The Way Forward For Our Women's Ministry.

Choiseul New Testament Church of God observes Women's Ministry week form Monday October 14 – Sunday October20, 2019.

The opening of the week’s activities took place at the Church on Tuesday past with  Deborah St Prix leading the worship session.  Sister Monica St Prix , Deborah's mom, later gave a short sermon on the topic of prayer.

Wednesday was dedicated to a question and answer session. Topics discussed were :-

• Maturity of a Christian,
•  How and why we pray.
• General discussions on women’s ministry and other church related issues.

Friday is expected to see a general fellowship of members, whereas Sunday will have a general service and closing of the week's events.

The week's activities is being coordinated by the pastor's wife.

Here some general thoughts on Women’s Ministry in our church. Though that ministry is still in its developmental stages we feel pretty confident that as time progresses a significant impact will be achieved on our members.

Our women’s ministry has the following purposes:

• To embed a theological vision for life in ministry for women.
• For the purpose of creating and maintaining sisterhood among the women in our church.
• To empower women to do ministry in the church.

We aim to intentionally meet women who want deeper theological reflection where they are. It won’t just happen. Women’s ministry also allows us to directly address the challenges of cultivating friendships across generations—whether someone is mentoring or being poured into.

From what I gathered in our discussion it appeared clearly our women’s Ministry’s goal is - to equip women to know the Lord and lead with strength, using their gifts and talents in order to serve in the church, reach the world and make disciples.

As most churches have moved away from having individualized ministries for both men and women, they are discovering there’s still a need for men and women to gather separately. We firmly believe that pastors and leaders  need to listen to the men and women of their churches. What are they hungry for? What do they need to learn about the Lord in this season?

Young  women Leaders at Roblot in 2014

There is great value and need for women to be under the teaching of women in order to learn what it looks like to lead as a woman. If we want a woman to lead as a woman, then women need to see women leading biblically in the church and in the community where they live and work.  

Our church needs to start with what we have the capacity to do. Provide a space for women to be empowered and taught by women, to gather and fellowship together, and to be free to go deep and grow together.

We are a church that does a lot from art and mercy, so we need to be always looking for opportunities for women to lead in worship, arts, mercy, and children. If a woman has a gift of teaching, ask how you can we nurture that woman?

Another suggestion would be to take time to figure out how we can cultivate the ministry, mission and leadership of women in our church, instead of just adding a women’s ministry. We don’t want to merely create a massive silo of women’s events; we want to reach women with the gospel, build them up as the church, and release them in the world to make disciples.

In closing here are two points to ponder over:  Women need women!  Sometimes just a hug, smile or a cry on a shoulder is what a woman needs and she needs other women not your husband for that.