Advocacy

As you experience the significant stories of women, you may begin to ask, "How can I help?" Here are ways to become an advocate for women's roles in the church.

Support Women in Church Ministry

Determine your church’s view on women in leadership.

• Review the staff directory: Search your church’s website for discrepancies in titles between women and men (e.g. “pastor” vs. “director”). Check if women are included in elder or leadership boards.
• Observe the service: Notice if you see women leading worship services, Bible studies or other co-ed events.
• Ask a leader: Ask an elder or staff member if the church has a formal stance on women's roles in the church.

Advocate for women in your church.

• Recognize and encourage: Actively identify women using their spiritual gifts and offer them specific, verbal encouragement.
• Challenge tradition: Respectfully challenge long-held church traditions that have always been led by men. Consider ways women can be included.
• Ask questions: Ask women in church ministry about their ministry callings and how you can support and pray for them.

Learn More about Women in the Bible and the Church

Bible Resources

• The Blue Letter Bible: A free online resource and app that providing various translations alongside Greek and Hebrew tools.
• The Women’s Bible Commentary by Carol A. Newsom

Resources on Women in Scripture

• Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church by Nijay Gupta
• Equal: What the Bible Says about Women, Men, and Authority by Katia Adams
• Rediscovering Scripture’s Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Text by Lucy Peppiatt
• The Ministry of Women in the New Testament: Reclaiming the Biblical Vision for Church Leadership by Dorothy Lee
• The Alabaster Jar Podcast

Resources for Advocacy of Women in the Church

• Developing Female Leaders: Navigate the Minefields and Release the Potential of Women in Your Church by Kadi Cole
• Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE International)