Public assemblies are actually a small part of the overall work of a congregation b.
Ministering to brethren who are sick, poor, imprisoned, etc. They bring a grace and a beauty of which men are normally not capable a. Especially where there are people who come into the church without the benefit of godly mothers and grandmothers, in which Christian women can be surrogates 2. It has been said that men are natural producers, women are natural nurturers b. With so many dysfunctional families and emotional problems today, the gift of encouragement and nurturing possessed by many women is essential c.