This cultural moment is ripe for women to step into their full calling within the local Church. Burdened by a Church history that has not always embraced women as full partners in the Jesus mission, it’s time to catalyze a future where women feel encouraged, released and free to find their voice and embrace their part in building up the Church.
Regardless of the reality that we find ourselves at different places on the theological spectrum of complementarian and egalitarian, we hope to come together to encourage both men and women to be even more equipped to work together in our collective missional calling.
Join Exponential NEXT this year as we curate a series of podcasts, articles and videos featuring conversations with women (and a few men) who are activated in their calling while championing the roles of women in the local Church.
Impacting others is part of our leadership calling. This series will encourage leaders to invest in their soul, their team, their voice, and their mission as they work to influence every level of leadership and generation.
Caring for our soul is necessary to keep our leadership strong. Mindy shares 6 practical ways to reduce burnout and embrace flourishing leadership. These practices will allow us to serve Jesus well!
One of the best ways to strengthen your influence is to invest in and apprentice others at every level of your leadership. Jacqueline will share her journey as others invested in her and how she works to use her influence to invest in others.
Being able to impact the next generation is vital to the forward mission of the Church. From meeting them where they are at both physially and digitally, to empowering others to lead with you, Julia convinces us that Gen Z needs us to show up for them. With practical and real life examples, you will be equipped to make a discipleship difference and level up your leadership with Gen Z.
If you are called to lead, you are called to use your voice. But many of us think way more about using our intellect than we work on using our actual, physical voice. As a professional actor and long time college professor in the theater department at Columbia University, Kristi now coaches communicators to not only use their voice but their movement and body to most effectively convey their message. In this video, you will learn practical tips that you can put into play right now to become an even more effective communicator.
To strengthen your missional impact, you will need to have an awareness of your sentness. In this episode, Lori shares practical tools to help you deepen your relationship with God, cultivate your gifts and abilities, and learn to listen for where God would have you minister. Remember, faithfulness is our part of the missional equation, fruitfulness belongs to God!
Janet and her husband Troy are the founding pastors of Restore Community Church, a multi-site church planted in Kansas City in 2008. Through its focus on developing and sending leaders, Restore has been a part of planting over 60 churches and invested over a 1.8 million dollars in church planting. Janet serves Restore as the Community Life Pastor creating next steps of discipleship and spiritual formation. She catalyzes the development of Restore’s teaching series and serves on the teaching team. Prior to planting Restore Community Church, Janet served on staff at Community Christian in Naperville, IL, in children’s ministry, support and recovery ministry as well as small groups and spiritual formation. Janet and Troy enjoy their kids and grandkids who live in Kansas City and Denver.
Sue Ferguson is a follower of Jesus, a wife to Dave, mom to 3 adult kids, sister, friend, small groups’ director, and mentor. Sue is on staff at Community Christian Church in the Chicagoland area. She loves to create safe brave spaces for others to process faith and life; and to help other leaders develop the desire and skills to do the same. She enjoys helping others craft their stories to authentically share how Jesus has made a life changing difference in their lives. She is also a co-content creator for Exponential Women Next. She is excited to equip, empower, and cheer on the next generation of women leaders!
