Engaging the younger women in ministry is a constant theme today. Recently, we had a meeting of various ages of women’s leaders here at LifeWay. Our guest blogger today, Karen Alexander Doyel was one of our experienced leaders in attendance. She shares some thoughts about this topic we addressed in this post today. It seems women around the country are wondering how to get the young women … [Read more...]
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Jun 2013
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Jun 2013
Continuing this series of posts based on the meeting LifeWay Women hosted recently here in Nashville that included leaders of various ages, I want to move to the topic of discipleship. If you missed earlier posts, please read those first (part 1, part 2, part 3) Here are more takeaways from the topic of discipleship: Deep Bible study and even theological training are needed so that we can … [Read more...]
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May 2013
I want to continue this series based on the meeting LifeWay Women hosted recently here in Nashville. We had a dialogue between various ages of women’s leaders at the table to 3 days to discuss current topics and issues we are facing with women in the church. If you missed earlier posts, please read (part 1 and part 2) first. Here are more takeaways from the topic of mentoring: We must … [Read more...]
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May 2013
I want to continue this series based on the meeting LifeWay Women hosted recently here in Nashville. We had a dialogue between various ages of women’s leaders at the table for three days to discuss current topics and issues we are facing with women in the church. If you missed part 1, please read that first. Here are more take aways from the topic of today’s culture: Social media … [Read more...]
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May 2013
Can I just share the joy LifeWay Women had recently here in Nashville? We hosted a dialogue between various ages of women’s leaders at the table for 3 days to discuss current topics and issues we are facing with women in the church. Mostly we just dialogued, listened to one another’s hearts, and shared experiences as we grappled with effective ways to help women in today’s world know and … [Read more...]
I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this great response to our blog post, Older and Younger Women’s Leaders Working Together. Meredith, who serves with Women's Life Fellowship, is a 29 year old who has worked with women older than her since her early twenties in ministry both in church, and now at a local nonprofit. I just had to share with you her thoughts to make sure you didn’t miss … [Read more...]
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Apr 2013
One of the components of our 2013 Women’s Leadership Forum is “The Real View of What’s New…Doing Connections Well.” This will be a panel of pairs of older and younger leaders who are working together who will share what they have found works or not, how they are passing and taking the baton, the ins and outs, ups and downs of working together between generations of leaders. Here is … [Read more...]
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Mar 2013
Much has been said of the different phases or stages of a woman’s life and no matter what stage you are in, this blog post will speak to you about your own investment in the future women’s leaders. Guest blogger author and women's leader Martha Lawley will challenge you to consider whether or not you are going to seed! Much has been said of the different phases or stages of a woman’s … [Read more...]
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Mar 2013
I recently read a blog post that made me think we were still back in the 1980’s, or at least some of our ministries with women are. Women have been increasingly in the workplace since before then so I am wondering at the reference in this post to this being a new issue. And the comment, “Women’s ministry either is on the decline or has a PR problem—or both,” made me wonder why then … [Read more...]
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Feb 2013
Why is it our churches still struggle with how to get women to mentor other women? Seems a topic at each leadership training we host! But read how Lorie Looney Keene is being mentored in the daily-ness of life. This makes it so doable! Encourage your women to watch for these daily opportunities to make a difference in the life of a woman. As a seminary student and later as a seminary … [Read more...]
