06/11/2026
For every woman whom God has called, gifted, and sent to serve His people:
Take heart.
Your calling did not originate in a convention, a committee, a denomination, or a vote.
Your calling originated in God.
Throughout Scripture, God repeatedly raised up women to lead, teach, prophesy, disciple, shepherd, and guide His people. He called Deborah to lead Israel, Huldah to speak His word, Priscilla to help instruct leaders in the faith, and entrusted the first proclamation of the resurrection to faithful women.
The New Testament teaches that the Holy Spirit distributes gifts according to His will—not according to gender. When Scripture describes the gifts given to the church, it points us to the Spirit’s calling and empowerment, not human limitations.
Many women are faithfully shepherding God’s people every day:
* Pastoring congregations
* Discipling new believers
* Teaching Scripture
* Counseling the hurting
* Leading ministries
* Planting churches
* Raising up leaders
* Serving as spiritual mothers in the faith
These are not lesser expressions of ministry. They are vital expressions of Christ’s work through His people.
To those who are grieving today: your value has not diminished, your gifts have not disappeared, and God’s call has not been revoked.
The church is strongest when every believer is encouraged to use the gifts the Spirit has given them for the building up of the body of Christ.
May we be a people who recognize, affirm, and celebrate every person whom God has called—women and men alike—so that the mission of Jesus may move forward with the full participation of His church.
“The harvest is plentiful.”
We need every laborer God sends.
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