Credentialing
Women for Ministry
Are you a leader who is a faithful follower of Jesus who wants to serve with recognition and belong to a national leadership network?
This may be you, but...you have an inner voice raising doubts about God's desire to use you as a leader because of either your gender or limited leadership training. As you continue to serve Jesus, you just wish you had credentials that acknowledge your abilities as a woman to contribute to the building of His Church.
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
(2 Timothy 2:15)
If this resonates with you, then we would like to invite you to engage the process to become a Commissioned Leader in Ministry through Charis Women.
Reasons for Credentialing:
To offer recognition for the ministry fitness of a woman whom God has prepared according to Ephesians 4:7-12 for non-elder service.
To provide official approval for certain ministries as required by various agencies (local churches, mission agencies, prison ministry, medical facilities, IRS, etc.).
To shed light on the needs and inform what should be offered for academic and personal development of women.
To create an accountability structure for a woman who leads with both the local church and Charis Women (doctrinally and morally).
To strengthen the partnership between local churches and the Charis Fellowship, especially with regard to a woman in non-elder leadership.
Credentialing Process:
Apply
Receive approval for entering the process
Basic Training – including personal mentorship, completing an online training developed by Inspire to take a man or woman systematically through our Commitment to Common Identity, and other leadership training.
Prepare a document that explains you and your beliefs, including a biographical section and a doctrinal section.
Personal interview
The Commissioned Leader in Ministry Recognition is a bestowal of trust upon the woman who is called by God to ministry leadership. This trust remains with the person as long as she continues in ministry and fulfills the standards of ministry. Charis Women will systematically and periodically re-evaluate her qualifications for this recognition.
CredentialinG Requirements:
A woman who is a member of a local Charis Fellowship church.
Gifted for ministry (Ephesians 4:11-12) which has been recognized and affirmed by the local church leadership.
Subscribes without reservation to the Charis Commitment to Common Identity and is able to competently teach those truths from scripture.
Engaged in or seeking engagement in Kingdom ministry.
Demonstrates a cooperative spirit with the purposes and policies of the Charis Fellowship and a lifestyle consistent with biblical standards of Christian conduct.
Take Your next step.
For more information or to request an application, contact office@chariswomen.com
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Colossians 3:23-24
