The ideal and goal is to accomplish this primarily at local level, through the magnificent efforts of healthy local churches. At times and according to this need, this will also be served through unified efforts at regional, state and national level. (May I remind you that ACW exists to serve the local church in and through each respective State and Executive).

Brian and I (and those alongside us in leadership) are committed to seeing women flourish in their local churches and community. There is no greater model and we encourage pastors and people alike to stir up the gift within to this end. Gone are the days when the workload rested on a handful to fulfil the mandate. Emerging is a day when each and every local church must look intelligently at the health of their men, women, youth and children and provide what is needful for the community in which they are planted.

I encourage you as God's girls to stir up your heart and allow yourself to be willing. When He created us He called us "helper". Helper means to be one prepared to "come alongside, help, stand in the gap, and be a blessing". Regardless of whether you are young, single, married, divorced, widowed, career minded or ministry called - we live and work alongside great men in the Kingdom, so allow this simple heartbeat to frame your world beautifully.

I'm excited about our future together and ask that you pray that God will have His perfect Will across the length and breadth of this nation.