“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
JESUS & WOMEN
At Mercy’s Door, our desire is to equip spiritually mature women to pass on a love for the gospel and its transforming power to the next generation. Scripture shows that women were dear to the heart of Christ and active participants in His mission—from supporting His ministry (Luke 8), to witnessing His death and resurrection (Mark 16; Matthew 28), to serving as key leaders in the early church (Romans 16). Following the vision of Titus 2, we long to see women in our church encourage, disciple, and care for one another so that the legacy of faithful sisterhood continues for the glory of God.
RHYTHMS & GATHERINGS
1.) Quarterly Gatherings. Each quarter, Mercy’s Door’s women gather for structured teaching and community. These gatherings are great opportunities to connect with women you may not know, receive Biblical instruction from other women in your church, and learn more about what it looks like to engage in ongoing women’s ministry in the upcoming season.
2.) Gospel Communities. It is not our intention that Behold & Become would be a substitute for what the Lord is doing through Gospel Communities, our central arena for discipleship and community. Instead, our ambition is for this ministry to enhance discipleship and community within GC. Once each month, every gospel community breaks out into male/female subgroups to foster deeper relationships with the other members of the group and to provide an opportunity for gender-specific discipleship conversations.
3.) Annual Retreats. Once a year, the Behold & Become Women’s Ministry invites any and all women of Mercy’s Door to gather for a weekend retreat featuring gospel-centered teaching, rest, and connection.
We encourage you to join our Facebook group to stay current on these gatherings.
LEADERSHIP
Kat Barton
Deacon
info@mercysdoor.org
Gospel Community
Women’s Breakout Leaders
Lucy Burton - Main Street GC
Liz Durbin - Green Mount GC
Bree Pannier - Crowne Point GC
Hope Ayers - Lincoln’s Landing GC
Lindsay LaRue - Patriot’s Landing GC
Kat Barton - North Mascoutah GC
Rachel Katka - Rooted Student GC (high school)
Natalie Kesley - Rooted Student GC (middle school)
To contact any of the GC breakout leaders, select the associated Gospel Community.
Manhood & Womanhood: A Christian Perspective
At Mercy’s Door, we believe God that His perfect design is very good. He has made us, male and female, in His own image. We celebrate the complementary uniqueness of our design in the understanding that together, we display a fuller portrait of the image of our God.
To learn more about the historical complementarian Christian understanding of Biblical manhood and womanhood, we encourage you to read the following statements, which we hold to be helpful and true at Mercy’s Door.
The Danvers Statement (1987)
The Nashville Statement (2015)
CBMW Statement on Abuse (2018)
For further reading on the topic, check out:
Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood
John Piper & Wayne Grudem
“When a woman is absorbed with God’s glory, she will interpret her life according to His truth.”
