Topic > Ministries Among Women Today by Naomi Penner

Today's modern woman is subject to greater responsibilities. Changing responsibilities throughout history have redefined the roles women play. In the article titled: “Ministries Among Women Today,” writer Naomi Penner portrays the idea of ​​how modern women today fill multiple roles such as mother, caregiver, student, and entrepreneur (Penner 1). Penner's statement has strong merit and a skillfully reasoned argument that analyzes, with the support of multiple sources, the burdens faced by today's women in their attempts to incorporate church ministries into their already busy lives. According to Penner, factors contributing to this are time constraints, difficulty among churches in building women's ministries that are adaptable to their schedules, the search for valuable educational ministries, and church capacity. a profession and a personal life, arises as an adversity within ecclesial ministries that limit themselves to distinct audiences and times. To this end, women encounter obstacles when attempting to exercise their faith consistently, to gain stability or spiritual support. Women feel a personal disassociation with their spirituality because they may only attend church or ministry a few times a month. Therefore, friendships and bonds made slowly fade away due to lack of consistency in being present. Additionally, church ministry schedules occur at the beginning or end of the day, coordinators assume women have open schedules all day, without taking into consideration the busy schedules each person may have. Excluding full-time stay-at-home mothers, who have flexibility in their hours, single mothers wo...... middle of paper ......f Article by Penner. The desire to create a women's ministry that relates to the needs of every woman is a never-ending battle. Every woman's concerns will always change; keeping up with these changes, however, can be a complicated and complicated task that in turn can “enable the church itself to grow in creative ways in ministering to women” (Penner 5). The maternal roles that women held in the past are no longer the same responsibilities they hold today. The problems faced by women can lead to reflection: how much time does a woman have in today's society to exercise her faith? The need for and justification for diversity in women's ministries is a result of the reality faced by many women, the reality that women's roles are continually changing and will continue to change as time passes...