Women’s Leadership Development and Young Women’s Ministries

Women’s Leadership Development and Young Women’s Ministries is a national ministry of the Presbyterian Mission Agency operating within Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries. The office of Women’s Leadership Development and Young Women’s Ministries provides resources to young adult women (ages 18-35) who are considering leadership opportunities in the church.

• We can provide young women with opportunities to serve in various leadership positions at a national level. Our office partners with other PC(USA) agencies to increase young women’s voice and representation in the church.
• We organize national and regional events that offer young women leadership training and opportunities for networking with peers and mentors.
• We seek to globalize leadership development of young women by partnering with ecumenical agencies.

Women’s Ministries Leadership Grant

Though strides have been made to empower women and girls in our society, there is still much work to be done. We have made progress toward gender equity, but church programs and projects need to reflect and support this progress. The Women’s Ministries Leadership Grant will provide leadership formation opportunities for women and girls and celebrate and value the gifts of women, as we become a gender-just church.

RISE Together, is a female mentorship network that connects women of color seminary students and early to mid-career clergy to experienced women ministers, senior pastors, faculty, and community leaders within an intergenerational learning community. These connections create much needed safe spaces and mentoring relationships where the collective wisdom of women-centered communities promote experiences of Renewal, Inspiration, Support, and Empowerment.

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Call Your Senators and Urge Them to support the Violence Against Women Re-authorization!

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Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs

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Madison McKinney, Beth Olker, Nana Boateng, and Anna Hand at the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, NY with the Presbyterian Ministry at the UN and Presbyterian Women, Inc.

Presbyterian College Women and Young Women’s Ministries

This ministry gathers Presbyterian college-age women at national events of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. Connected by our belief in God and seeking a Christian faith that empowers women this ministry:

1. develops leadership skills in young women,
2. connects young women with each other and the larger church, and
3. explores our Christian identities as women and students.

Young Women of Color

The office of Women’s Leadership Development and Young Women’s Ministries also gathers young women of color 18 to 35 years old, whose leadership reflects the diversity of today’s church.

The ministry offers:

1. leadership development
2. networking, and
3. social advocacy and education
4. PMA scholarships for PC(USA) members seeking first undergraduate degree.