A friend sent me an article entitled, “Why We Don’t Need ‘Women’s’ Ministry.” Of course the title intrigued me since I direct the Answers for Women ministry at AiG! As I read the article, I realized the point the author was trying to make was not that we don’t need women’s ministry but that we don’t need the type of women’s ministry that is common in our churches and larger Christian community today. Read these excerpts from her article:
We’re choking on cutesy things and crafty bits, safe lady topics, . . . . We are hungry for authenticity and vulnerability, not churchified life hacks from lady magazines. Some of us are drowning, suffocating, dying of thirst for want of the cold water of real community. We’re trying really hard–after all, we keep showing up to your lady events, and we leave feeling just a bit empty. It’s just more of the same every time.I would love to wrestle with some questions that don’t have a one-paragraph answer in your study guide. I would like to do a Bible study that does not have pink or flowers on the cover.So here is my suggestion: Please stop treating women’s ministry like a Safe Club for the Little Ladies to Play Church.We are smart. We are brave. We want to change the world.We want to give and serve and make a difference. We want to be challenged. We want to read books and talk politics, theology, and current events. We want to wrestle through our theology.
Read the rest at the link: http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/georgia-purdom/2011/12/27/why-we-dont-need-womens-ministry-or-do-we/
