2023-2025 Ministry Focus
Be Strong, Be Courageous
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Be Strong, Be Courageous
Theme Scriptures
Joshua 1:9, Isaiah 41:10, 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, Ephesians 6:10-12, Psalm 56:3-4, Philippians 4:13 |
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In 2019, the American Baptist Women’s Ministries (ABWM) national board deeply reflected on the Ministry Focus for the next few years. They desired to implement a Ministry Focus that expressed our hopes for ABWM to thrive as a transformational space for spiritual growth and unity.
In 2019-2021, after prayer and discussion, the board decided the Ministry Focus would be Sister Seeking Wholeness. During this time, our webinar series and other resources centered on wellness and wholeness. In 2021-2023, the board selected a new exciting focus, Let the Walls Fall Down, understanding the need to remove internal and external, spiritual, emotional, and physical roadblocks and walls that keep us divided and disconnected as the body of Christ.
We are creating spaces for a better today and future for ABWM. We were passionate about removing walls that blocked our wholeness and wellness collectively and individually. We strive to be a Christ centered sisterhood, engaging and empowering women from the inside out. We know that it is essential that we are aligned, transparent, unified, respectful, discerning, and persistent in love, grace, justice, and mercy.
And with these ideals in mind, the national board moves our 32 region/states forward with our new 2023-2025 theme, Be Strong, Be Courageous, as we walk shoulder to shoulder, connected heart to heart in God’s call on this ministry to lift up women and in doing so we lift our denomination. We continue to seek holy wholeness, divine discernment to Let the Walls Fall Down removing all spiritual, emotional and physical walls, and now we will be bold and courageous with love. Consistent with Joshua 1:9, God has commanded us to Be Strong and to Be Courageous. We will not be afraid or discouraged For the Lord our God is with us, wherever we go.
In 2019-2021, after prayer and discussion, the board decided the Ministry Focus would be Sister Seeking Wholeness. During this time, our webinar series and other resources centered on wellness and wholeness. In 2021-2023, the board selected a new exciting focus, Let the Walls Fall Down, understanding the need to remove internal and external, spiritual, emotional, and physical roadblocks and walls that keep us divided and disconnected as the body of Christ.
We are creating spaces for a better today and future for ABWM. We were passionate about removing walls that blocked our wholeness and wellness collectively and individually. We strive to be a Christ centered sisterhood, engaging and empowering women from the inside out. We know that it is essential that we are aligned, transparent, unified, respectful, discerning, and persistent in love, grace, justice, and mercy.
And with these ideals in mind, the national board moves our 32 region/states forward with our new 2023-2025 theme, Be Strong, Be Courageous, as we walk shoulder to shoulder, connected heart to heart in God’s call on this ministry to lift up women and in doing so we lift our denomination. We continue to seek holy wholeness, divine discernment to Let the Walls Fall Down removing all spiritual, emotional and physical walls, and now we will be bold and courageous with love. Consistent with Joshua 1:9, God has commanded us to Be Strong and to Be Courageous. We will not be afraid or discouraged For the Lord our God is with us, wherever we go.
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Courageous Steps Virtual Walk-a-Thon Fundraiser
At the American Baptist Women’s Ministries’ Courageous Steps, we’re dedicated to creating a brighter, safer future for women and girls. We stand against domestic violence, systems that perpetuate poverty, and sex trafficking. We amplify women's voices, agency and nurture leadership, while fostering spiritual growth and supporting those in need. But to make this vision a reality, we need you. Join us in our mission to empower and uplift women and girls everywhere. Together, we can advance beyond. Sign up to walk at least 1 mile and raise $1300. Register HERE! ABWM and IM Hope for Her
Hope for Her is a new collaborative initiative launched in 2024 and forged between American Baptist Women’s Ministries (ABWM) and International Ministries (IM). This collaborative effort aims to bolster support for women and girls through the various ministries of ABWM and IM. This initiative will unite efforts to uplift and empower women across the globe. Hope for Her seeks to illuminate the reality of God’s promise in Jeremiah 29:11 of “a hope and a future” for women and girls in the United States, Puerto Rico, and abroad. All contributions made through the Hope for Her initiative will directly support ministries for women and girls through IM and ABWM. Ministries for Women and Girls
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