VISION STATEMENT: “We invite women and girls to grow in Christ through love and unity.”
MISSION STATEMENT: “The Women’s Ministries Department of the Southeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists exists to challenge, equip, empower, and nurture women and girls through intentional discipleship, outreach, and service.”
GOALS: Nurture, Empower, Outreach
NURTURE
- Helping our sisters to grow in the areas of spiritual and personal development
- Encouraging a daily relationship with Jesus Christ
- Providing love, care and support to church members or persons in the community
EMPOWER
- Providing opportunities to women for spiritual, social, economic, educational, and psychological growth through leadership training and enrichment programs such as mental health awareness, abuse prevention, economic and literacy empowerment, and health education ministries.
- Making annual leadership training available to all women’s ministries leaders and their team members.
- Women are taught how to use their talents and spiritual gifts to grow God’s kingdom
- Programs and activities are intentionally designed for young adults, teen girls, and girls from five years old and up.
OUTREACH
- Train, encourage, and motivate women to reach out through friendship evangelism, public evangelism, small group ministry, and much more
- Encouraging women to be involved in service to others, each woman using the gifts that God has given her to draw others to Jesus
- Creating partnerships between church and the local community
Add Social Media link to WM Facebook and Instagram pages; invite them to like and follow us
Add link to No Limits archives, if possible (What is this?)
Add blurb about new show, “Women About Their Business”
Add all Anniversary information, including registration link (Where is this?)
Invite women to download mobile app (or add link, if possible)
Create a photo gallery and add photos of past events; create a way for churches to upload photos (Where are the photos to add?)
Add a comment box where people can submit suggestions (privately) of what they would like to see in WM
Add a link to prayer request (What is the link to the prayer request)
About the Women’s Ministries Director
- The Southeastern Conference Women’s Ministries Director is committed to building up the kingdom of God.
- She makes herself available to support women’s ministries activities at the local level as much as possible by her presence, her teaching, her counsel, and all resources at her disposal.
- She believes in the concept of TEAM—Together Everyone Achieves More
- She is dedicated to providing for the needs of SEC women with the support and assistance of 35+ women who represent the various districts and ages that comprise the constituency of SEC Women’s Ministries.
WM Awards Nominating Formhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrI118POpXPBPsbUeNtp6Ns8xl2scqn8KxYzOdS6edJNIRBg/viewform
SCHOLARSHIPS
Southern Union Scholarships (link: https://www.southernunion.com/ministries-services/womens-ministries/emerging-women-leaders-scholarship/)
NAD Scholarships
Ministries
Certification
Women’s Ministries Leadership Certification, Level 1 is available online at www.nadwm.org
Resources
- Women’s Ministries Day of Prayer
- Women’s Emphasis Day
- Abuse Prevention Emphasis Day
- Evangelism material for women
- Evangelism training
LINKS
Southern Union Women’s Ministries (https://www.southernunion.com/ministries-services/womens-ministries/)
North American Division Women’s Ministries (www.nadwm.org)
General Conference of SDA Women’s Ministries (https://www.adventist.org/people/family/women/ )
EndItNow
Offering – 2nd Sabbath of July
NAD Resources
AdventSource
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Domestic Abuse and Addiction
Domestic Abuse/Child Abuse
Teen Dating Abuse Hotline
North American Division of SDA
NATIONAL RESOURCES
National Domestic Violence Hot Line (24/7 crisis hotline) 800-799-SAFE
National Network to end Domestic Violence
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Resource Center for Domestic Violence
National Center for Domestic/Sexual Violence
