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WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP

W.E.L.L. – WOMEN. EQUAL. LEADING. LEARNING

September 18, 2017

The Free Methodist Church in Southern California has an initiative led by a group of three excellent leaders: Rev. Colleen Hurley-Bates, Rev. Cheri Coleman, Lillian Johnson They titled the initiative W.E.L.L. You can find their work here.

They explain:

Core to our freedoms within the Free Methodist Church is the freedom for women to participate fully in the life, ministry and governance of the church as called and gifted by God. We want to invite you to be part of the conversation as we discuss how women are currently serving within the life and leadership of the FMC in Southern California and identify new opportunities moving forward.

At a recent meeting they had an excellent presentation by Dr. Bernice Ledbetter of Pepperdine University. This audio presentation is presented here to provide recent research substantiating what many of us are experiencing: Women and Men working together make better decisions and are more effective.

W.E.L.L. Meeting 9/10/17

Keynote by Dr. Bernice Ledbetter, EdD, Director, Center for Women in Leadership.

Keynote Message (Audio / M4A, 48.1MB)

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W.E.L.L. – WOMEN. EQUAL. LEADING. LEARNING

W.E.L.L. Meeting 9/10/17