Woman's Ministry

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- In response to a decline in sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, national Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) announced today it is offering a voluntary retirement plan to staff.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- In 1917, the Southern Baptist Convention received what Georgia's Christian Index newsjournal called "quite a shock" when a Texas church music leader made a motion at the SBC annual meeting concerning "the eternal question": Should women be allowed to serve as SBC messengers? Following a protracted -- and feisty -- debate that ended with a contested parliamentary maneuver, the convention answered that question in the negative. But the following year, Robert Coleman of First Baptist Church in Dallas made his motion again and prevailed.

NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Internationally known Bible teacher Kay Arthur will be the featured speaker at the Ministers' Wives Conference of the Southern Baptist Convention June 12 in New Orleans.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Spinning a yarn about a phone call from President George W. Bush to have breakfast in the White House, Jean Fleming described her disbelief and awe at being extended such an honor. She then drew a parallel between how she would react if such an invitation were extended and what could happen if individuals consider the scriptural mandate to spend time alone with God daily.

      NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"Froo-froo" will only get you so far.
      That's what Chris Adams, women's enrichment specialist at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, says about women's ministry.
      Gone are the days when women's ministry simply meant feel-good fellowships and exchanging recipes. Women in today's churches are hungry for something else -- knowing Christ, growing in his service and loving his Word, she said.

      NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Christians get so bogged down in the questions of prayer that they don't pray, Fern Nichols told women ministry leaders and potential leaders at the Women's Leadership Consultation, Feb. 8-10 at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

      NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Women in ministry who pour themselves out in prayer, personal testimony and in the investment of relationships will be richly rewarded, said speakers at this year's Women's Leadership Consultation, Feb. 8-10 at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.