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A Study on Roles of Women Leadership and Third-World Missions

The importance of third-world missions has been emphasized in the 20th century. The Holy Spirit uses third-world churches and their missionaries to evangelize many unreached people of the world. At this point, we need to study the roles of women leadership from a mission-historical and field need-oriented perspective. Along the way, we may find the meaning of women leadership development that serves third-world missions. God called female leadership as well as male leadership to serve the world and to accomplish the Great Commission. Women leadership in the history of modern missions showed outstanding commitment and excellence in serving the people in the mission fields. Their main role in ministry prevailed in educational, medical, translation, benevolent, and evangelical works. In this article, some outstanding women leadership cases are included, such as Lottie Moon's story and three women leaders who are working in Islam mission fields. As a result of the ministries of these women leadership, many women in the third-world not only receive spiritual salvation, but also get their social status be upgraded. Suggestions regarding contemporary mission strategies for the third-world missions are summarized according to geographical, religious, and urban mission perspectives. Many women leaders are needed to serve Africa, Asia, and Central and South America in educational, medical and praise ministries, and many kinds of social works. Women in Confucianism, Hinduism, and Islam have been suffering according to their traditional customs and cultures. They need helping hands from Christian women leadership in order to be freed and receive emancipation from the darkness. In a post-modern world, the urban discipling mission strategies also demand women leadership to meet its various and holistic needs. In conclusion, women leadership are crucially needed in the third-world missions. Female leadership, combined with male leadership, can complement their callings to accomplish the Great Commission. Therefore, women leadership development in Christian churches should be encouraged to go and make disciples in the third-world mission fields. Actually, women are consisted of two-thirds of the Christian congregations in the world. The women who are called by God should be developed to save and help women in non-Christian worlds. It is very important and urgent task before us today.