Brenda continues with godly tips for working with women:

• Initiate meeting up / have a regular meeting to talk about their work – women need to do this.
• When there’s a problem, it’s probably best not to give solutions too quickly, but more helpful to listen and ask questions. Most of the time women don’t need a solution, we just need a hearing!
• Affirmation.
• Ask them about their time off (if they’re having enough).
• It’s good to be available.
• Include women in staff meetings. Having staff meetings (even if there is nothing major to discuss) gives them and team time to relate, catch up on how ministry is going, have fun, encourage each other.
• Women will often hold back, so you may need to ask their opinion, invite suggestions – women won’t easily offer it, especially if there is some criticism to give. Don’t assume they have nothing to say.
• Include them in discussions about preaching. Women can help ministers to apply the Bible more effectively to the women in the congregation (more than half women!)
• Occassionally them to share what they have been teaching (outline of Esther etc).