Women’s Ministry

Church departments

WORK PHILOSOPHY

  1. The vision of working with women

The work with women in Bethel Church aims to glorify God by forming mature disciples in Christ. This will be achieved by encouraging and facilitating the personal spiritual growth of as many of the women of our church as possible to become healthy and active members of the Body of Christ, by motivating, equipping and involving them in the various aspects of Christian service for the purpose of building and expanding the Kingdom of God.

  1. Mission statement

A. We desire that every woman in the church, in accordance with Colossians 1:10-12,

  • to discover God personally;
  • to live a life of faith grounded in the Word and reflecting the fullness of the Holy Spirit;
  • to identify and use the spiritual gifts with which she has been endowed in accordance with the calling she has received and under the authority of church leaders;
  • to be an example worthy of imitation in the family, church, among neighbors and at work.

B. After identifying several ministry needs in our church, the following departments were outlined (in alphabetical order):

I. Administrative

A. Resources for other compartments

  1. mission
  2. visiting the sick
  3. social compartment

B. Church Activities

  1. hospitality, organization of meals at church
  2. welcoming people into the church
  3. general cleaning, building maintenance, decoration for special events

C. Service offers – babysitting, cleaning, patient care

II. Counseling

  1. Counselor training
  2. Counseling hour
  3. Telephone counseling

III. Spiritual growth, discipleship, mentoring

  1. Formation of women’s discipleship groups
  2. Organizing conferences for women
  3. Training leaders in working with women (mentors)

IV. Education

  1. Free or sponsored meditations
  2. Courses, professional qualifications
  3. Childcare training
  4. Library

V. Mission

  1. Local women missionaries
  2. Women missionaries in other countries, or areas of the country
  3. Prayer group to support missionaries and the church’s mission work

VI. Prayer

  1. Prayer chain for church problems, special issues
  2. Spiritual warfare groups

VII. Visiting

  1. Patients in hospitals
  2. Elderly sick people at home
  3. Families with special problems
  4. Medical visits

Principles of operation of compartments:

  • Each compartment will be coordinated by one or two women;
  • The role of the coordinators will be to encourage the participation of as many women as possible in the respective compartment, depending on their availability and the gifts they have;
  • The aim will be to form a working core in each department, promoting teamwork;
  • In order to develop the work in the long term, consideration will be given to both the involvement of mature women and the attraction of as many young women as possible, in order to train them for ministry;

Periodic meetings of all women in the church for fellowship and encouragement are envisaged, when the activity carried out in the compartments will be analyzed and objectives will be established.

Working with women is an integral part of our church’s work, complementing the various activities taking place in existing departments.