Listen to what some young adult women are saying. How does this help you as you reach and lead young women into the future?

What are Young Adult Women Saying? #7 from Chris Adams on Vimeo.

What are YOU doing to reach young women?

Pam Gibbs, Girls’ Ministry Specialist at LifeWay wrote this recently after our girls’ ministry web cast:

I looked across the landscape of my church on Sunday morning. In front of me were teenagers. Behind the organ was a woman with grandchildren. Behind me I could hear a toddler who was obviously unhappy about the need to sit still for more than three seconds. My mind immediately began to think about how to connect these generations together. And then, I immediately thought of our recent Web cast with Amy Pierson as we talked about discipleship and mentoring girls.

Amy Kendrick Pierson, girls’ minister at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, is a disciple and a discipler. She’s passionate about girls’ ministry but even more passionate about helping girls and young adult women discover and apply God’s Word personally.

We talked about the differences between mentoring and discipleship (you can mentor without discipling, but you can’t disciple without mentoring.) We talked about big ol’ mama CheezIts (you had to be there!) and being real and honest before girls. We even discussed whether girls should be co-discipled by a guy and a girl simultaneously. Interesting stuff.

I came away with a renewed passion for mentoring and discipleship. I came away remembering the people who discipled me. And I came away thinking that I love the fact that the way discipleship works best—among women and between women—is the way God set it up in the first place (Titus 2). I love that about God.

If you weren’t able to join us for that conversation on March 23 with Pam Gibbs, Amy Pierson and Chris Adams, you can still listen to it and see the presentation online. Just go online here. Let me know if you crave CheezIts after you listen. I’ve started craving them as I’ve typed this post!

Listen to what some young adult women are saying. How does this help you reach and lead young women into the future?

What Are Young Women Saying? #6 from Chris Adams on Vimeo.

What are YOU doing to reach out to young women?

Listen to what some young adult women are saying about mentoring. How does this help you reach and lead young women into the future? 

What are Young Adult Women Saying? #5 from Chris Adams on Vimeo.

What are YOU doing to reach out to Young Women?

“Will you disciple me?”
“Will you mentor me?”
“Can we meet and maybe you can show me how to read my Bible like you do?”
“Can you teach me how to hear from God?”

If you’ve been in ministry very long, you’ve probably heard these questions—or a variation of them. The concept of mentoring or discipling is not a new one. In fact, it’s been around since biblical times (check out Titus 2!). Scripture sets forth our mandate for discipling others.

But here’s the big question: what does discipleship look like in girls’ ministry? How do you differentiate (or do you?) between discipleship and mentoring? Or even counseling? The terms are thrown around, but with such different concepts in mind, we need to get on the same page, with the same direction and the same vision.

So let’s talk about it—on Tuesday, March 23rd at noon, through a web cast.

Amy Pierson, girls’ minister at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, will be joining us soon to discuss this topic. She a disciple and a discipler. She’s passionate about girls’ ministry but even more passionate about helping girls and young adult women discover and apply God’s Word for ourselves. She is also the author of the new girls’ ministry book Table for Two: Doing Life and Savoring Scripture Together.
 

Want to join us? Good. Join us on Tuesday, March 23rd at noon for the Girls Ministry: Mentoring Girls Webcast. 

Other articles on Girls' Ministry: 

Growing Girls into Godly Women 7/22/2006
4 Opportunities to Reach Teen Girls 9/22/05
5 Steps to Starting a Girls Ministry 9/8/04