Some created libraries in girls' prisons. Women revitalized run-down neighborhoods and chased gangs out by partnering with law enforcement officials. Two grandmothers visit juvenile detention centers weekly, teaching needlepoint while they sit and talk to male teens. They just have an amazing ability to connect to them with a combination of love and values. There is the magician evangelist.
Activities are ways of making human connections.
With a little creativity and resourcefulness, any talent a man or woman possesses can be used to serve people. Contact with people provides opportunities to demonstrate Christ's way of life and explain why you live it. This is evangelism. It's a natural outgrowth of women joining to develop their talents, gifts and leadership abilities. Denice Orr is managing editor of Connections, a journal for WCG clergy support.