Women's Bible Teacher · Speaker · Author
Teaching Women
the Word of God.
Teresa Gandara has spent decades opening the Bible with women, not a softened version of it, but the whole thing. Bold truth. Warm delivery. Teaching that holds when life falls apart.
About Teresa
She teaches what she has lived.
Teresa Gandara is a Women's Bible Teacher, Speaker, and Author of three Bible studies: The Making of a Pearl, Heavenly CPR, and UNDONE. She has spent decades in ministry as a pastor's wife, teaching women's Bible study and leading women's ministry in the local church. Her goal is not to make women feel better. It's to help them encounter the Word.
Speaking & Retreats
What Teresa Teaches
Every retreat and event is rooted in one of her three Bible studies or a standalone theme. Each is structured, interactive, and built around the Word, not around Teresa.
The Making of a Pearl
“Pressure doesn't ruin you. It's what God uses to make something of you.”
Built around Teresa's Bible study of the same name, this retreat walks women through what God is doing in their hardest seasons. Scripture is clear: suffering isn't random and it isn't wasted. This event gives women language for what they're walking through and a foundation to stand on while they're in it.
- Format
- 3 sessions: Friday evening + Saturday
- Best for
- Women in hard seasons. Women's retreats of any size.
- Copies
- Bible study available for purchase at event
Heavenly CPR
“When your faith feels flat, this isn't a pep talk. It's a return to the source of breath.”
Built around Teresa's Bible study Heavenly CPR, this retreat is for women who feel spiritually dry, distant, or like they've lost their footing. It's about spiritual revival, not the conference kind, but the quiet, personal kind that happens when you get back to the Word. Three sessions that take women back to what sustains.
- Format
- 3 sessions: Friday evening + Saturday, or single session workshop
- Best for
- Women feeling spiritually dry. Any women's group.
- Copies
- Bible study available for purchase at event
UNDONE
“God doesn't patch you up. He takes you apart and puts you back together with His hands.”
Built around Teresa's Bible study UNDONE, this retreat is for women in major life transitions, the kind that shake everything loose and make you wonder who you are on the other side. Teresa teaches from Scripture about what it looks like when God dismantles something in your life and what He builds in its place.
- Format
- 3 sessions: Friday evening + Saturday
- Best for
- Women in major life transitions. Women's retreats.
- Copies
- Bible study available for purchase at event
Bible Studies & Lessons
Bible Studies Anchored In The Word
Each Bible study is rooted in Scripture and personal testimony. Available for purchase at events or through Teresa directly.
The Making of a Pearl
What God does in your hardest seasons. A study in suffering, purpose, and the slow, hidden work of God when life applies pressure.
Heavenly CPR
A Bible study about spiritual revival, the personal kind. For women who feel like they've lost their breath spiritually and need to find their way back to what sustains.
UNDONE
For women in transition. When God takes apart what you built and puts you back together with His hands. A study about surrender, rebuilding, and what comes next.
All three Bible studies are available for purchase at Teresa’s events.
Available to purchase online coming soon.
What Makes Teresa’s Events Different
What You Can Expect
Teresa's events are interactive, not lectures. She doesn't stand behind a podium and deliver a polished address at you. She opens the Bible, teaches what it says, and makes space for women to engage with it. Bring your Bible. Expect to use it.
Her style is direct. She doesn't manage your emotions or soften hard passages to keep you comfortable. But she's not harsh either. She's clearly someone who loves the women she's teaching, which is exactly why she won't waste their time on anything less than the truth.
Women typically say two things after Teresa's events: "That was exactly what I needed to hear" and "I didn't expect to actually open my Bible that much."
Book Teresa
Let's talk about your event.
If you're considering bringing Teresa to your church or event, the best first step is filling out the form below. It takes five minutes and gives Teresa what she needs to have a real conversation about fit, availability, and logistics. There's no sales pitch, just a straightforward inquiry.
Teresa reads every submission and responds within a few business days.