Mission
The
Department of Women's Ministries exists to uphold, encourage, and challenge
Adventist women in their pilgrimage as disciples of Jesus Christ and members of
His world church.
Our mission is in the larger sense common to all Christians -- that of
uplifting Christ in the church and in the world. But more specifically, we are
called to:
- elevate
women as persons of inestimable worth because they have been created and
redeemed
- enable
women to deepen their faith and experience spiritual growth and renewal
- build
networks among women in the world church to encourage bonds of friendship
and mutual support and the creative exchange of ideas and information
- mentor
young Adventist women, encouraging their involvement, and creating paths
for them as they reach for their potential in Christ
- address
the concerns of women in a global context
- bring
women's unique perspectives to the issues facing the world church
- seek
expanding avenues of dynamic Christian service for women
- challenge
each Adventist woman with her potential to complement the gifts given to
other women and men as they work side by side to further the global
mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - that out of the fullness we
as women have personally found in Jesus Christ, we may be empowered to
share the good news within our families, among our fellow believers, and
in ever expanding circles in the unsaved world.
Philosophy
The Department of Women's Ministries is committed to encouraging, challenging,
equipping, and nurturing Seventh-day Adventist women as they do their part in
carrying the Gospel message to the world.
"The Lord has a work for women as well as for men. They may take their
places in His work at this crisis, and He will work through them" They can
do in families a work that men cannot do, a work that reaches the inner life.
They can come close to the hearts of those whom men cannot reach. Their labor
is needed. " --Welfare Ministry, p 145.
Purpose
The primary purpose of the Department of Women's Ministries is to nurture,
facilitate, and support women in their Christian lives as disciples of Jesus
Christ and members of His World Church. In consultation with administration and
other departments of the Church, the department shares the responsibility for
developing a global evangelistic strategy and provides training to equip the
women of the church to uplift Christ in the Church and in the world. "...
we may do a noble work for God if we will. Woman does not know her power
...There is a higher purpose for woman, a grander destiny. She should develop
and cultivate her powers, for God can employ them in the great work of saving
souls from eternal ruin."- Testimonies for the Church, vol 4, p 642.
The Department of Women's Ministries will focus on the six critical issues that
were identified by the division Women's Ministries directors, and voted by the
Women's Ministries Advisory, as being barriers preventing women from reaching
their full potential: illiteracy, poverty, threats to health, length of workday
and poor working conditions, abuse, and the need for training and mentoring for
greater involvement in the mission of the Church.
Women's Ministry Director: Adeline Luberis
Assistant Women's Ministry Director: Arlene Adams
Women's Ministry
Committee Members
Juliet
Bright
Norma Howell
Carol McLean
Doreen Williams
Supervising Elder - Elder Eileen Furlonge
