how to encourage women leaders
Heather Kirk Davidoff over at the emerging women group blog kicks off the conversation with a few GREAT ideas of her own. If you’re so inclined, go over there and add your own ideas in the comments. Please dont’ comment here, go there instead. Thank you.
Heather writes, “I’ve been seeing way too many comments here and elsewhere about how hard it is to find women who are willing to lead in various emerging church contexts—by speaking up front, writing articles, writing books, or otherwise getting their voice out into the public sphere. I’m particularly disturbed by comments by men along the lines of, ‘I would love to have more women involved in leading (insert project here), but every women I asked turned me down!’ …
“So, let’s take to heart Mother Jone’s advice: ‘Don’t mourn, organize.’ Let’s create a list of 50 ways to encourage a woman leader. (Notice that I didn’t say, ‘encourage a woman to lead’!) I’ll start and please add more ideas in our comments.”
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