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Model of a Titus 2 Ministry
The WIC Resource
Letter (3rd quarter, 2001) contained an article on "Titus 2
Ministry in the Local Church." Below is one model of what such a
ministry could look like. For more information on Titus 2 Ministry, call
Jane Patete at 678-825-1146, or click
here to send an email.
If you are a PresWIC president, director of Women's Ministry, local WIC
president, or the wife of a teaching elder and do not currently receive
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Model
This is just an example. Be creative and
develop
a ministry appropriate for your church.
Purpose:
To encourage and equip women for Titus 2 relationships.
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Strategy:
The women's ministry leadership team will appoint a Titus 2 committee.
The coordinator of the committee will serve on the women’s leadership
team.
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Curriculum:
Biblical Foundations for Womanhood
Target Audience:
Women who are not able to attend regular women’s ministry Bible
studies.*
Long-term vision:
When there are enough trained spiritual mothers, the program will be
expanded to enfold teen girls. Eventually assign a spiritual mother to
every new female member of the church. This will be a six-month assignment
for the purpose of helping women become assimilated into church
life.
* Women who attend regular
women’s ministry Bible studies will be encouraged to use that
opportunity to engage in informal Titus 2 relationships.
Plan:
Year One
- September
to May, interested women will study all of the Biblical Foundations for Womanhood books.
- The
women who complete the course will be asked to pray about becoming
spiritual mothers.
- Those
who are willing will fill out a form agreeing to the guidelines. These
names will be submitted to the elders for approval. Those approved
will be commissioned in a church service. They will commit to pray
throughout the summer for the Lord to direct the committee in
assigning them a spiritual daughter.
- The
committee will determine how many spiritual daughters the program can
accommodate, offer the program to the women, make assignments, and
host a gathering for the spiritual mothers and daughters at the end of
the summer.
- September
to May, spiritual mothers will take a spiritual daughter, or a small
group, through one or more of the Biblical
Foundations for Womanhood books.
- Every
opportunity will be used to keep the Titus 2 concept before the women
at large. For example: testimonies at special events, articles in
newsletters, public prayer for spiritual mothers.
June
to August, the committee will meet with spiritual mothers to evaluate,
ask if they will serve again, and get their recommendations of
spiritual daughters who completed all of the studies and who may be
ready to be spiritual mothers. In some instances, a spiritual mother
and daughter may want to continue for another year in order to
complete the entire course of study.
The committee will also determine if they need to provide
another training time for women who may be interested in becoming
spiritual mothers.
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