Women in Ministry

This post is for the young women at the Arkansas Youth Department's Timothy Retreat - for teens who are sensing God's call to ministry. In the links below you will find a few resources to help you study the role of Women in Ministry, what the Assemblies of God thinks about it, and also my notes from the session. 

Final Words of Wisdom for Young Women Feeling a Call to Ministry:

• ·      Listen to the voice of Jesus – have mentors, observe others, learn from leaders, but ultimately you must be obedient to what God wants you to do. Be sensitive to His voice.
• ·      Take your time – you have an appointed number of days for a reason. The preparation of your own heart and the process of leading you to ministry is more important than the ministry. Let God develop your personality & interests as you live your life.
• ·      Don’t be afraid of singleness – God has placed us in families. Look for the people around you that become your family – you don’t have to create your own to be validated as a minister.
• ·      Get education – ask God what he would have you to do, may be Bible school, may not. Know the word of God, but be open to what God asks of you to do as it relates to study.
• ·      Get involved now – don’t wait until you have a degree, have a family, have an invitation. God is asking us to listen & be obedient now. He is active around you. What is he asking you to do?
• ·      Love people, not the ministry – you will fulfill God’s call if you genuinely love all people. Look for opportunities to share Jesus through words, actions, prayers, compassion.

PDF Resources to download:

Timothy Team Retreat - Women in Ministry Notes - Buckner
Assemblies of God Position Paper on Women in Ministry
Assemblies of God Position Paper on Deacons
Was Paul For or Against Women in Ministry - Keener
Dealing with Questions About Women in Ministry - Beckett
Ministry & Marriage - Reinas

Online Resources:
A/G Women in Ministry Website
Articles for Women in Ministry
Arkansas Women's Ministries

Books about Women in Ministry:

God's Women Then and Now - Gill & Cavaness
Paul, Women and Wives - Keener
Jesus Hearted Woman - Detrick
Why Not Women: A Biblical Study of Women in Missions, Ministry, and Leadership - Cunningham
A Year of Biblical Womanhood - Evans
Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit The Bible's View of Women - Bessey
Redeeming Singleness - Biblical Theology of Singleness - Danylak