after many years of waiting. She loves quiet early mornings, tinkering in her gardens, a good jaunt through the thrift store, dreaming up beautiful things for DOP, and building things out of wood when time allows. She is convinced that Beauty will save the world, and that we are held by a good, good Father.

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  • Susanna Stoltzfus Editorial Manager

    Susanna - or Su to most people - comes from a small southern town in upstate South Carolina. She loves music and good art, taking it in as well as trying to put it out into the world. Her favorite days include rain, a good cup of coffee, creativity, and meaningful conversations.

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  • Abby Hess Content Development

    Abby lives in the middle of a field near Boise, Idaho, and loves stories, springtime, and her husband Marshall. She is a writer and the founder of Studio Tell, a copywriting studio for creative businesses ready for clear and holistic marketing.

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  • Hannah Yoder Illustrations Manager

    Hannah is a down to earth beauty seeker. She teaches upper elementary at her church school in northern Indiana. She lives in a ramshackle cottage that she loves to call home and is always up for a discussion on creativity, delicious food, or practical ways to improve her corner of the world.

    Find Hannah on Instagram 
  • Melody Zimmerman Commonplace Visuals Director

    Melody lives with her husband and son in the beautiful land of Southeast Iowa. She is a wedding photographer and visual storyteller through her business, Amaranth Creative. She has many dreams and ideas, which are wildly out of proportion with her follow-through.

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  • Brook Brubacher Lead product designer

    Brook lives in a big city of Southern Ontario with her husband and daughter. She loves sweater weather, all things music, plants, conversations over coffee and creating through her business Brooklyn Rose Co. You will find her in a puddle of chaotic creativity each and every day.

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  • Jessi Blunier Commonplace Lead Designer

    Aside from doing graphic design work for DOP, Jessi lives in central Illinois and enjoys spending time with her husband, Austin—usually tagging along on a hunting expedition (book in hand) or road-tripping somewhere near or far. She holds many interests, including hand-lettering, flower gardening, paint-by-numbers, reading, traveling, photography, and planning adventures to explore this wild and wonderful world God created. 

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Additional Staff

Advisors

Marshall Hess

Tim Slabach

Commonplace Columnists

Christy Stoltzfus

Editors

Marissa Burt, www.marissaburt.com

Laura Sporre

Faith Sommers

Jennifer Jantzi

Graphic Designers

Brook Brubacher, @brooklyn_rose_co

Jessi Blunier, @jessibluniercreative

Commonplace Staff Photographers

Chloe Flory @chloegracestudios

Krya Powell @kyrajophotography

Deb Stoltzfoos @inspiredsoulphotography

Lori Stauffer @lori_lynn_photo_studio

Shop Manager

Kristi Good

Our Values

The mission of Daughters of Promise Ministry is to present biblically sound, aesthetically appealing content that empowers women to lead healthy lives; develop their voices through creative outlets; and experience freedom as Daughters of God and heirs through Christ. We do this through print and online media that is anchored in the word of God and expressed in conservative anabaptism.