BWIM's 2024 Annual Report | | BWIM's 2024 Annual Report is here! Read about the impact of your giving in 2024 and the difference you have made for women in ministry and leadership among Baptists. | | 2025 BWIM Month of Advocacy | | How are YOU participating in
BWIM Month of Advocacy? | | | | This downloadable calendar provides a daily action step to advocate for the full affirmation of women in ministry among Baptists throughout the month of March. Whether you’re an individual, church, or organization, you’ll find powerful ways to take action. And don't forget to tell us about your participation! | | BWIM's Lenten Devotional:
Seek Discomfort | | This Lenten devotional created for the BWIM community is designed to challenge and inspire you on your Lenten journey. Lead author, Mari Wiles, along with other writers from the BWIM community, invite you to step beyond the comfortable into the discomfort of honest self-reflection. Lent is a time for confronting our shadows, acknowledging our privilege, and embracing the discomfort of growth. This devotional provides opportunities for you to explore scripture, reflect in prayer, and engage in opportunities for restorative action. Devotions began on Ash Wednesday, continue weekly through Lent, and then are offered daily during Holy Week. | | Now there are even more ways to support Baptist Women in Ministry! And we've brought back and updated an old favorite with new options! Order today and have it in time to rep BWIM proudly during BWIM Month of Advocacy! Multiple colors and sizes available! | | BWIM's Addie Davis Scholarship Application Closes
This Thursday, March 27th | | | | |
Do you know a woman with a passion for ministry and leadership?
Or perhaps that woman is YOU!
The 2025 Addie Davis Scholarship Application is now open to help women take the next step toward fulfilling their calling in Baptist ministry.
| | BWIM is excited to offer scholarships of at least $2,000 to Baptist women pursuing Masters-level theological education or Doctor of Ministry degrees. A maximum of 6 scholarships will be awarded. | | |
2025 Lunch and Learns:
The Leadership Series
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Every First Tuesday of The Month Through May 2025
12:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM CT
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April: Leadership Development through Family Systems
Tuesday, April 1st
12:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM CT
Facilitator: Lombard Mennonite Peace Center
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May: Sermon Development
Tuesday, May 6th
12:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM CT
Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Janiece Williams
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March 24th, and 31st
6:30pm ET / 5:30pm CT
As women in ministry and leadership, we often find that our lived experiences inform our experiences with the Holy. Cole Arthur Riley offers a path to validating that truth through this powerful book.
"In these deeply transporting pages, Arthur Riley reflects on the stories of her grandmother and father, and how they revealed to her an embodied, dignity-affirming spirituality, not only in what they believed but in the act of living itself."
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Meredith Stone
- March 25-27: Thriving in Ministry Conference, Indianapolis, IN
- March 27-28: CBF North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
- March 31-April 1: Fellowship Southwest Board Meeting
- April 25-26: CBF Kentucky
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Nikki Hardeman
- March 27-29: Alliance of Baptists Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
- April 25: CBF South Carolina
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Barbara Lavarin
- March 25-27: Thriving in Ministry Conference, Indianapolis, IN
- March 27-28 CBF North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
- April 8: Campbell University Divinity School, Buies Creek, NC
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Heather Deal
- March 27-29: Alliance of Baptists Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
| | Save the Date
BWIM's 2025 Annual Gathering | | |
2025 BWIM ANNUAL GATHERING
NOVEMBER 6-8, 2025
SECOND-PONCE DE LEON
BAPTIST CHURCH
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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Beautiful and Terrible Things is a memoir by Baptist pastor, Amy Butler. In the book, Butler recounts how she embraced her calling and navigated the challenges of ministry, while also vulnerably sharing the personal realities and difficulties of a public ministry life. It is often difficult for women in ministry to be honest about their stories without fear of retribution in their current ministry roles, so this book is a gift in how honestly it reveals both the sacred beauty and deep pain of one minister’s life. I highly suggest listening to the audiobook, which is read by the author, to hear her stories in her own voice.
| | Ministry Transitions & Ordinations | | |
Have you transitioned to a new role? Have you recently been ordained? Let us know so we can celebrate you!
If you know a Baptist woman who has transitioned to a new ministerial role, been ordained or will be ordained soon, please send information nikkihardeman@bwim.info. Please also include pictures from ordinations as well! BWIM wants to share in celebrating congregational affirmation of all women in ministry, and it helps us keep records of all of the women ordained in Baptist life.
| | | Rev. Carrie Veal accepted a call to be the senior pastor of Second Baptist Church in Lubbock, TX. | | BWIM posts information online for any church/organization who contacts us directly to advertise their open position so that candidates can have access to a current list of open positions. | | |
New positions posted online since the last newsletter include:
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Director of the Baptist House of Studies (Full Time): Perkins School of Theology / Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
- Pastor for Youth and Community Ministry (Full Time): First Baptist Church, Columbia, MO
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Be sure to connect with your state or regional BWIM group for
events happening near you!
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