“If you see it you can be it”
Aims:
- For all women in leadership in a Baptist church to gather together and show a path forward to grow in their gifting and share their current story.
- A place to bring budding women leaders, “If you can see it you can be it”
- A safe place to share, encourage and pray for one another.
- To share ideas and resources that will grow each other.
How to Organise a Baptist Women Leaders Cluster
- Begin to make connections by discussing it with other Baptist women leaders. You can also create a facebook page (follow this link to see the existing Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/baptistwomenscluster/ ) and invite women leaders on to it and ask them to invite others.
- When there is some interest make a date at a local café so it has no particularly church ownership. Try and find a separate room so you can hear each other and have a safe space.
- Start with whakawhanaungatanga around coffee and food.
- Go around the group and share some of your story. What has been a joy this year? What has been a challenge?
- Smaller group discussion if appropriate
- Gather in the large group to pray for each other or if too large go smaller.
- Make the next time to meet (monthly or bimonthly) and then discuss what you will do next. One idea is to review a book on women in leadership together.
Resources
- “The Vulnerable Pastor” Mandy Smith
- “Emboldened” Tara Beth Leach