Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church (The Gospel Coalition)

Until that day, women have an exciting part to play as we participate in ministry that is saturated in the Word of God, caught up in the glory of the gospel, and engaged in the life of the local church.

these peoples won’t remain in isolation but will worship God together as his treasured possession at the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19:6

The church in Dubai is a snapshot of what God is doing all over the world. The gospel, by the power of the Holy Spirit, is going out to the ends of the earth, creating a people for God from every tribe, tongue, and nation to spread his glory and enjoy him forever. In the end,

Japanese have coffee with Persians. Filipinos show hospitality to Indians. Ghanaians pray with Americans. Bible studies are comprised of mixed groups of people from every habitable continent. My own small group has women from Nigeria, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey, Australia, Eritrea, Ireland, England, Germany, and the US.

But the church in Dubai presents a different picture.

The coffee shop is a snapshot of Dubai—many nations living in the same place yet isolated from one another.

Go to a local coffee shop and you will see Emiratis, Indians, Europeans, Africans, and East Asians. But instead of blending together, they group themselves according to race and nation.

At the end of time, as we celebrate the great wedding feast of the Lamb, we will discover that our investment in the bride of Christ was worth every painful interaction, every sleepless night, and every unnoticed act of service. And together with all our brothers and sisters, we will spend eternity in praise and worship of the one who gave his life

By God’s grace, vibrant women’s ministry in a local congregation committed to God’s Word and to each other will strengthen not just the women within that church community but the whole church body as well and ultimately the whole church.