By Sommer Kelly
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August 26, 2026
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. The title I have for this blog is called ''The Importance Of Training Women''. In this context I'm talking about the importance of training women for the ministry. I know that throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testament God has used godly women for His kingdom. Many names you ladies maybe familiar with such as Miriam, (sister of Moses and Aaron) Deborah, Huldah the prophetess, Queen Esther, the Virgin Mary, Anna the prophetess, Mary Magdalene, Priscilla wife of Aquila (the Apostle Paul's co-workers and friends) just to name several. Ladies can we also be brutally honest. I know after the time of the Apostles in the book of Acts, the Church as a whole has gone through many transitions. Doctrine, church leadership, the gospel spreading to various parts of the world, Bible translations to name some but somewhere along the way, alot less women were being used in ministry. Perhaps it's because men or society tried to silence them, perhaps the belief the only woman's place in life is in the home, (sadly there's still men who think like that today) or various opportunities were denied because a person was a woman! Ladies that had been going on for quite sometime and that was until Maria Woodsworth-Etter who became America's ''first lady preacher and healing evangelist'' that paved the way for women to be in ministry today! She went through a ton of opposition through her denomination, critics, or even her family but she pressed into prayer, the Spirit of the Lord anointed her, and lives were touched and changed because of her ministry! Other women after her came on the scene such as Aimee Semple Mcpherson, Kathyrn Kuhlman, Nancy Dufrese, Joyce Meyers, Lisa Bevere, Lysa Terkeurst, Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirrer just to name several well-known female ministers. By God's grace we have so many examples of godly women who became well known female ministers (the purpose of course is not to be famous) who paved the way to shape women's ministry today! That is what now leads me to what I'm about to say next. Because we had so many women leaders before us pave the way to where we are today, it's essential to keep paving the way for future women leaders. That's where my training comes in handy and I've shared it on previous blogs. Also a Scripture that comes to mind is a Scripture that doesn't get talked about alot but it was written by the Apostle Paul under the inspiration from the Holy Ghost the book of Titus. In the book of Titus 2;3-5 where the Apostle Paul told his ''spiritual son in the faith'' Titus to teach older godly women how to properly live for Christ, to not be drunkards, liars, or slanderers, to be reverent, and teach what is good. What was the purpose of that? The rest of the verses continue on saying after the older women are trained so they can train younger women to love their husbands, kids, busy at home, be kind, and be subject to their husbands so that the Word of God won't be maligned. Wow! So even the Apostle Paul understood the importance of training for women! How much more is that needed today? Many of you ladies may also be familiar with Proverbs 31 that it demonstrates how a godly woman, wife, mother, or single woman takes care of the house as well as does work outside the house as well as having godly character. How many of you ladies know how important that is especially these days? That's also what my women's training is about is to train the next generation of women leaders especially in the body of Christ and give them better opportunities in ministry even better than the ones that I had! For those of you that may or may not remember in the previous blog I mentioned that prior to me going to MATC (Milwaukee Area Technical College) and graduating from there in 2025 last year, I attended a Bible college called ''DSOM'' (District School Of Ministry) from 2012 and finished in 2016 but I wasn't able to get into the ministry right away but rather worked at ''Milwaukee Recreation'' after school club for the next four years from 2026 until 2020 Covid time. Another thing I don't like to talk about but it is a fact that no ''regular church'' has hired me to be on staff for them and I prayed to the Lord about what to do about that! For those of you that may or may not know this virtual women's ministry ''Women's Warriors Academy'' started in 2021 with only just two people! But God has continued to grow this and I believe this is another way for this virtual women's ministry to grow. I want there to be more female prophetesses, pastors, and teachers sent out in this ministry and also to be women's pastors at ''regular churches'' as well too. That's my heart, my prayer, and whole mission behind this! The truth is we need more women in ministry today more than ever! We need women spiritual leaders who truly are intimate with the Lord and anointed of the Lord. We need women spiritual leaders who are sound in doctrine, led by the Spirit, and seeks to impact the lives of others. Those are women that God desires to have in the ministry as well too. if you're reading this and you sense a tug on your heart or want to recommend this to another godly woman, I'd highly encourage you to reach out to me. I'd also encourage you to check out the women's website where it's under ''Women's Warriors Bible College'' to register and important note, classes start after Labor Day which is coming up and if I were y'all I wouldn't procrastinate. As I've previously stated I only have one student enrolled so far and it's my prayer that more women enroll for both my adult high school diploma training and my associates degree training as well too. The Bible says in 2 Timothy 2;15 written by the Apostle Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit said; ''Study to shy thyself approved. A workman needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the Word of truth''. Again let me encourage you ladies to pray about this training and if it's not a fit for me, let me encourage you share this with another godly woman who is looking for it! This training will be outside the regular virtual Bible study time and regular virtual prayer meeting time and during the day on weekdays for godly women who want to be future female spiritual leaders either in this virtual ministry or in a ''regular church setting''. Also later tonight at virtual Bible study I'll be concluding the ''book of Daniel series'' because it's the end of the month and hope you join me for that. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, see y'all at Bible study, and hope to see as many of y'all in my upcoming women's training!