WomensMinistry.Net Asks You...Who is on your leadership team? Here are some more great leadership team ideas we received...    

Our women's ministry team has the following structure:

Two Co-Directors who oversee the entire ministry, interface with pastors, dream, vision, plan leadership training and retreats for leaders and involved in every aspect of women's ministry

Three member Core Team (in addition to the two Women's Ministry Co-Directors) that casts dreams, prays for the ministry, seeks God's will and makes decisions. Each of the five Core Team members have a sub-ministry/team.

• Women's Outreach - (plans and oversees all outreach activities)
• Women's Bible Study Coordinator - (trains Bible study leaders, oversees all women's studies)
• Care giving to Women - (meals, visits to sick and hurting, care bags for women who are going through a difficult time)
• Large Events Coordinator - (secures speakers for women's ministry retreats, plans all events)
• Shepherding - (mentoring ministry to women who are dealing with life's hurts and disappointments)

We then have a ministry team of 12 more ladies who then work on the five different sub-ministries. Some ladies work on more than one team, and we all are part of the two big events we have each year. This works well for us, and our ministry really grew after we were able to move into this structure. It took about five years to grow enough leaders to form a CORE team.

Submitted by: Laura Acuna Church Size: 800

At South Fork Baptist, our Women's Ministry Team is made up of:

Women's Ministry Leader: trains other team members, prepares monthly program, plans yearly events with other members

Basket Ministry Coordinator: prepares newsletter and does publicity

Bible Study Leader: planning, decorating for monthly programs and special events, setting up props for programs, shares basket ministry, plans year's events with other members, sets up childcare

Missions Leader: plans special missions events, does bread ministry, plans yearly events with other members, bread ministry, sets up refreshments

Missions/Music Leader and Historian: does monthly missions meetings, plans yearly events with other members, leads music and prepares special music, keeps scrapbook of our monthly events, helps with programs and decorations

Prayer and Crafts Leader: prayer warrior, plans and teaches crafts to women attending our monthly women's meetings, plans yearly events with other members, helps set up meeting rooms, sets up sanctuary prayer warriors and assigns greeters for Sunday morning services

Submitted by: Betty Barker

My team at Kirkland Church of the Nazarene is made up of eight women besides myself. We have a Shower Coordinator, two women who oversee special events, one woman who coordinates our Blessing Ministry (a group of 24 women who pray for and reach out to women in our church going through crisis with visits, cards and gifts), a Bible study coordinator, a Secret Sister coordinator, a representative from the senior-age group, a WM secretary

Even though the women each have areas that they coordinate, our group definitely works as a team to support each other and the women in our church.

Submitted by: Rhonda Bare, Director of Women's Ministries

I am the WM chairperson for Whyte Ridge Baptist church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Our Women's Ministries Leadership Team is made up of the coordinators for the following ministry areas:

Community Connections: This team promotes and gives leadership to 'missions' here at home and internationally.

Spiritual Growth Connections: This team looks after the church prayer chain, Bible Studies for women, our 'Secret Sisters' and 'Mutual Mentors' ministries which are all on-going ministries. There are other one time events that lead to the spiritual development of women that they would give leadership to.

Care Connections: This team gives leadership to ministries that provide care for people, such as H.O.M.E. (Help Others Meet Emergencies), hosting birthday parties at a seniors' homes, catering lunches at funerals and such.

Celebration Connections: This team plans two celebration events per year that appeal to women of all ages and whose main purpose is outreach. They go all out in the decorations and provide an evening of excellence in programming.

Each of the above ministry areas have sub-teams that look after each of the areas that come under their umbrella. Our leadership team also has a recording secretary and a financial secretary to look after those areas.

Submitted by: Grace Elke

Thank you for all the great ideas you sent our way. It is exciting to see how God is using each one of you to minister to women in your churches and communities.