Source: Mission Network News, January 4, 2016
Is there still a glass ceiling when it comes to women in ministry leadership? In the United States, the response may be “it’s being shattered.” Mary Jo Wilson, Vice President for Missional Engagement for Asian Access, believes the response should be the same for women around the world.
“I think it’s been difficult sometimes to capture those women and to find a place where we can engage them and develop them as leaders because they are in the background and often they’re more comfortable in the background.”
Mary Jo’s personal investment resulted in a white paper on women in leadership. “As I studied and prayed, the point of my paper was women and men serving together and how we can come together in the body of Christ and be all about the mission—not separating and not limiting anyone to serve and be about the Great Commission.”
Her studies are now being used by Asian Access to develop better methods to engage women in their servant leadership ministry.
» Read full story and a related story on the Asian Access website.
» Another story from Mission Network News also caught our eye: this one explains how Wycliffe Associates anticipates a record-setting 500 new Bible translation efforts starting in the year to come (thanks in part to some new technological solutions and strategies).