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During BWIM Month of Advocacy, we invite you to deepen your support for women in ministry by joining the Salome Month Giving Community.
Your monthly gift provides steady support to strengthen BWIM's advocacy, leadership development, and support for women serving in Baptist spaces.
Become a member of the Salome Monthly Giving Community and help sustain BWIM's work year-round:
| | Pictured: Rev. Amanda Lewis, a member of Sardis Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC, preaching with her son. | Don't forget to share with us how you or your church is partcipating in BWIM Month of Advocacy: | | |
BWIM is delighted to welcome Rev. Dr. Jay Kieve, abuse prevention and response advocate and Director of Ministerial Transitions at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, during the BWIM Month of Advocacy to help us have safer churches.
This webinar will discuss practical approaches to planning church security that limit the impact of ideological threats to female ministers.
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SPRING BOOK CLUB:
AUTHOR TALK BACK
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BWIM is hosting a special Author Talk Balk event for our Spring Book Club. Join us on Monday, March 30th, 6:30pm ET/ 5:30pm CT to meet and chat with Pricelis Perreaux-Dominguez, author of Being a Sanctuary.
Register here to join!
| | Continuing our Imago D.E.I.: Ministering to the Margins Lunch & Learn Series, Tuesday, April 7, at 12:00 pm ET / 11:00 pm CT, Rev. Kali Cawthon-Freels will discuss the topic of Ministering to the Margins: The LGBTQIA+ Community. | |
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You're invited to BWIM's The Good Grief Retreat: A Retreat for Black Baptist Women in Ministry Navigating Grief and Transition
Dates: June 12-14, 2026
Location: Stoneville, NC
Space is limited for this retreat. Spots are filling up!
| WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! | BWIM is interested in hearing about your experiences and hopes related to Christian practices. Please take this short survey to share your perspective with us! The information you provide will assist us in preparing a grant proposal with the hope of offering opportunities to further explore, experience, and engage Christian practices. | |
What is BWIM? What is our mission? How do I get involved?
You're invited to join us on Tuesday, March 24, 12:30 ET / 11:30 CT for a BWIM 101, where you'll learn our mission and vision, how BWIM supports women, and ways to connect and get involved:
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Be sure to mark your calendars for Thursday, June 18 at 5:30pm ET for the BWIM Dinner at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly. | CONGREGATIONAL CONSULTATION | Pictured above: BWIM’s first congregational consultation at Richmond’s First Baptist Church | |
The release of The State of Women in Baptist Life Report is a call for deep reflection and intentional action within every Baptist congregation.
Baptist Women in Ministry is offering consultations, which can be conducted with congregational lay leadership and/or church staff. The consultation process provides education and assessment of the markers of congregations which create an empowering environment for women as described in the report.
Don’t let the report’s findings stop at your church’s door—take the vital next step by contacting us to inquire about scheduling a consultation and begin your journey toward lasting, meaningful change:
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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 women ordained in Baptist life.
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Rev. Carol Harston (pictured) was called to be the senior pastor at Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
Rev. Marissa Farrow was installed as the first female pastor of Mt. Calvary in Baltimore, Maryland.
Rev. Kelli Kirksey was called to be the senior pastor at Fernwood Baptist Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
| | BWIM posts information online for any church/organization that contacts us directly to advertise their open position so that candidates can have access to a current list of open positions. | |
- Minister to Children (Part-Time): Zebulon Baptist Church, Zebulon, NC
- Minister of Children, Youth and Adult Discipleship (Full-Time): Yates Baptist Church, Durham, NC
- Minister to Children with Families (Full-Time): Calvary Baptist Church, Lexington, KY
- Student Pastor (Full-Time): Second Baptist Church, Liberty, MO
- Senior Pastor (Full-Time): First Baptist Church of Denver, CO
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