OUR MOTTO
“A movement of women committed to Jesus Christ, committed to making disciples who make disciples…”
OUR VISION
Our vision is that each local church would establish a Women's Ministry that is committed to making disciples of Jesus in a way that is relevant in its own context while being balanced in:
Winning women to Christ
Building them in their faith
Equipping them to be disciple-makers
OUR VALUES
- Prayer First - a priority in all we do
- Scripture - central to our ministries
- Networking Leaders - for mutual accountability and support
- Leadership Development - leaders identified and equipped
- Communication - an exchange of vision, values and ideas
- Global Action - responding to the needs of the world
- Global Connection - care and prayer for our international workers
- Cultural Relevance - appropriate to community & church context
MINISTRY TO WOMEN IN THE LOCAL CHURCH
Healthy ministry to women…
- is built on the foundation of prayer, it is God’s work
- follows Jesus’ example of ministry and is balanced in the aspects of winning, building & equipping
- is unified under one leader/team
- is accountable to and affirmed by its local church Senior Pastor & Board of Elders (it is in agreement with and under the authority of the local church)
- is involved in missions, the direction of which is defined by local church leadership; it considers options offered by AWM to facilitate this involvement, i.e. short term missions trips, retreat missions projects, Global Outfitting & Canadian Project
- partners with the equipping work of Sonlife
- has its leadership networked with other local church women’s ministries for the purpose of support, prayer, accountability, training, resource sharing, etc.
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