She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
Proverbs 31:25
Wellington Church aims to edify women by equipping them to exercise their God-given gifts. The Titus 2 ministry is a ministry that ministers TO women and BY women through Bible studies, book studies/discussion and fellowship gatherings that focus on building relationships around God’s word, especially the gospel.
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Biblical Framework for Titus 2 Women’s Ministry
at Wellington Church: 3 M’s
MOTIVATION: What is our motivation for this ministry?
As we look to God’s Word as the authority for all of life and ministry, we find four truths that serve as “tent poles” to lend structure to our concept of women’s ministry within the church.
Tenant #1: The Imago Dei: Men and Women are Created Uniquely
God created man in his own image; in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Gen. 1:27)
In the creation account we find a critical Truth about mankind: Men and women were created distinctly from the beginning. While we hold equal value as image-bearers of God, we are not the same. Our differences are meant to illuminate unique truths about who God is. And while many of our deepest needs are universal (ex. Salvation, justification, sanctification, and community) some of our needs are gender-specific as are some of our propensities towards sin.
Tenant #2: Men and Women Have Unique and Complementary Roles Within the Home and Church.
God clearly gives the authority of leading both homes and the Church to men (Ephesians 5:22-23; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; 2:8-15; Titus 1:5-9). This is not a commentary on women’s value or capability but rather an authority structure that speaks to our unique design.
The original word used is ezer denegdo, which translates as “help meet” or “helper” (Gen 2:18). In our sinful world, this is often taken as an insult or indication of inferiority, but as we read the whole counsel of God we find a radically different truth. Elsewhere in Scripture when we read the term helper or ezer kenegdo, it is always referring to God. In verses like:
Women are essential to the health of our homes and churches. Scripture affirms this with a message that states, in essence, “We couldn’t do this without her.” Scripture does not give us a message of female empowerment or male domination but of a unique structure where men and women complement each other in their roles.
Tenant #3: A Proven Method for Effective Discipleship is Gender-Specific and Intergenerational
In Titus 2, Paul gives young pastor Titus a method for how to fight against false teachings in the church. This proven method still works for helping believers understand and live out the Truth of God’s Word.
But as for you, teach what accords with sounds doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. (Titus 2:1-6)
Because men and women are created uniquely, we learn and understand uniquely. While men certainly have the authority to teach women spiritual truths (as husbands, fathers, and pastors), women also flourish when they regularly gather around God’s Word with other women in varied stages of life, as men flourish when they regularly gather around God’s Word with other men in varied stages of life.
Tenant #4: The Church is Dependent on the Gifts of Women
Throughout Scripture, God used women as ambassadors of Truth and hope including Deborah (Judges 4-5), Abigail (1 Samuel 25), Esther, Ruth, Mary (Matthew 1), Lydia (Acts 16:14), and Priscilla (Acts 18)
Women were the first ones entrusted with the news that Jesus has risen from the dead (Matthew 28:1-10)
Scripture teaches that God has given each believer gifts and that those gifts should be maximized for the spread of the gospel and the health of the Body of Christ.
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace (1 Peter 4:10)
With women making up at least half of the adult population of our church at Wellington and the global Church worldwide, we affirm God’s use of women to build His kingdom through Scripture and we seek to recognize and utilize the spiritual gifts of women in order to thrive.
Based on these biblical tenants, The Titus 2 Women’s Ministry at Wellington Church operates from this mission:
We affirm that both men and women bear the image of God, keeping in mind that both genders are equal in their value but distinct in their creation
We seek to create discipleship and ministry opportunities that embrace differences and provide regular and meaningful opportunities to study God’s Word with other women in different generations.
We believe that Scripture is the ultimate authority in a woman’s life. We see knowing and embracing God’s Word as a Christian woman’s greatest need. To that end, we vow to give women what they need (God’s Word) even when it is not what they want.
We seek to affirm and support the male leadership of our church. We actively teach women to do the same as well as championing and submitting to male authority in their homes and workplaces.
We believe that women thrive as a result of meaningful relationships with other women. We seek to connect the women of our church and community with each other, with the overt common goal of growing in Christ together. Rather than simply meeting a woman’s need to be known, we encourage women to know God and know others.
We want to create clear on-ramps for discipleship, connection, and service so that all women of Wellington Church know how to get involved.
MANDATE: What has the Lord ordered and commissioned us as believers, and specific to this calling, as a women’s ministry to accomplish?
All believers Are Called to Make Disciples and Teach God’s Word. In Jesus’ final sermon, He commanded believers to:
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. God therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:18-20).
In Titus 2:3-5, we see that some (not all) discipleship is gender specific. Titus 2 speaks of the high calling of older women to teach younger women how to live for God’s glory. In this way, the Titus 2 Women’s Ministry is one part of the church’s obedience to the Great Commission.
Because of our relational tendencies, women are uniquely able to reach other women with the gospel through relationship. Jesus also points to our universal and constant need to be reminded of His teachings found in His Word. Both men and women have a responsibility to be ambassadors of the gospel and to be committed lifelong students of God’s Word. However, because we are created uniquely, we often live out these responsibilities differently.
Method: In what ways are we accomplishing answering this mandate?
Wellington Church aims to edify women and to provide service opportunities for women to exercise their God-given gifts. The Titus 2 ministry is a ministry that minsters TO women and BY women.
The Titus 2 Women’s ministry minsters to women inside the body and outside the body of the church by providing Bible studies, book studies/discussion and monthly fellowship gatherings that focus on relationship building and learning more about God.
We also bring the gospel and minster to women by engaging in our community’s needs… both inside the church and outside the church.
at Wellington Church: 3 M’s
MOTIVATION: What is our motivation for this ministry?
As we look to God’s Word as the authority for all of life and ministry, we find four truths that serve as “tent poles” to lend structure to our concept of women’s ministry within the church.
Tenant #1: The Imago Dei: Men and Women are Created Uniquely
God created man in his own image; in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Gen. 1:27)
In the creation account we find a critical Truth about mankind: Men and women were created distinctly from the beginning. While we hold equal value as image-bearers of God, we are not the same. Our differences are meant to illuminate unique truths about who God is. And while many of our deepest needs are universal (ex. Salvation, justification, sanctification, and community) some of our needs are gender-specific as are some of our propensities towards sin.
Tenant #2: Men and Women Have Unique and Complementary Roles Within the Home and Church.
God clearly gives the authority of leading both homes and the Church to men (Ephesians 5:22-23; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; 2:8-15; Titus 1:5-9). This is not a commentary on women’s value or capability but rather an authority structure that speaks to our unique design.
The original word used is ezer denegdo, which translates as “help meet” or “helper” (Gen 2:18). In our sinful world, this is often taken as an insult or indication of inferiority, but as we read the whole counsel of God we find a radically different truth. Elsewhere in Scripture when we read the term helper or ezer kenegdo, it is always referring to God. In verses like:
“Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life” (Psalms 54:4)
“We can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” (Heb. 13:6)
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you” (John 14:26)
Women are essential to the health of our homes and churches. Scripture affirms this with a message that states, in essence, “We couldn’t do this without her.” Scripture does not give us a message of female empowerment or male domination but of a unique structure where men and women complement each other in their roles.
Tenant #3: A Proven Method for Effective Discipleship is Gender-Specific and Intergenerational
In Titus 2, Paul gives young pastor Titus a method for how to fight against false teachings in the church. This proven method still works for helping believers understand and live out the Truth of God’s Word.
But as for you, teach what accords with sounds doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. (Titus 2:1-6)
Because men and women are created uniquely, we learn and understand uniquely. While men certainly have the authority to teach women spiritual truths (as husbands, fathers, and pastors), women also flourish when they regularly gather around God’s Word with other women in varied stages of life, as men flourish when they regularly gather around God’s Word with other men in varied stages of life.
Tenant #4: The Church is Dependent on the Gifts of Women
Throughout Scripture, God used women as ambassadors of Truth and hope including Deborah (Judges 4-5), Abigail (1 Samuel 25), Esther, Ruth, Mary (Matthew 1), Lydia (Acts 16:14), and Priscilla (Acts 18)
Women were the first ones entrusted with the news that Jesus has risen from the dead (Matthew 28:1-10)
Scripture teaches that God has given each believer gifts and that those gifts should be maximized for the spread of the gospel and the health of the Body of Christ.
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace (1 Peter 4:10)
With women making up at least half of the adult population of our church at Wellington and the global Church worldwide, we affirm God’s use of women to build His kingdom through Scripture and we seek to recognize and utilize the spiritual gifts of women in order to thrive.
Based on these biblical tenants, The Titus 2 Women’s Ministry at Wellington Church operates from this mission:
We affirm that both men and women bear the image of God, keeping in mind that both genders are equal in their value but distinct in their creation
We seek to create discipleship and ministry opportunities that embrace differences and provide regular and meaningful opportunities to study God’s Word with other women in different generations.
We believe that Scripture is the ultimate authority in a woman’s life. We see knowing and embracing God’s Word as a Christian woman’s greatest need. To that end, we vow to give women what they need (God’s Word) even when it is not what they want.
We seek to affirm and support the male leadership of our church. We actively teach women to do the same as well as championing and submitting to male authority in their homes and workplaces.
We believe that women thrive as a result of meaningful relationships with other women. We seek to connect the women of our church and community with each other, with the overt common goal of growing in Christ together. Rather than simply meeting a woman’s need to be known, we encourage women to know God and know others.
We want to create clear on-ramps for discipleship, connection, and service so that all women of Wellington Church know how to get involved.
MANDATE: What has the Lord ordered and commissioned us as believers, and specific to this calling, as a women’s ministry to accomplish?
All believers Are Called to Make Disciples and Teach God’s Word. In Jesus’ final sermon, He commanded believers to:
- Make Disciples
- Teach God’s Word
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. God therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:18-20).
In Titus 2:3-5, we see that some (not all) discipleship is gender specific. Titus 2 speaks of the high calling of older women to teach younger women how to live for God’s glory. In this way, the Titus 2 Women’s Ministry is one part of the church’s obedience to the Great Commission.
Because of our relational tendencies, women are uniquely able to reach other women with the gospel through relationship. Jesus also points to our universal and constant need to be reminded of His teachings found in His Word. Both men and women have a responsibility to be ambassadors of the gospel and to be committed lifelong students of God’s Word. However, because we are created uniquely, we often live out these responsibilities differently.
Method: In what ways are we accomplishing answering this mandate?
Wellington Church aims to edify women and to provide service opportunities for women to exercise their God-given gifts. The Titus 2 ministry is a ministry that minsters TO women and BY women.
The Titus 2 Women’s ministry minsters to women inside the body and outside the body of the church by providing Bible studies, book studies/discussion and monthly fellowship gatherings that focus on relationship building and learning more about God.
We also bring the gospel and minster to women by engaging in our community’s needs… both inside the church and outside the church.