Bible Study Leaders for Faith Church Women's Ministry must be:

• Nominated by Faith Church Women’s Key Leadership Team
• Approved by Faith Church pastoral team
• A member of Faith Church who is faithfully attending services and ABF or her campus' equivalent
• Has served faithfully under a Key Leader for at least one year with a recommendation of the Key Leader in their current area of service
• A mature believer who has demonstrated consistent growth and is not a novice in the faith
• Committed to the sufficiency and authority of Scripture and the application of Biblical Counseling philosophy
• Willing / able to lead a Bible Study of women weekly / bi-weekly
• Willing to give and provide accountability for simple weekly group assignments
• Able to demonstrate humility under authority
• Able to lead a group with humility and propriety
• Able to solve or diffuse conflict within the group in a way that leads to greater effectiveness and stability
• Able to agree with and sign Faith Church “Leadership Standards” document
• Able to agree to abide by the Faith Church Women’s Ministry Policies and Procedures

Please read through the following documents to learn how Women's Bible Studies work at Faith Church:

• 2018 Bible Study Group Policy and Procedure
• 2016 Approved Book List
• Leadership Standards
• Submit the Bible Study Leadership Form

Each Bible Study Leader should have completed the following assignments before beginning to lead a group:

• Read one or both of the following books:
  1. Becoming a Titus 2 Woman by Martha Peace
  2. Spiritual Mothering: The Titus 2 Model for Women Mentoring Women by Susan Hunt
• Read Adorned by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

• Watch each class in the Women's Foundation Series FCI classes:
  1. A Woman's Relationship with God
  2. A Woman's Priorities
  3. The Beauty of Biblical Womanhood
  4. The Fruit-Filled Life
  5. Managing Emotions Biblically

Additional training topics that you will benefit from include:

• Jocelyn Wallace 2018 Annual Summer Training (Meeting Agenda)
• Handout regarding Gossip
• Brent Aucoin's training on Heart of Change 1, Heart of Change 2, Heart of Change 3
• Vanessa Ellen's Session on Counseling Different Generations
• Candace Dunston's class Women Discipling Women:
  • Class 1
  • Class 2
  • Class 3
  • Class 4
• Janet Aucoin's Leadership Seminars:
  • 2017 Discernment Training
    • Session 1
    • Session 2
    • Session 3
  • 2018 Leadership Training
    • Role and Work of the Holy Spirit
    • Sharing the Gospel Effectively
    • Guidance and Decision Making

Starting out strong is essential with each new group. As you receive registrations (via email) from the Women's Bible Study Coordinator please respond within 2-3 days to each new member with the following three pieces of information:

• First of all, members need to know where and when their group is officially meeting. The address of each Bible Study is never shared online for the safety and security of everyone involved.
• Secondly, they need to have instructions about what resources they'll need to buy before their group starts and where they are most likely to be able to find them.
• Thirdly, they need to know you are excited to connect with them and are looking forward to helping them feel comfortable as they join your group.

Fall 2022 Bible Studies:

• Fall Bible Studies begin the week of August 29, 2022.
• Fall Bible Studies end the week of November 14, 2022.

Spring 2023 Bible Studies:

• Advertising for Spring Bible Studies begins November 21, 2022 at the Taste of Christmas.
• Spring Bible Studies begin the week of January 23, 2022.
• Spring Small Bible Studies end the week of April 24, 2022.