Women’s Leadership Training
In today's rapidly changing culture, women in all seasons of life need opportunities to grow spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually. Because of their strategic involvement in the home, workplace, and community, women are able to contribute significantly in reaching our world for Christ.
Women are crucial to God’s plan for evangelism and discipleship.
By Design Ministries has developed an extensive training initiative for women. We offer on-site classes and conferences throughout the year to help equip and support you as you serve and minister. To find out more about attending or hosting one of our classes, please contact us.
This training is for every Christian woman who wants to become better equipped to serve and minister to others.
Workshop List
By Design Ministries offers content that is relevant in today’s culture. These workshops facilitate conversations within your community, giving you confidence in answering the question so many are asking: is there more to this life? Visit our Events page to see what’s coming up! If you’re interested in bringing one of these workshops to your church or organization, please contact us.
Level One Classes
Principles Track: Grounding Women in the Word of God
Level Two Classes
Principles Track: Grounding Women in the Word of God
People Track: Growing Women to Serve Like Christ
#101 Holy Habits:
Neither holiness nor intimacy is gained by practicing spiritual disciplines, but these habits create opportunities for God to work within and through you. Keeping your vision, passion, and endurance for ministry is impacted by the depth of your life in Him. Students will assess their life and discover personal challenges to growth; gain tools to develop spiritual disciplines; be challenged to live a life marked by devotion to Christ.
#102 Unlocking the Scriptures:
This course will equip you with a method for interpreting the Bible that you can apply to any passage of scripture. We will compare English translations, discuss the different kinds of literature in the Bible, examine historical context, learn how to do word studies, and more. Because the Bible is foundational to our faith, what could be more practical than learning how to interpret it?
#103 From Eden to Jerusalem: A Journey Through the Old Testament:
People often say that the Old Testament is too difficult to understand or irrelevant. In this course you will discover the wonder of God’s story as it unfolds in the Old Testament and is fulfilled in the New Testament. You will learn how the promises God gave to Abraham are central to Paul’s teaching on salvation; we were wonderfully included in God’s plan of salvation from the beginning!
#104 From Jerusalem to Eden: A Journey Through the New Testament:
This class walks through the New Testament to consider the relationship between the Old and New Testaments and discover how God’s fulfillment of past promises guarantees He will keep future ones. Our goal is a broad grasp of the New Testament, making sense of our times and developing hope for what God has in store for His people. Pre-requisite: Course #103
People Track: Growing Women to Serve Like Christ
#105 Where Have All the Leaders Gone?:
One of the greatest challenges facing churches today is the “search for and development of” leaders. In this new millennium, who will carry the message of Jesus Christ to a lost world? Where are the leaders, and how do we find them?
#106 Spiritual Gifts:
In this class, we will explore ways to help ourselves and others find how we can each be most effective and most fulfilled as we commit ourselves to service for God’s glory.
#107 Biblically Balanced Self-Worth for Women:
In our appearance-obsessed, performance-based world, the voices of our culture and our past can easily drown out God’s voice. A precarious or performance-based sense of self-worth can sabotage ministry effectiveness. We can also resist God’s call to use our gifts, and insecurities can lead to an unhealthy need to prove ourselves.
#201 Unlocking the Scriptures Part 2:
There is a wide variety of literature in the Bible, each of which contains important clues for interpreting and applying scripture. This course will explore the differences between types, as well as the literary context and how they affect our understanding of a passage. Prerequisite: Course #102
#202 Applying Scripture to Life:
How do God’s promises to Moses relate to us today? How does a story in the Old Testament fit into the “big picture” of salvation in the New Testament? Through this course we will study how to apply the Bible to our daily life. We will study especially how the Old Testament relates to the New Testament.
#203 A Journey Into God’s Presence:
Goats, Bulls and the Lamb of God: The sacrificial system was central to worship in ancient Israel. But what was God doing with all those strange laws and rituals? Why all the slaughtered animals and washings? This class studies how the Old Testament wonderfully prepares us for the New Testament!
#204 A Journey With God’s Presence: The Holy Spirit and the Temple of God:
The Holy Spirit and the Temple have been the marks of God’s presence with His people since Creation. God’s indwelling Spirit is crucial to Christian living. However, the Holy Spirit is probably the least understood member of the Trinity. This course will study the significance of God’s presence and make important applications to our own lives and ministries.
#205 Conflict Resolution:
No matter how fast we run or how much we hide, conflict seems to find us. In this class, we will look at the basis for conflict, some Bible characters in conflict, the consequences of conflict, and how to confront it and reach common/holy ground.
#206 Understanding Your Personal Calling and Mission:
Your Purpose, Your Place: We each have a divine call, a specific purpose, and a unique mission in today’s world. Every one of us is important. Every one of us has a role in God’s plan for this time and place.
#207 Learning From Our Differences:
Have you ever wondered why some people do things differently than you? Do you ever want to just tell them how to do things right? Come learn about how our culture affects every aspect of our life, especially our relationships.
#208 Women Impacting Women:
In this day of information and resource overload, the simplicity of Jesus’ strategy for making disciples is refreshing. He taught the crowd to build relationships by training and coaching the Twelve to become a team, mentoring three for leadership. The early church was built on that foundation. This course will use Christ’s example to discover a coaching and mentoring strategy that creates exponential growth.