 Almost equally useful was his wife, a sister of Shubal Stearns.”

In 2007, Baptist Women in Ministry instituted the Martha Stearns Marshall Day of Preaching to invite churches to encourage women to preach.On a Sunday in February each year, "we will join together to celebrate hearing the voices of women as they preach in pulpits across the United States.As more women enter the ministry, churches have a greater opportunity to welcome them into their pulpits," said Pam Durso, Associate Executive Director of the Baptist History and Heritage Society.