Designing Effective Women's Ministries: Choosing, Planning, and Implementing the Right Programs for Your Church

By Jill Briscoe, Beth Seversen, Laurie A. McIntyre

Book Overview

For nearly twenty-five years, Elmbrook Church in Waukesha, WI, has supported a variety of ministries by and for women. Today their program stands as a model. Yet, as the authors of Designing Effective Women's Ministries will tell you, it did not happen overnight, but through trial and error. In Designing Effective Women's Ministries, the authors share what worked for them and what didn't. they explain how to start where you are, with what you have, and how to do what God wants you to do. Designing Effective Women's Ministries included tips and techniques for establishing groups and programs that meet the needs of today's women. The book shows how to develop programs that are specifically tailored to your church and your community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310431913
• ISBN13: 9780310431916
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

women ministry handbook!

I was the women ministry leader of my church back in 2000. Trying to find out ways to improve the existing ministry at that time; I ran into this resource book. The book was well organized and provided much information to lead a women ministry in any size. I still read it every once in a while. If you are priviledged to lead a women ministry, this book is a prayer-answered.

Nuts and Bolts of Effective Women's Ministry

If you've felt the nudge and heard the call to start ministering to women in your community and church -- click on the apporpriate buttons and buy this book. Through candid, practical chapters Briscoe and company lead you through the nuts and bolts of building an effective ministry. The glue, of course, that holds it all together is prayer and the authors leave no doubt that they put their ministry in the hands of the Lord. If you're looking for a straight forward aid to designing ministries that are people centered (not program centered) and meet the needs of contemporary women -- both within and outside the local church, this is the book for you. Enjoy!