May 5-8
The women's ministry team of the Biblical Leadership Training Center finished teaching the course "Women Mentoring Women" this week. We had participants from five local churches and women received practical
training and experience on how and why to begin women's ministries in their churches.
We had approximately 20 participants, 5 of which completed all the required reading and homework assignments and received certificates.
The first half of the course was taught in the fall and led to the offering of an evangelistic Bible study just for women at the Open Door Bible Church. A leadership team of women co-hosted and taught the study "Jesus Cares for Women" for seven weeks. New women came who are not yet believers and lay women in the church gained more experience in teaching and leading small group discussions. So many were encouraged as they reflected on the radical acceptance and love Jesus offered to widows, prostitutes, the sick, and the outcast women around him.
As we concluded teaching the second half of the "Women Mentoring Women" course we offered a special focus seminar led by the Russian director of Mothers of Preschoolers, Leah Alieva. 19 women from four Krasnodar churches participated. MOPS international has been in Russia since 2000. Today there are 49 MOPS groups representing 200 women and 300 children in the entire country of Russia. How does that statistic compare with numbers for MOPS groups in your church/city/state/country? I was astounded by the potential opportunities and great need to minister to women through MOPS in Russia.
We received practical advice on how to begin a MOPS program in our local churches and had four Master Classes on how to host various kinds of events and we learned how to make a beaded flower with seed beeds and wire. Since MOPS is such a new concept in Russia, it was really great to have the modeling and experience that the Master Class provided. My prayer is that we can see many more women reached with the love and acceptance of Christ through MOPS here in
Russia.
For the women of Open Door Bible Church a new vision was born, to begin a MOPS group in our church that would meet twice a month. We had several moms of preschoolers in attendance plus those who are willing to work as helpers for the program. We have a team of women who want to work together to organize the group and have already begun working on the plans and advertisements.
training and experience on how and why to begin women's ministries in their churches.We had approximately 20 participants, 5 of which completed all the required reading and homework assignments and received certificates.
The first half of the course was taught in the fall and led to the offering of an evangelistic Bible study just for women at the Open Door Bible Church. A leadership team of women co-hosted and taught the study "Jesus Cares for Women" for seven weeks. New women came who are not yet believers and lay women in the church gained more experience in teaching and leading small group discussions. So many were encouraged as they reflected on the radical acceptance and love Jesus offered to widows, prostitutes, the sick, and the outcast women around him.
As we concluded teaching the second half of the "Women Mentoring Women" course we offered a special focus seminar led by the Russian director of Mothers of Preschoolers, Leah Alieva. 19 women from four Krasnodar churches participated. MOPS international has been in Russia since 2000. Today there are 49 MOPS groups representing 200 women and 300 children in the entire country of Russia. How does that statistic compare with numbers for MOPS groups in your church/city/state/country? I was astounded by the potential opportunities and great need to minister to women through MOPS in Russia.
We received practical advice on how to begin a MOPS program in our local churches and had four Master Classes on how to host various kinds of events and we learned how to make a beaded flower with seed beeds and wire. Since MOPS is such a new concept in Russia, it was really great to have the modeling and experience that the Master Class provided. My prayer is that we can see many more women reached with the love and acceptance of Christ through MOPS here in
Russia.For the women of Open Door Bible Church a new vision was born, to begin a MOPS group in our church that would meet twice a month. We had several moms of preschoolers in attendance plus those who are willing to work as helpers for the program. We have a team of women who want to work together to organize the group and have already begun working on the plans and advertisements.
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