“The Department of Women’s Ministries exists to uphold, encourage, and challenge Adventist women in their pilgrimage as disciples of Jesus Christ and members of His world church.” Adventist Women’s Ministries | Home
With this ministry focus, women worldwide have been empowered both for personal faith enrichment and for mission outreach.
At the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session, held in St Louis, Missouri, USA, from 3 to 12 July, it was exhilarating to view the GC Session Women’s Ministries Division reports and hear about the tremendous work undertaken in each region.
Access the following link to view the various reports from around the world:
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Trans-European Division (TED) Women’s Ministries
Our TED Women’s Ministries GC Session report, compiled by Karen Holford, TED Director for Women’s, Children’s, and Family Ministries, was unique. Captioned – Celebrating Women in the Trans-European Division, we heard the inspirational accounts of women across Europe reaching out in creative and innovative ways, positively impacting lives through timely and relevant interventions. We have heard of lives being transformed through practical acts of service, which meet the physical, psychological, spiritual, social, and relational needs of individuals and families in their communities.
The inclusion of three women from our British Union Conference (BUC) territory was welcomed as a representation of the diverse demographic composition of our Church in the UK and Ireland, and the gifts that are prevalent.
We were thrilled to see the recognition of their impactful ministries highlighted in the report. This featured Joanna Daniel, a trauma-informed counsellor and her global reach and resources on abuse awareness and trauma recovery. Also spotlighted were Dr Marva Williams and Andrea Malcom in recognition of their support of women through abuse, domestic violence and menopause. They have produced a range of wellbeing products, called Shhh Menopause Wellness. Subsequent BUC News editions will feature interviews on the ministry impact of these three women.
You can access the TED report via this link: https://youtu.be/LYXS26XjcPA?si=rNwQLfUMzrDYbrS3
Women’s Ministries Impact
During her visit to the UK in 2024, the late Heather-Dawn Small, Director of Women’s Ministries at the GC, reported that in 2022 alone, 73,245 evangelistic meetings were conducted by Women’s Ministries teams globally.
Annually, the GC Women’s Ministries department sends out a Ministry and Activities Statistics form to be compiled by Division Women’s Ministries leaders. This information is then disseminated to Union Women’s Ministries leaders to compile data from their regions relating to three specific areas of ministry: Nurture, Empowerment, and Outreach.
In the category of Nurture, we report on retreats and congresses, including those attended by Adventist women and non-Adventist women. Under Empowerment, data is collected on training, seminars, meetings, and scholarships awarded. In the Outreach category, baptisms, reclaimed members, and a series of evangelistic meetings are recorded. We also report on the special days undertaken, which include the Women’s Day of Prayer (March), Women’s Ministries Emphasis Day (June) and EnditNow – abuse awareness and prevention (August).
The results of these collated reports are evident in the exceptional ministry output and measurable outcomes that were demonstrated at the recent GC Session and in the annual reports submitted.
The impressive ministry outcomes led by women were evident in all the GC Division reports. For example:
· The Southern Africa-India Ocean Division (SID) report includes the reclamation of 21,414 members over the years 2022-2024 and 30,441 baptisms during the same time frame.
· The East-Central Africa Division (ECD) Women’s Ministries constructed a church within a prison in Kenya and reopened seven previously closed churches across the ECD region. They also established multiple Women’s Centres of Influence.
· The West Central Africa Division (WAD) Women’s Ministries’ diverse outreach interventions, small groups evangelism, public evangelistic campaigns and friendship evangelism culminated in over 15,000 baptisms.
We praise God for the significant contribution women are making globally, positively impacting lives for God’s kingdom.