It’s a great time to be a woman! There are many new opportunities available to women in 2017, and that includes the ministry. More and more, women are being added to church staffs and using their gifts and skills to advance the Kingdom. I personally landed in a ministry role because I was available and […]
Archives for February 2017
Is Your Ministry Reaching Teen Girls?
When discussing the biblical model for mentorship and women, we often go to Titus 2, which is a beautiful picture of cross-generational relationships. Recently, though, God opened my heart to a fresh understanding of these relationships in the book of Luke. After Mary accepted the call to be the long-awaited Messiah’s mother, she visited her […]
Are You A Safe Person for the Woman in Crisis?
I have always had a heart for people. Empathy, compassion, grace — these came easily for me, a part of God’s gifting on my life. But I have not always been a safe person for others. It wasn’t until I encountered a time in my life when I desperately needed comfort that I realized how […]
3 Keys to Develop Your Personal Vision
Once I had a professor in college say to me, “If you want to get something done ask a busy person to do it.” Leaders are busy people, particularly women leaders. We wear many hats and seemingly spin many plates. In the words of Rosie the Riveter, “We can do it!” And we can. But […]
6 Steps to Finish Well
Not to brag, but I’m training for a triathlon. It’s really more like a prayer request. Anyone who knows me can testify to my athletic prowess (none) and competitive nature (nonexistent). I’ll need all the help I can get. I did my first tri a couple of years ago. Kinda like the time I started […]
6 Ways to Minister Well to Single Mothers
I was that single mother you are familiar with. The one who sits in the back of the church with her children and tries to sneak out quietly. If you, as a ministry leader, caught me and asked how I was doing, I would have likely told you I was “fine.” But I wasn’t fine. […]
5 Ways to Protect Yourself from a Fixer Mentality [Video]
As a leader, it can be tempting to think you are responsible for the change in someone or even in a ministry. Learn from Bobi Ann Allen how to be obedient to the call while trusting the results to God. In this video, you will learn: Why some of the practical and most basic steps […]
3 Ways Accountability Advances Kingdom Work
We are not meant to walk the road of ministry alone but instead with kingdom advancing relationships. I have seen first-hand the difference these relationships can make in my own life and the advancement of the Kingdom. As God began calling me out of the casual and into the intimate things of God, I sought […]