{"id":22175,"date":"2024-12-20T10:59:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/?p=22175"},"modified":"2025-02-26T16:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T21:39:23","slug":"championing-women-in-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/es\/2024\/12\/championing-women-in-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Championing Women in Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\">At the tail end of 2024, my family celebrated a big event: my grandmother-in-law, Mardell LeLaCheur (known as \u201cMimi\u201d by all her grands and greats), turned 90 years old. Both her party and her social media feed were filled with people representing her legacy: friends from Bible college, Open Bible pastors she had served alongside and church members she had served during her decades of ministry, friends she has grown close to in retirement, and, of course, the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who cherish her. She, like so many other women in ministry, has lived a rich life, fully invested in both her calling as a matriarch and her calling as a minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are so many challenges to being a woman who is called to church leadership, and in seasons of my life I have dwelt on and railed against these challenges. Today, as I reflect on my own life and those of my sisters and mothers in the Body of Christ, I find rest in gratitude. As women, we get to do all the best things: We make disciples both in the world and while we raise our children (whether biological or spiritual). We co-labor with God as we intercede, counsel the broken-hearted, lead people to Jesus, and preach His gospel in our homes, our churches, and across the globe. And if we must fight harder to walk in the fullness of our callings? Perhaps even that is a blessing, as our struggle makes each step worth celebrating, transforming our path into holy ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">There are so many challenges to being a woman who is called to church leadership, and in seasons of my life I have dwelt on and railed against these challenges.<\/mark><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open Bible has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbible.org\/about\/info-materials\">incredible history<\/a> of women who have led and served in our movement, both in the United States and abroad. Its endorsement of women in ministry echoes that found in both the Old and New Testament, as well as in the beginnings of the Pentecostal movement. We see evidence of God\u2019s call in the lives of saints like Mardell LeLaCheur and the late <a href=\"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/es\/2024\/12\/a-race-well-run-the-life-and-faith-of-ruth-ellen-bryan\/\">Ruth Bryan<\/a>, in those ministering in the marketplace like <a href=\"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/es\/2024\/12\/ministry-in-the-marketplace\/\">Kwabea Francis<\/a>, and in those who are expanding the Kingdom overseas like <a href=\"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/es\/2024\/12\/forever-a-new-creation-how-god-led-me-from-refugee-roots-to-a-life-of-mission\/\">Soukham Khanthavixay<\/a>. This issue of Message of the Open Bible includes the stories of many of these incredible women as well as resources to <a href=\"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/es\/2024\/12\/five-actions-to-address-the-gap-of-women-in-ministry-leadership\/\">address the gap<\/a> of women in ministry leadership still present in many of our churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you ask my twelve-year-old daughter, Nora, what she wants to be when she grows up, she\u2019ll answer in one of two ways. Depending on the day, she\u2019ll either tell you she wants to be a pastor or an astronaut (a friend has coined a new term for her future career: \u201cPastronaut\u201d). I\u2019m so grateful Nora is part of a church and a movement that will help her fly no matter which career she chooses. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbible.org\/filesimages\/pdf\/OpenBibleManual_12132024.pdf\">official statement on Women in Ministry &amp; Leadership<\/a> says in the Open Bible manual, \u201cWe have been blessed by the ministry and leadership of women, and we are committed to honoring and championing these women\u201d (p. 89). May we continue to champion and open doors for women and men alike as we work side by side to bring Jesus to the world.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the tail end of 2024, my family celebrated a big event: my grandmother-in-law, Mardell LeLaCheur (known as \u201cMimi\u201d by all her grands and greats), turned 90 years old. 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