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AEA Women's Commission Regional Meeting
Fifty-three women from 17 countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (02–05 December 2024) for a wonderful week of sharing, learning, and fellowship at the 2024 Asia Evangelical Alliance (AEA) Women Leaders Conference.
The AEA Women’s Commission leaders convened for sessions focused on engaging, equipping, and encouraging around the theme of “Finding My Voice.”
The workshops included dynamic sessions that highlighted the significance of storytelling as a powerful tool for connection, healing, and empowerment. Dr Asia J Williamson, co-founder and co-director of One Rock International, and the founder of She Lives, led compelling sessions on the Value of Story, Overcome Obstacles, Identity and Intentionality, Community and Care/ Change, Endurance (VOICE). Her insights challenged and inspired participants to consider how their own stories can foster transformation and bring about change.
Dr Peirong Lin, Deputy Secretary General of Operations for the WEA, enlightened attendees with an informative session on the Theological Understanding of Gender Equality, encouraging participants from a biblical perspective. StacieNicole Simmons, Media and Communications Development Officer, led a session on the Heart of a Woman in God (compassionate, committed, and on course), highlighting the significance of identity and purpose in Scripture.
All in all, our time in Kuala Lumpur was enriching and impactful! The event underscored the value of fellowship and collaboration in addressing shared challenges and opportunities through the power of story. The carefully crafted conference schedule intentionally incorporated daily worship, devotionals, and facilitation by various Women Commission leaders from an array of Asian countries. Each leader brought forth their uniqueness, forming a beautiful picture of diversity in unity.
It was a delight to see many Women Commission members bring their daughters, disciples, and emerging women leaders to gain exposure beyond their national boundaries. The opportunity to connect with so many inspiring voices in the shared space of faith and collaboration was truly transformative. Each session fostered meaningful dialogue, empowerment, and connection, reminding us of the strength found in community and the beauty of shared purpose. Some of the feedback from the delegates says it all:
“The conference was very useful and fruitful for my service and mission when I go back to my community.” – Cambodia
“Thank you for the amazing service by the small & mighty team, for the great diverse group of women, and the different uniqueness of leadership observed from around the region, yet hearts knit together in the same Spirit under one Lord! Hallelujah!!” – Malaysia
“That my story matters, that the Lord’s hand has been on me through it all, that grief is a journey, and it should not be rushed.” – Anonymous
For more information on the AEA Women’s Commission, please visit https://asiaevangelicals.org/women/
Stay tuned for more on women’s commission regional gatherings and join us in praying that the LORD will “Establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands” (Psalm 90:17).
Women’s Commission Nairobi Regional Leaders Consultation
The 2024 World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Women’s Commission Regional Leaders Gathering brought women from nine regions: Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, the Middle East/North Africa, North America, and the South Pacific together in Nairobi, Kenya (14-18 July) for a time of equipping, strategic planning, and encouragement.
The WEA Women’s Commission’s (WC) reach spans 129 nations, providing an internationally respected voice and platform for 300 million women of the Church. The WC partners with organizations for the benefit of women worldwide, such as the WEA task force on human trafficking, religious persecution, domestic violence and many others. The regional leaders and their respective teams work tirelessly to equip Christian women in their particular nations for every sphere of life – church, community, family and business – to contribute effectively to God’s purposes and plans.
This in-person gathering of our worldwide network was necessary to revise the Women’s Commission guidelines and begin developing a three-year strategic plan to equip, engage, encourage, and expand strategic activities to elevate girls and women around the world. Training topics included leadership development, domestic violence, resource mobilisation, mentoring, and discipleship. Such training is essential for regional leaders who in turn pass them on to the national alliances working under their supervision. This year’s conference theme, “For such a time as this” (Esther 4:14) seemed especially timely as the women shared their regional updates with enthusiasm and urgency. Women around the globe are poised for impact.
This 2024 international event was the first face-to-face regional gathering under Dr Seble Daniel’s leadership, (appointed Executive Director, March 2023) and it did not disappoint. Throughout the week, regional leaders continuously shared testimonies of how the session enriched them and how they plan to apply lessons learned in their respective regions. These women are energized for service.
The significance of such a gathering, worshipping side-by-side and engaging face-to-face, cannot be overstated. There is nothing quite like the people of God united in purpose.
The 2024 Women’s Commission Regional Gathering provided a unique space for women from all over the globe to worship, pray, connect, and be equipped, so that they could take what was deposited to their nations— “For such a time as this.”
Hope for Europe – Women in Leadership
Network within the European Evangelical Alliance
The Women in Leadership network is holding European conferences every second year since 1995. The 2023 conference was hold in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The gathering ended with an open evangelistic day. 60 women from all over this small country followed the invitation.
After the falling down of the “Berlin Wall“ in Germany and the „Iron Curtain“ in Eastern Europe, Christian initiatives took up the challenge of shaping Europe’s new future. 1994, after a “Round Table“ with several of these initiatives, they decided to create an umbrella, which should function as framework for cooperative action, with the name “Hope for Europe”. The first network which started under this umbrella was Women in Leadership,
- to inspire, encourage and equip women to fulfill the purposes of God for their lives.
- to model how God can use women in a variety of ways.
- to challenge European women leaders to bring the transforming power of the Gospel
to Europe and to every nation within it.
The AEA Women Commission
The AEA Women’s Commission Journey(2021-2024) wants to cover four Kingdom Focused Areas:
- Women empowerment and leadership. Women – a majority in local churches, a minority in leadership.
- Start a Family Discipleship Movement – in partnership with the AEA Children’s Commission.
- Domestic abuse prevention – with an AEA Stop Abuse Conference in March 2024.
- Plead for the widows and fatherless – Widows Connect Asia
The Women’s Commission of the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship Malaysia are celebrating a Christmas Thanksgiving, honoring all their leaders, speakers and panelists, who are doing the regular online talks for women.
The Women's Commission of the Latin Evangelical Alliance (AEL Mujer)
The VISION of the Alianza Evangélica Latina Mujer is to be a body that facilitates, promotes and strengthens the spiritual growth, unity and participation of the Latino evangelical female sector in the church and society according to the word of God.
The MISSION of the Alianza Evangélica Latina Mujer is to work in each member country seeking to be an instrument of unity, representation and integral improvement of Latin evangelical women; identifying their different problems and giving them work-tools to fulfill the different roles in which they work.
The AEL Mujer was founded 2018. The photos are from the first and second international conference. During the 2023 conference in Bolivia the women celebrated the “Day of the Family” with a prayer time and received an official recognition from a Parliamentarian deputy.