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The State of Ministry to Women Today
- 2024/10/08
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Kelley Mathews Becky Loyd What is the state of ministry to women today? Lifeway conducted a survey to find the answer. In this episode BOW Minister Team Member Kelly Mathews interviews Becky Loyd of Lifeway about what their survey revealed about women's ministry in the local church. The results provide facts and figures that support the need for women's ministry in the local church and encourage and challenge the women in its leadership. These findings reveal how valuable a women's ministry is to a church. You can link to the video version of this episode if you prefer watching it. You may also benefit from looking over BOW's other resources on the topic of women's ministry. Time Stamps: 00:21 Introductions 02:51 Survey results 11:00 Work still needing to be done 15:26 Volunteer vs. paid women leaders 22:44 Why approach your pastor? 25:38 Encouraging women leaders who are underpaid, etc. 29:14 Closing comments & other resources Resources: https://research.lifeway.com/state-of-ministry-to-women/ TranscriptKelley >> Welcome to Beyond Ordinary Women Ministries. I am Kelley Mathews, your host today. And with me I have Becky Loyd. Becky is with Lifeway, but I feel like you've had a new title change here recently. Can you give me a sense of what you're doing now? Becky >> Yes, I have had a new title change, but I am acting as my previous title as the director of Lifeway Women. So I have actually been at Lifeway for 24 years, if you can believe it. I worked a lot my time in our kids ministry area until about 2010. And then I grew up and graduated to work with adult and women's ministries. And just in the past few months, I don't know if this is growing up or I don't know exactly what this is, but I am working on our really strategic planning for all of Lifeway. So working across all of our different ministry areas and making sure we're aligned going in the same direction to serve church leaders. It's interesting, I was called to ministry. My dad was a Minister of Music. So ministry is in my blood and when I was about to kind of enter the workforce, I had a moment where it was, should I go to seminary? And I applied and did all the things and then I ended up in business school. And so I've been doing. You hate to call it the business of ministry but that's really the gifting that God gave me. And so I have been working at Lifeway serving church leaders and churches for the last 24 years. And it's been the time of my life. I love it. Kelley >> Fantastic. And no one at a business like that would want to ignore such talent on the business end of things because it's certainly needed. So that's awesome. So we heard of you because of your time as director of the women's ministry there, and there is a survey that was put out. Before I go there, I understand you're an LSU tigers fan? Becky >> Well, yes, I did get my undergrad and graduate degree from LSU. Go Tigers. Kelley >> Well, go Tigers. Same here. So we have a lot in common already just like that. Becky >> Woo-hoo! Kelley >> I know. I love it. Couldn't resist. Sorry. But also, I have been in the Baptist world in ministry and women's ministry. And so I feel like this connection is pretty natural here. And I was very interested to see the report that came out just last year on the state of women or the state of ministry to women. So let's talk a little bit about that and what caused you and your team to put it out. Becky >> Yeah, it's really interesting. Lifeway is an entity that serves all parts of the local church - worship ministry, kids ministry. We serve many, many different parts. And as a person who my job is really to advocate for the work that we are doing for women at Lifeway, I found myself saying over and over again, women are underrepresented on the church staff. I think I said it so many times that the guys just kind of rolled their eyes. When I'm in a meeting and my guys don't forget,
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