{"id":3749,"date":"2015-07-14T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/?p=3749"},"modified":"2020-06-04T13:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:46:01","slug":"10-ways-we-hurt-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/10-ways-we-hurt-women\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways We Unknowingly Hurt Women in Our Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10-Ways-We-Unknowingly-Hurt-Women-in-Our-Church.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4426\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10-Ways-We-Unknowingly-Hurt-Women-in-Our-Church.png\" alt=\"10 Ways We Unknowingly Hurt Women in Our Church\" width=\"600\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10-Ways-We-Unknowingly-Hurt-Women-in-Our-Church.png 600w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10-Ways-We-Unknowingly-Hurt-Women-in-Our-Church-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recently had a friend start to share about an incident in their church that happened last year. Feelings had been hurt. Deeply. Gaping wounds had not yet healed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Before she got into the details of the situation, I told her I didn\u2019t need to know. <em>I really didn&#8217;t want to know.<\/em>&nbsp; She understood and asked me to pray for healing for those who\u2019ve been hurt.<\/p>\n<p>It grieves me to hear stories of believers hurting one another. We all know how we should behave and treat others, but we don&#8217;t always practice what we teach and what we preach.<\/p>\n<p>I got to thinking about all the times and ways in which we unknowingly hurt each other in the church and specifically&nbsp;in women\u2019s ministry.<\/p>\n<h5>If we can shine a light on the things we unintentionally do that hurt others, we can keep ourselves from making that same mistake with someone else.<\/h5>\n<p>This list would make for a great <strong>Women\u2019s Ministry Team discussion<\/strong> \u2013 just be sure to set firm rules that names are not shared, gossip is to be avoided, and fingers are not to be pointed.<\/p>\n<p>You might be surprised to discover that your team is guilty of one (or more) of the following 10 things. Together you can create an action plan.<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps you just need to pray and ask God to reveal any area in which you have unknowingly&nbsp;hurt another.<\/p>\n<h4>10 Ways We Unknowingly Hurt the Women in our Church<\/h4>\n<p>1. We <strong>undervalue their efforts<\/strong> \u2013 Everyone wants to be appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>2. We <strong>overvalue someone else\u2019s efforts<\/strong> \u2013 diminishing theirs.<\/p>\n<p>3. We <strong>don\u2019t communicate in a timely manner<\/strong>. Strive for 24, but no more than 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>We assume.<\/strong> Whether it\u2019s a level of spiritual maturity, Bible knowledge, room location, or event information, we think they already know.<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>We under communicate.<\/strong> Send reminders. <a title=\"13 Ways to Publicize Your Event Inside Your Church\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/publicize-inside-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Publicize your events <\/a>everywhere and in every way you can.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/We-hurt-the-women-in-our-church-when-we-dont-share-our-hurts-our-wounds-our-trials-and-our-mistakes..png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4428\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/We-hurt-the-women-in-our-church-when-we-dont-share-our-hurts-our-wounds-our-trials-and-our-mistakes..png\" alt=\"We hurt the women in our church when we don't share our hurts, our wounds, our trials, and our mistakes.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/We-hurt-the-women-in-our-church-when-we-dont-share-our-hurts-our-wounds-our-trials-and-our-mistakes..png 600w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/We-hurt-the-women-in-our-church-when-we-dont-share-our-hurts-our-wounds-our-trials-and-our-mistakes.-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>We hold back.<\/strong> We don\u2019t share our hurts, our wounds, our trials, our mistakes. Our women mistakenly think we are perfect and\/or can\u2019t relate.<\/p>\n<p>7. We get <strong>caught up in the details<\/strong> and forget the person.<\/p>\n<p>8. <strong>We overprice our events.<\/strong> Our retreats and conferences are so costly that they consistently leave out a segment of our church body.<\/p>\n<p>9. <strong>We forget to stop, drop, and pray.<\/strong> We continually come into contact with women that need prayer RIGHT NOW. Grab a corner and close your eyes. Pray before hanging up the phone.<\/p>\n<p>10. <strong>We shut them out<\/strong> \u2013 we close our Bible studies and don\u2019t let them join in mid-session. They have to wait until the next sign-up for a mentor or a Secret sister.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shine-a-light.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4427\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shine-a-light.png\" alt=\"Shine a light\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shine-a-light.png 600w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shine-a-light-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I may be able to write up this list, but that does not mean I&#8217;m not guilty of 2 or 3 or 4 (or all) of them!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Please hear my heart on this.<\/em> I am not trying to make any of us or anyone on your team feel less than. I do, however, think it&#8217;s important to reflect and assess how we&#8217;re doing and look for ways in which we can love the women God&#8217;s blessed us with better.<\/p>\n<p>It may be that God has not highlighted anything for you in this post. But if He has, will you prayerfully respond to what He&#8217;s put a finger on?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Your turn to share: Did your toes get stepped on? Maybe one of these things has happened to you? Is there something you\u2019d like to see yourself or your team do better?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also want to read:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Letting Go of Perfect\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/letting-go-of-perfect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Letting Go of Perfect<\/a><a title=\"Reno Project #1: Excessive Decorations\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/reno-decorations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nExcessive Decorations<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"How can we keep cliques from harming our ministry?\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/cliques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How can we keep cliques from harming our ministry?<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"How to Alienate Visitors\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/how-to-alienate-visitors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Alienate Visitors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/view.flodesk.com\/pages\/5f243fdad78ced0026f8345d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3636 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Subscribe-button.png\" alt=\"Subscribe button\" width=\"600\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Subscribe-button.png 600w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Subscribe-button-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had a friend start to share about an incident in their church that happened last year. 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