Women’s Discipleship
Ordinary Women provides tangible tools and resources to equip women to make disciples and impact their sphere of influence for Christ.
As women embark on this journey in OW, we know that they will draw closer to the Lord, grow meaningful relationships with others, and experience renewed vigor in their walk with Jesus for the purpose of seeing His calling fulfilled in their lives. Intimacy with Jesus births passion, which fuels our faith to make disciples. We encourage women to take ownership of their faith and become contributors, not just consumers, as they make disciples. Our model of discipleship was birthed from a group that wanted to be challenged in their faith and grow in living out these values. From the very beginning, our groups have been about high challenge and high grace.
We address the big question of how to resource those that you disciple to be disciple-makers themselves. We do this through our platform in the context of small groups by utilizing an easy-to-follow system created by and for ordinary people.
We are individual groups of Ordinary Women.
Together we form a much larger group that is focused on allowing the Lord to work in our lives to advance His Kingdom and Church through discipleship.
Our core values:
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We prioritize our relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, knowing that our identity can only be found through intimacy with Him. Everything in our Christian walk flows from our time spent with the Lord. We long to grow in intimacy with Jesus, making our faith personal. Intimacy with Jesus births passion that fuels our faith.
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Instead of individualism and isolation, we commit to sacrificing our time and schedules to invest in others, building intentional relationships anchored in the Lord. We do what we say, we make time for others, and we maintain teachable hearts. We understand that our lives matter because other’s lives depend on us.
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We commit to being disciples who make disciples, focused on putting our faith into action. We act out of calling from a place of intimacy and passion produced in time spent with God. First we sit and listen, then we go and do. While Ordinary Women groups are designed to strengthen and empower the believer, we do not exist to create a “holy huddle.” On the contrary, OW believes that as each participant becomes fully alive in her individual walk with Christ, from this place of intimacy she will be empowered to reach others around her who are lost. So while multiplication within Ordinary Women groups will be specific to believers participating in intentional discipleship, the result will, and must be, a spreading of the Gospel among the communities in which we live and the people with whom we interact daily. The ultimate goal is that each woman will bring new believers into the OW process and teach them to be disciples who make disciples.
Our discipleship process:
We believe that discipleship is more caught than taught. With this in mind, we model discipleship within a high-challenge, high-grace environment.
This model is highly reproducible over many generations and creates a clear path for multiplication of new groups.
Testimonials & Experiences
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“Ordinary Women encouraged me to take action in my spiritual life. After taking the initial step of spending more time with the Lord, I began to notice how He was working in and through me to reach the people closest to me. On top of that, I made some incredible friendships that will last a lifetime.”
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“This study is biblically based and supported by respected theologians. It was incredible to meet other women who are godly and be supported by them throughout the year. I feel like our prayer was powerful and answered. I loved being up early in the morning to sit in my secret place and know that so many others were doing the same thing.”
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“OW has pushed me to make space in my life for intentional relationships with people and ultimately Jesus. I have felt so supported by each person in my group throughout the last year and hope to show others how important it is in our faith to have a community like this. One to laugh and cry with, encourage, speak grace in truth, and walk side by side in our faith together. Truly a life-changing experience!”
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"I was part of an Ordinary Women group with several close friends from college—we all live in different states now. This was a great way for us to reconnect and grow in our relationships with each other and God. The OW lessons helped me to better understand God's plan for discipleship as well as the importance of an intimate relationship with God."
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“Our fearless leader stayed committed and excited about OW! Without Emily’s strong leadership, faith in God, and her commitment to the group, the group would not have grown in intimacy and in intentional relationships.
I’m able to talk more openly about my relationship with God. I’m spending more intentional time with others. I’m able to see others in a different, more loving light and offer grace a little more freely. I am planning to begin a group to extend to others.”
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“Ordinary Women greatly deepened my intimacy with the Lord! This group and study made me go from needing more intimacy with God to wanting it! Having women pray for me and disciple me has been life changing. These relationships mean so much to me!”