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Interview - Margaret Jacobs, Chair of WEA Women's Commission

Christian Today Australia recently caught up with Margaret Jacobs to explain about the role of the World Evangelical Alliance Women commission and to give an overview of what the ministry went through for this year.

Christian Today Australia recently caught up with Margaret Jacobs to explain about the role of the World Evangelical Alliance Women commission and to give an overview of what the ministry went through for this year.

C.T AUS: Can you please give a brief overview of the WEA women commission?

M.J: The Women’s Commission is on of several Global Commissions established by the World Evangelical Alliance. It exists to serve the Church by uniting women leaders and organizations – encouraging, equipping, and mobilizing them to help women to be and do all that God created and called them to be and do to fulfill Christ’s mission.

Our vision:

The WEA Women’s Commission is an international group of Evangelical women leaders whose agenda arises from an ongoing needs analysis in the global body of Christ. We are Multicultural, interdenominational with a focused agenda. We provide a global identity, voice, and platform for addressing issues and concerns that women face around the world.

We see: A WORLD IMPACTED BY CHRISTIAN WOMEN

C.T AUS: Are there any highlights which the ministry encountered this year?

M.J: Yes. The Directors of each of the eight regions of the globe were able to meet for a week in October in Bangalore, India. Many incredible reports were tabled of highlights in each region. In Eastern Europe a Leadership Training programme has been developed and it’s first group of women concluded their two year course and they are now teaching this course in their respective locations. In Egypt a huge tent was erected in an outlyling village where a seminar was conducted for young women who have been/are being abused. Over two hundred young women attended each day from several towns and villages. Dr Nabila (our Middle East co-ordinator) say’s “The challenge is huge, but I am confident the Lord Almighty will help and support us as He always has done”. This seminar will now be come an annual event in Egypt and beyond. A highlight in Africa this past year was the coming together of their National leaders. In each of these nations the Women’s Commission conduct programmes for HIV/AIDS victims at their various centres. In Kibera slums Judy Mbugua and her team provide a ministry to hundreds of orphan and vulnerable children, they are fed, clothed and assisted to attend school. Prayer and Care centres have been established for women.

It would take too many words to cover each of the eight regions but in each God is using Christian women to make a difference. Many letters have been written to Govt authorities in ‘trouble spots’ around the globe on behalf of suffering women as we seek to monitor treatment of women and respond with a VOICE on their behalf.

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