Women do things together. We shop together, have lunch together and even go to the restroom together! What if we could leverage this natural instinct to do things together into a search and rescue mission for the lost? What if we equipped the women in our churches to use their normal “girl stuff” activities as […]
8 Unique Ideas to Engage Your Community
How can your church touch the community around you? It may be that your church is already doing a great job at engaging your local community, or perhaps you’ve been charged with finding the needs and opportunities. In either case, it can be beneficial to stop and explore where God may be leading you to […]
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. […]
3 Ways to Integrate Art & Bible Study
Are you interested in helping women in and around your community grow their faith? Have you been looking for new ways to expand your reach? Integrating art into your ministry may be the answer! Many women in our communities have never attended church. Some are curious about God but feel too nervous to attend a […]
Discover the Paradox of Prison Ministry
I don’t know of a Christian on earth who would argue that prison ministry isn’t biblical. Jesus Himself spoke of visiting the prisoner in Matthew 25. The paradox of prison ministry is that it wasn’t until I freely walked into a place of confinement, the dark, desperate prison yard, that I realized my own chains. And […]
People Are Not Projects
As the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays near, our little ministry minds start churning, don’t they? And benevolence is usually at the top of the list. No doubt we want to take these opportunities to bless and minister to others in the best of ways. So, how can we do this without making the recipient of […]
3 Creative Ideas to Host Impactful Events
Event planning can be fun for some and cumbersome for others. Either way, it takes a whole lot of work. There’s a reason people hire event planners who do this sort of thing for a living, right? Have you ever thought about looking at planning an event as an opportunity? Sometimes that shift in perspective […]