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New IDWM Executive Director Called

Rev. Angéle Saunders Johnson has been called as the new Executive Director of Disciples Women. As an ordained Minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), she brings experience, passion, and expertise to this role. Most recently, Rev. Johnson served as the Minister of Discipleship and Outreach for Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee . Her prior experience includes faith-based community organizing, executive pastoral leadership, and Serving as Director of Christian Education for New Covenant Christian Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

The IDWM (International Disciples Women’s Ministries) Search Committee Chair, Claretta Witherspoon, shares that the team prayed and deliberated for months to find the woman that God had ordained to fill the position of IDWM Executive Director. “We unanimously and joyfully selected Rev. Angéle Saunders Johnson. With great excitement we welcome her as the new leader for Disciples Women’s Ministries in the United States and Canada. We look forward to working with her and her vision for the women in our denomination.”

Wanona Redd, IDWM President, shares, “It is a pleasure and an honor to have the opportunity to welcome to the Disciples Women Ministry Rev. Angéle Saunders Johnson. I believe that Rev. Johnson will work diligently to fulfill our purpose statement, “.…to be a conduit for diverse connections empowering each woman to find her voice and live out her call.” Her road to Executive Director of Disciples Women has been, I believe, paved with obstacles of many shapes and sizes which have built character and fortitude that will be exemplary of a “Disciple Woman”. I, as president of the International Disciple Women Ministry, send a call to my Sisters in Christ. I urge you to welcome, assist, pray for and encourage Rev. Johnson as she represents us, the Disciples Women Ministry, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and most of all, God. 

Rev. Angéle Saunders Johnson shares, “For over one hundred years, the Disciples Women’s Ministries has aimed to be a source of empowerment for women as they seek to live out their call. As Executive Director, I look forward to co-laboring with an amazing body of women across this denomination and reimagining this ministry into a relevant vehicle of transformation for all women, both clergy and lay. At its best, Disciples Women’s Ministry will have an indelible impact that transcends any imaginable boundary creating pathways for women to restore, retool, and reclaim that which is rightfully hers: the audacity to manifest her divine call in the world in holistically healthy ways, ultimately advancing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Rev. Angéle Saunders Johnson will officially begin her call on August 16, 2021. Rev. Sheila P. Spencer, Interim President of Disciples Home Missions shares, “We are grateful that Rev. Johnson has answered this call and we are thankful for the multiple gifts and talents that she will be able to share with Disciples Women and the Body of Christ.”

Disciples Women’s Ministries is a conduit for diverse connections empowering each woman to find her voice and live out her call. (Micah 6:8)

As part of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Disciples Women welcomes all to the table as Christ as Christ has welcomed us. The ministries of Disciples Women are part of the movement for wholeness in a fragmented world by providing opportunities for spiritual growth, enrichment, education, and creative ministries to enable women to develop a sense of personal responsibility for the whole mission of the church. Find out more about Disciples Women through the links on the right.

We seek to be a network of women committed to the justice-seeking, compassion-focused mission of Jesus Christ with no membership requirements or conditions.
                                     

HerStory Continues Fund

Click below to read more about the HerStory Continues Fund.

HerStory Continues Fund

DW Connect Newsletter

Click on the link below to read the latest news in the new DW Connect Newsletter!

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Winter 2019

Fall 2018

Just Women Bible Study

The theme for the 2022 Just Women Bible Study will be WHEN WOMEN CONNECT.

The 2022 Just Women Bible Study will be available to pre-order beginning September 1, 2021 through the Disciples Women’s Store (a link will be provided here and on our Facebook Page (Disciples Women) once ordering is available.

Each issue will be $15.00 and all pre-orders will not be charged shipping and handling.

The 2022 Just Women Bible Study will be published in late January 2022.

The 2021 Just Women Bible Study is sold out.

Just Women is the official Bible Study resource for Disciples Women’s Ministries.  This is a yearly issued Bible study!

The 2021 Woman-to-Woman Worldwide Journey has been postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.  This page will be updated as more information becomes available. (The 2020 Woman-to-Woman Worldwide Journey was also canceled due to the Covid-19)

2019 Woman-to-Woman Worldwide Journey to Morocco

For more information about the 2019 Woman-to-Woman Worldwide journey to Morocco, click on the link below:

Woman-to-Woman Worldwide

Global Ministries W2WW Morocco Project

Blessing Boxes and Bags

Contributions are now accepted online via the DMF online donation system. You may make a one-time donation or schedule various recurring donation options.

Be sure to select “Blessing Boxes” in the ‘Select Designation’ option.

To make a donation via a check include a Remittance Form using the Blessing Box area under Disciples Women heading so your church is credited. Be sure to show ‘Blessing Box’ on your check memo line.

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