Baptist Women in Ministry

We’re inviting you to take the next step in affirming, valuing, and elevating women in ministry among Baptists in March 2023! In addition to inviting a woman to preach, we also encourage you to engage in one of the forms of advocacy listed below during March, which is also Women’s History Month. Both churches and individuals can participate. As you participate, please use the form below to share your participation with us!

How To Participate In Bwim Month Of Advocacy

During Baptist Women in Ministry (BWIM) Month of Advocacy in March: Invite a woman to preach (or encourage your church leadership to invite a woman preach) AND choose one of the following to further your advocacy.

• Advocate for the ordination of women in ministry in your church

• Advocate for pay equity, paid paternity leave, and professional development opportunities for women in ministry in your church

• Evaluate ministerial titles for women in your church and advocate for equality with men’s titles

• Advocate for women to be elected to community and denominational boards and committees

• Give a scholarship to a college or seminary woman preparing for ministry

• Schedule sexual misconduct, harassment, and assault training for leaders in your congregation

• Donate to support a woman missionary whose work benefits women

• Find a tangible way to encourage the women who serve as chaplains in various fields such as the military, healthcare, and other settings

• Engage biblical support for women in ministry and women’s equality in Bible studies, sermons, and youth/children’s lessons

• Implement spiritual formation resources that are empowering to women and girls

• Start a book club with your church staff or Bible study group about the challenges that women face in the church

• Host an experienced woman in ministry to visit with younger women about discerning a call to ministry

• Evaluate the art in your church and add pieces which include women

• Evaluate the songs and liturgies used in your corporate worship and add pieces that have inclusive language for people and expansive language for God

• Evaluate and restructure lay leadership in your congregation to intentionally include women in all levels of leadership (deacon body, church council, committees, etc.)

• If you are a male minister or leader, find one opportunity that you have been given which you might be able to share with a woman instead of accepting it yourself

• Partner in the ways Baptist Women in Ministry advocates for women in ministry by giving an individual or congregational donation or by becoming a Salome Community monthly donor

If you would like recommendations or help in implementing these or other avenues of advocacy for women in ministry, contact the BWIM staff for assistance or recommendations.

Find Resources from BWIM Month of Preaching