Baptist Women in Ministry News
April 2021
We are looking forward to being with you virtually for the BWIM Annual Gathering on Wednesday, June 30!
The main celebration will be at 10:30 EDT / 9:30 CDT, and we will also have other opportunities for a virtual coffee hour and interactive presentations. We hope you'll mark your calendars for that morning!
EASTERTIDE SERIES
On the first Easter morning, women were the faithful ones who came to Jesus' grave and became the first evangelists of the good news that Jesus is risen! And yet, as important as women are to the Easter story, we do not hear the voices of women and stories of women often enough in this season. So during Eastertide this year, BWIM is presenting a devotional series on the women disciples featuring our State and Regional BWIM Leaders. Each week we post a video and written devotional for your reflection. We hope this season will be one that inspires you to listen for the women disciples both in scripture and who are all around you.
We are so grateful for our BWIM Leadership Team members who met for our spring meeting on April 8 and 15! We gave reports, listened to reports, asked questions, laughed, dreamed, and imagined all the ways BWIM will continue its good work in the year ahead.

We are especially grateful to Courtney Allen Crump, Anyra Cano, and Lawrence Powers who will rotate off of the Leadership Team after the Annual Gathering in June. They have served and led BWIM during the past three years of transition and have provided support and encouragement to all of us who have served on BWIM staff during this time.

Pictured above:
Top row: Ellen Di Giosia, Lynn Brinkley, Meredith Stone, Micah Pritchett
Middle row: Rebecca Mathis, Lawrence Powers, Ossie X. McKinney, Courtney Allen Crump; Bottom Row: Ashton Wells. Not Pictured: Tripp Martin and Anyra Cano.
It's not too late for
BWIM Month of Preaching!
Has your church participated in BWIM Month of Preaching? If not, know that it's not too late! We would love to include your participation whenever it happens.

If your church is still having virtual worship services, we hope you will see this as an opportunity to invite a woman to preach online. We are already learning of creative ways churches are participating and we look forward to sharing those stories in the months ahead.

In addition to the bulletin inserts and information we have provided in previous years, this year we added NEW VIDEO RESOURCES that you can use in your worship services as a part of your participation in Month of Preaching. If you are having trouble downloading these videos, please let us know so we can help.

Don't forget to let us know about your church's participation by filling out the BWIM MONTH OF PREACHING PARTICIPATION FORM or emailing us. We would also love to have a picture of every woman who preaches during Month of Preaching so that we can share it on our social media sites.

For those who might be wavering on whether or not your church will participate this year, know that when your congregation participates in BWIM's Month of Preaching:

  • You provide a woman an opportunity to share her gifts and calling in ways she might not get to do on a regular basis
  • You demonstrate consistency in your message of affirmation of women in ministry
  • You encourage your congregation to learn to listen for God's voice through different lenses which helps broadens all our understandings of God and God's work in the world
  • You are able to stand in solidarity with other Baptist congregations who also affirm God's calling on the lives of women in all forms of ministry and leadership

SUPPORTING BWIM
Pictured, Rev. Stefani Riley
All the work Baptist Women in Ministry does and all the ways in which this organization contributes to the shift in Baptist culture happen because of people like you who believe in our ministry and who share in our mission of affirming all those whom God has gifted for ministry.

We hope you will consider making a gift to BWIM so that our shared vision of a church which values and empowers the gifts of women will continue to move forward.

ORDINATIONS
Baptist Women in Ministry has gathered ordination resources that can help with the planning of an ordination service, including litanies, poems, blessings, responses, and charges, all used in previous ordination services.

Our website also has resources for pastoral installation services. We hope these resources will be helpful to you as you prepare for your significant days of celebration.

To send in notification of ordinations or if you have ordination or installation resources that you would like to share with BWIM, email them to lynnbrinkley@bwim.info.
Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC ordained Faith Dickens on March 28, 2021 during a ZOOM worship service.
MINISTRY SEARCH RESOURCES
Baptist Women in Ministry offers resources and assistance both to churches searching for a minister and ministers searching for a new position. Churches and candidates in need of assistance may now submit information, job descriptions, and resumes online via BWIM’s Ministry Search Registration Forms. BWIM’s assistance is provided as a ministry, and there are no fees for these services. 
ON THE MOVE
Amy Brown, youth minister, South Main Baptist Church, Houston, Texas.
Jenni Chilton, minister to children and their families, First Baptist Church, Dalton, Georgia.
Emily Collins, minister of children and families, Westwood Baptist Church, Springfield, Virginia.
Tracy Hartman, transition pastor, Farmville Baptist Church, Virginia.
Tanya Parks, minister of children and retirees, University Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Beth Roberts, executive vice president and chief operating officer, CBF Church Benefits Board, Decatur, Georgia.
OPEN POSITIONS
Positions are listed by state, city, open position, church name. BWIM collects these openings from a wide variety of sources, and the degree of openness to women ministers among the listed churches varies. In its effort to advocate, network, and connect, BWIM provides this list as a resource to those searching for ministry positions. 

ALABAMA
Alpine-Pastor-Alpine Baptist Church
Birmingham-Pastor-Shades Crest Baptist Church
Huntsville-Minister of Music-Weatherly Heights Baptist Church

FLORIDA
Gainesville-Pastor-Parkview Baptist Church
Gainesville-Associate Pastor for Discipleship Ministries-First Baptist Church
Palm Coast-Pastor-Hammock Community Church

GEORGIA
Alpharetta-Mobilization Pastor-John Creek Baptist Church
Carrollton-Minister to Students-Tabernacle Baptist Church
Cornelia-Pastor-First Baptist Church
Duluth/Johns Creek-Pastor-Parkway Baptist Church
Forsyth-Pastor-Rocky Creek Baptist Church
Hawkinsville-Associate Pastor to Families and Children-First Baptist Church
Madison-Pastor-Madison Baptist Church
Manchester-Assistant Pastor with a Focus on Youth-First Baptist Church
Moultrie-Pastor-Trinity Baptist Church
Moultrie-Youth Minister-Trinity Baptist Church
Troutville-Pastor-Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

ILLINOIS
Carmi-Houseparent Couples-The Baptist Children’s Home

INDIANA
Camden-Pastor-First Baptist Church
Terre Haute-Associate Pastor-First Baptist Church

KENTUCKY
Corbin-Associate Pastor of Spiritual Formation-First Baptist Church
Danville-Minister to Children/Middle School Students-Lexington Avenue Baptist Church 
Mayfield-Minister of Music-Trace Creek Baptist Church

LOUISIANA
Lake Providence-Executive Director-Together for Hope Louisiana

MISSOURI
St. Joseph-Pastor-Wyatt Park Baptist Church

NEW YORK
Syracuse-Pastor-Bellewood Baptist Church

NORTH CAROLINA
Albemarle-Pastor-First Baptist Church
Apex-Associate Pastor of Youth and Young Adults-Woodhaven Baptist Church
Benson- Pastor-Bethlehem Christian Church
Boone-Associate Pastor-First Baptist Church
Butner- Associate Pastor of Children and Youth Ministries-First Baptist Church
Cary-Greenwood Forest Children's Center-Greenwood Forest Baptist Church
Clemmons-Minister of Youth and Discipleship-First Baptist Church
Durham-Pastor-Hope Valley Baptist Church
Fuquay-Varina-Pastor-Bazzel Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Laurinburg-Pastor-First Baptist Church
Hillsborough-Pastor-First Baptist Church
Maiden-Minister for Middle and High School Students-East Maiden Baptist Church
Morehead City-Associate Pastor/Minister of Education, Discipleship, Missions-First Baptist Church
Mount Airy-Associate Pastor for families-First Baptist Church
Mount Holly-Minister of Music-First Baptist Church
Raleigh-Minister of Music-First Baptist Church
Winston-Salem-Ministry Support Manager-Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

PENNSYLVANIA
Mercer-Pastor-Mercer Baptist Church

SOUTH CAROLINA
Beaufort-Minister of Youth and Communication-The Baptist Church of Beaufort
Columbia-Executive Minister/CEO-The South Carolina Christian Action Council, Inc.
Rockhill- Associate Pastor for Spiritual Formation and Missions-Oakland Baptist Church

TENNESSEE
Knoxville-Youth Minister-First Baptist Church
Memphis-Pastor-First Baptist Church
Tullahoma-Associate Pastor-King's Cross Church
 
TEXAS
Coppell-Worship Pastor-Valley Ranch Baptist Church
Dallas-Children's Minister-Cliff Temple Baptist Church
Dallas-Director of Development-The Reformation Project
Harker Heights-Pastor-Trinity Baptist Church
Houston-Pastor-River Oaks Baptist Church
Longview-Minister for Discipleship and Connections-First Baptist Church
Universal City- Children's Minister-First Baptist Church

VIRGINIA
Annandale-Pastor of Youth and Young Adults-Parkwood Baptist Church
Ashland-Executive Director of Missions-Dover Baptist Association
Glen Allen-Director of Communications-Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Hampton-Associate Pastor Children and Youth Discipleship-Hampton Baptist Church
Kenbridge-Pastor-Kenbridge Baptist Church
New Kent County-Pastor-Emmaus Baptist Church
Richmond-First Baptist Church-Director of
Springfield-Minister of Children and Families-Westwood Baptist Church
Suffolk- Pastor-Bethlehem Christian Church
Troutville-Pastor-Troutville Baptist Church
Vinton-Associate Pastor of Youth and Missions-Vinton Baptist Church
Waynesboro-Associate Pastor of Spiritual Growth- First Baptist
State and Regional BWIM
Be sure to connect with your state or regional BWIM group for
events happening near you!
Alabama
Laura Stephens-Reed

Arkansas
Brittany Stillwell

Florida
Tammy Snyder

Georgia
Katie Faison
katienfaison@gmail.com 

Heartland (Kansas/Missouri)
Laurel Cluthe

Robin Sandbothe
robinrsandbothe@gmail.com

Kentucky  
Laura Levens
North Carolina
Ka'thy Gore Chappell

South Carolina
Anna Burch

Mary Frances Thompson 

Tennessee
Eileen Campbell-Reed

Vicki Violette

Texas
Anyra Cano

Virginia
Nancy McDaniel 
Upcoming Events

BWIM NC, Spring Virtual Gathering, Thursday, May 20, 10:30-11:45 a.m.