Welcome to the Midwest Women’s Leadership Initiative website! We are excited knowing that lots of women across our region have been equipped and called by God to significantly influence our communities and churches. We want this website to provide encouragement and resources for all of you. You may be leading small groups, preaching on Sundays, bringing your congregation into worship or writing scholarly papers. Or, maybe you are just thinking there must be something more! This website will provide forums that enable us to find and communicate with each other, share scholarly thoughts and papers, and develop a community of support for the grand endeavor of serving God! Take some time to check out what we have available and please send us any questions or comments.

Thanks! - Adey Wassink

What’s New! This is an inspiring story of a woman from Papua New Guinea following her dreams of leading in ministry.

Here is good food for thought — the online magazine/blog, Gifted for Leadership, posted an article on “When a Woman Finds Her Voice”.

We have added a WLI Video Gallery to show the best videos on women and leadership. We’d love any recommendations from you to add to our gallery.

I was excited to listen to this teaching the other day by Sara Carlisle of the Columbus Vineyard on the Single and sexuality. It is way more than your typical sexuality talk that focuses on what not to do on a date!

If you have never heard Jackie Pullinger’s story, it will be worth it for you to check out this short video clip of her outreach in Hong Kong.

A number of women have recommended books about leadership by Patrick Lencioni. He writes a number of books that are excellent resources for working with a team including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.

Here is an interesting blog article on Fidelia Fiske, a female missionary in the 19th century.