U.S. & intl.
Conferences Held
Local
Church Chapter Program
60+
Countries Served
49 yrs
AEGA Fellowship
What Women for Christ Is
A division for the gifts and callings unique to women.
Throughout the Bible, we see that women played a vital role in the spread of the Gospel and the sustaining of the Saints of God. The women within the local body are a source of strength and encouragement that often goes unrecognized and consequently unused. Women for Christ exists to turn that source into structure. AEGA is not a denomination; Women for Christ is not a top-down program. It is a chapter framework that local-church women can carry, led by their own pastor's blessing, and supported by AEGA Headquarters.
Women for Christ is an international division of AEGA Ministries International established as a ministry of service to the local body of believers and evangelism to the local community. Through Women for Christ, the gifts and abilities unique to women find avenues of ministry inside the local church and outside of it. AEGA Headquarters works with local Women for Christ chapters to set up conferences throughout the U.S. and other countries each year. A beautiful Local Church Chapter certificate is presented to each church that participates in the program from AEGA.
Basic Objectives & Ministry Avenues
Six avenues a Women for Christ chapter carries.
A Women for Christ chapter is built to serve the local body, reach the surrounding community, raise mission support, host the Local Church Chapter certificate program, participate in Women for Christ Conferences, and sustain the encouragement structure of the local body.
Recognize needs within the local body.
Develop and implement a plan of action to assist in meeting those needs. Although the needs in a particular body may be many, it is strongly suggested that initially only one need be addressed at a time to prevent overburdening a small, newly formed group.
Reach out with the love of Jesus to community needs.
Ministry to needs within the surrounding community is the second avenue. Again, it is suggested that only one community need be addressed at any given time. With growth it will indeed be possible to participate in more than one community activity.
Raise funds for mission projects at home and abroad.
With prayerful and careful selection and planning, it may be possible to combine more than one need in fundraising activities. Mission projects can run alongside local body and community needs as the chapter grows.
Host the Local Church Chapter program.
Each church that participates receives a Local Church Chapter certificate from AEGA. The certificate names the chapter and recognizes its commitment to service, evangelism, and missions through the Women for Christ framework.
Participate in Women for Christ Conferences.
Conferences are conducted throughout the U.S. and other countries during the year. AEGA Headquarters helps set up these conferences working directly with the local WFC chapters that host them.
Sustain the encouragement structure of the local body.
The women of the local body are a source of strength and encouragement that often goes unrecognized. Women for Christ gives that strength a structure, so the pastor, the staff, and the congregation are supported by it for the long season of church life.
The Biblical Pattern
Women in the spread of the Gospel.
Throughout the Bible, women played a vital role in the spread of the Gospel and the sustaining of the Saints of God. Mary at the empty tomb. Lydia opening her home in Philippi. Priscilla teaching Apollos alongside her husband. Phoebe carrying the Roman letter. The pattern is not a footnote; it is the way the early church moved. The women within the local body today carry that same anointing. Where it is recognized, the body is stronger. Where it is unrecognized, the body operates with less than what God has placed in it. Women for Christ is the AEGA division built to recognize, organize, and release that anointing for service in the local body and evangelism in the surrounding community. It is believed that this generally untapped resource will provide a stronger structural support for the local body as a whole to impact the surrounding community with the light of Jesus Christ.
Why AEGA
A covenant fellowship behind every chapter.
Women for Christ chapters are local, but the covering behind them is international. AEGA's four pillars hold the chapter, the chapter leader, and the women she serves.
Covering.
Biblical, spiritual accountability that protects chapter leaders and affirms their God-given assignment. Where there is no accountability, there is no responsibility. Women for Christ chapter leaders carry covering through their pastor and through AEGA Headquarters.
Community.
A relational fellowship where chapter leaders are known by name. The Grapevine monthly newsletter. The AEGA Annual Conference Retreat. Direct connection with the International Director and Secretary of Women for Christ.
Coaching.
Practical chapter-leader development. AEGA Headquarters helps new chapters set their first need, their first community outreach, and their first fundraising project so the chapter starts healthy and stays healthy.
Credibility.
A Local Church Chapter certificate presented to each participating church from AEGA. Recognition that the chapter operates inside a fellowship of more than 3,000 credentialed ministers serving in 60+ countries.
Local Church Chapter & Conferences
The certificate program & annual conferences.
A beautiful Local Church Chapter certificate is presented to each church that participates in the Women for Christ program from AEGA. The certificate is the church's marker that its women have organized under the Women for Christ framework with the pastor's blessing and AEGA's recognition. Women for Christ Conferences are conducted throughout the U.S. and other countries during the year. AEGA Headquarters helps set up these conferences working directly with the local WFC chapters. The conferences are a place of impartation, training, and connection for chapter leaders and the women they serve. They are where a chapter that began as one need in one local body finds itself part of an international move.
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How to Start
How to start a Women for Christ chapter at your church.
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Talk with your pastor
Women for Christ is a local-church chapter, so the pastor's blessing is the first gate. Share the framework: one need in the body, one need in the community, and missions giving. The chapter operates under the pastor's covering.
02
Contact AEGA Headquarters
Reach out to the Women for Christ International office. The International Director and Secretary will walk through the chapter framework, the certificate program, and the first-year suggestions for new chapters.
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Identify your first need
Choose one need within the local body and one in the surrounding community to start. Although the needs may be many, addressing only one at a time prevents overburdening a small, newly formed group. Growth comes after the first season carries well.
04
Receive the Local Church Chapter certificate
Once the chapter is organized, AEGA presents the participating church with a beautiful Local Church Chapter certificate. The chapter then joins the network of WFC chapters that host and attend Women for Christ Conferences in the U.S. and other countries.
Frequently Asked
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What is Women for Christ International?
Women for Christ is the AEGA Ministries International division established as a ministry of service to the local body of believers and evangelism to the local community. It provides avenues of ministry for the special gifts and abilities unique to women, organized as local-church chapters under AEGA Headquarters.
Does our church have to be AEGA-credentialed to start a chapter?
The chapter is recognized through AEGA, so coordination with AEGA Headquarters is required. Contact the Women for Christ International office to walk through the chapter framework and the Local Church Chapter program.
What is the Local Church Chapter certificate?
A beautiful Local Church Chapter certificate is presented to each church that participates in the Women for Christ program from AEGA. It is the church's marker that its women have organized under the Women for Christ framework with the pastor's blessing and AEGA's recognition.
When and where are Women for Christ Conferences held?
Women for Christ Conferences are conducted throughout the U.S. and other countries during the year. AEGA Headquarters helps set up these conferences working directly with the local WFC chapters that host them. See AEGA Events for upcoming conference dates.
What does a new chapter focus on first?
It is strongly suggested that a new chapter initially address only one need within the local body and one within the surrounding community at a time, to prevent overburdening a small, newly formed group. With growth and ample participation, more than one need can be addressed. Mission fundraising can run alongside.
Who leads Women for Christ internationally?
Rev. Jan Harbuck serves as International President. Rev. Elizabeth Foy serves as International Director. Rev. Sandra Guerrero serves as International Secretary/Treasurer. See the full AEGA leadership team for the wider Council of Bishops and Departmental Directors.
Start a Women for Christ chapter at your church.
An international division of AEGA Ministries. A Local Church Chapter certificate program. Women for Christ Conferences in the U.S. and other countries. A Spirit-filled fellowship behind every chapter leader.