Pursuing Partnership Culture: Considerations as Men and Women Lead Together
2025-04-01 - 2025-04-30 | Online Event
Coming again soon: check back!
Wednesdays, 12:30 – 2:00pm Eastern time, bi-weekly
For men and women both to participate and process as colleagues.
Session 1: Introductions and Overview
Session 2: Benefits and Barriers – Structural & Practical
Session 3: Implications of Theology – The Evangelical Spectrum
Session 4: Flourishing Partnership – Inner Life
Session 5: Flourishing Partnership – Community Culture
Session 6: Flourishing Partnership – Intentional Practices
Pursuing Partnership Culture: Considerations as Men and Women Lead Together
*Organizational Culture Shifts that Help Men and Women Flourish as They Work Together
*Reducing Unintended Barriers to Healthy Partnership
*Creating Pathways for Women in Organizational Leadership

This online workshop is limited to 20 participants who are focused on exploring and growing together around men and women leading together. (Limit 3 people from any one organization, but colleagues attending together is encouraged for maximum benefit to the organization)

*Learn with and from other participants in a discussion-based format
*Spiritual reflection and practical help
*Leave with new relationships and insights
*Opportunities for ongoing cohort learning and interaction following event
Facilitated by Ms. Wendy Wilson and Dr. Rob Dixon
*More about our facilitators below
Event Specifics:
Facilitators will lead us in interaction around understanding what is happening in both the research and changing expectations around men and women working together in leadership. What do we have to gain or lose by actively pursuing a more effective blend of men and women working together at the leadership level? How do address the challenges and opportunities? We will engage questions and interaction, and make progress on developing effective processes for your own scenario.
*Is the need for change traditional, theological and/or practical?
*What can be easily changed (once recognized) and what is more challenging?
*What might a helpful organizational readiness process look like toward engaging effective partnerships?
*How might expectations be different between home office leadership, field staff, supporting churches?
*As many entities desire to involve more women in their leadership structures (field or executive roles), what might be unintended barriers and unrecognized opportunities in this direction?
*How can we create more avenues to find, develop, support, and retain more gifted women to bring the perspective and talent that we desire for our organizations?
*What characteristics of organizational culture best support men and women working together in leadership?
We will consider a variety of intentional organizational practices that can help us move toward organizational cultures that invite, develop, and support women with leadership gifts and experience so male leaders have the eyes and perspectives they need from their female allies. As we identify any unintended barriers to meaningful partnership that may be at work in our own organizational cultures, we are free to think creatively about removing and replacing them with processes that more accurately reflect our goals and help us accomplish our mission. We can begin to cultivate readiness, embrace desired change, and establish ongoing pathways to bring the benefits of male/female partnerships more fully to bear. The Image of God displayed and at work!
Who is this for?
*Mission Organization Decision-Makers (Executive Level, HR/Personnel)
*Field Staff Leadership
*Church Leadership (Pastors, Elders, Dir. of Ops/Personnel)

Registration: $ 125
Register and pay online through the link in the top right corner of this page. (Notation for Partnerships – 2025) If mailing payment after registering, make check payable to Women’s Development Track PO Box 894 Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816.
QUESTIONS about the experience?
Call or email Wendy Wilson, 208/665-2367, wendy@womensdevelopmenttrack.com

* More about your facilitators for Pathways to Partnership:

Dr. Rob Dixon has served with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for 26 years, and currently works as a Senior Fellow with the InterVarsity Institute. Rob holds a Doctor of Intercultural Studies degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, and his book, Together in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships, was published in September 2021 from InterVarsity Press Academic. Rob spends his time training, coaching, and consulting on the topic of women and men in partnership, and he has enjoyed his interactions with organizations such as Missio Nexus, the Reformed Church in America, Wycliffe, ECO Presbyterian, and others. In his free time, Rob enjoys long runs, hanging out with his family, and adjunct teaching at Fresno Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary.
Ms. Wendy Wilson expresses her joy and privilege as envisioning and equipping women to bring their gifts fully into the grand calling of the Great Commission. With a BBA from Texas A&M University, and an MABS from Dallas Theological Seminary, Wendy has led inter-mission and inter-confessional equipping efforts abroad and at home, spending the last decade focussing on strengthening US-based Mission Agencies in an intentional development culture for women. Having 25 years of executive leadership experience in missions, Wendy served the Missio Nexus membership as Mission Advisor for Development of Women from 2012-2024. She is also the founder and Executive Director of the collaborative Women’s Development Track.

CALLED: Equipping Women for Ministry Leadership
2025-04-11 - 2025-04-12 | Moody Bible Institute
In-person and virtual options!
Called is a one-day training event at Moody Bible Institute designed to strengthen women currently serving or preparing to serve in ministry leadership. Along with keynote speakers Dr Sandra Glahn and Elizabeth Woodson, we will offer 18 different workshops taught by seasoned ministry leaders and professors – take a moment to glance through the list of 18 workshops on the website. There will also be a pre-conference workshop on Friday, April 11, with Dr Julie Slattery on Authentic Sexuality, as well as dinner and a panel discussion led by Dr Pam McRae at 6pm.
Women are encouraged to come to the campus of Moody Bible Institute or join us virtually on Saturday, April 12, 9:00am – 4:30pm. (Doors open at 8am.) In past years,many ministry leaders have used the Called conference as a training opportunity for their entire team. Please also check out a new option this year of a pre-conference training day with an option to earn CEU credit from Moody Bible Institute. Two different certificates will be offered. You can choose either a certificate in “Ministry to Women” or “Ministry to Women in a Military Context.” Learn more about the conference and register at https://www.moodyconferences.com/called/.

The Evangelical Spectrum on Theology of Women: A Self-Guided Workshop
2025-09-01 - 2026-06-01 | Online Event
A self-guided series of recorded sessions (below.) Work through it on your own or, even better, with a group!
Because the issue of women and men in the home, church, and society has gained new interest over the last decade, we have attempted to summarize the main issues in the varying positions and practice by evangelicals who all hold a high view of God’s written Word. We hope this can be a good start to an important exploration in your own process of clarity and fluency in this issue as well as a launch into even more amazement at the new life we have in Christ as Image-bearers in male and female of our Creator God!
When it comes to texts that have greatly influenced modern evangelical thought, we are dealing with issues of interpretation of Scripture, for we are agreed on the inspiration of Scripture. And so we can expectantly and graciously engage together in an exploration of what the interpretive challenges actually are in those passages. And the interpretive decisions we all make that impact the way we walk out our faith in the area of men and women in Christ.
Below you’ll find the recorded parts of our online seminar that we normally do as monthly sessions with discussion and interaction interspersed (which we don’t record.) If you have a group with which to listen through these explanations of the interpretive challenges of passages that are most often used to form a position and practice, stop at various points to hear from each other – with an attitude of respectful disagreement and listening to learn:
What was new to me? What makes most sense to me at this point and why? How have I seen this taught or practiced in my sphere of influence? What do I want to think/pray about or study further?
Watch Here:

Overview and Spectrum Summary
Genesis 1-3
Galatians 3, 1 Corinthians 7
Ephesians 5: 21-33, 1 Peter 3:1-9
1 Tim 2: 8 – 15
Review and 1 Cor 11
1 Corinthians 11: 2-16, 14:26-40
Overview Old Testament to the Church

Facilitators:
Heather Althoff currently serves as the Missions Pastor at LifeWay Church in Federal Way, WA. While earning a bachelor’s degree in Classical Greek from Trinity University and a Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary, Heather developed a deep love for studying and teaching theology. She served as the Community Life Pastor, leading the assimilation and discipleship efforts at LifeWay from 2008-2019. In addition to teaching, she trained small group leaders and wrote discipleship materials. She has a passion for encouraging, training, and resourcing people to develop their relationship with Jesus, know their theology, and live out their calling to share Jesus with others. In 2019, Heather brought these same passions to LifeWay’s missions efforts. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband and two teenage kids.
Don Turner was the President of Global Focus, a ministry that helps local churches strategically enhance their involvement in missions. Now retired, Don’s background is a unique blend of corporate and ministry experience – from the United States Air Force to a Fortune 500 company in the Seattle area as Manager of Strategic Planning and Management Control Systems, and the Assistant General Manager of Management Information Systems. In 1987 Don left the corporate world to accept an invitation to pastoral ministry, first as an executive pastor and then as a lead pastor, a position he held for 21 years. Also having served as an elder in his local church for many years, Don also serves on the Board of IMPACT and has a strong understanding of the church and global missions. He is passionate about helping every church member maximize their impact for God’s global mission.
Wendy Wilson has served in various capacities in leadership training ministry and missions since 1984. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in biblical studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. She brings years of experience in engaging the spectrum of views in the ongoing evangelical discussion about women in ministry and marriage. Wendy lived and travelled abroad with a pastoral training ministry, for 28 years, developing an ongoing process of shepherd training for women. Then She served as the Mission Advisor for Development of Women to the Missio Nexus network of 350 agencies from 2012-2024. In 2015 she became founder and director of a collaborative project she continues to lead, Women’s Development Track, to help agencies and churches bring the full spectrum of gifts of women more fully to bear in accomplishing the Great Commission alongside their brothers – as the Blessed Alliance!
Questions about our process . . or yours? Contact Wendy at wendy@womensdevelopmenttrack.com

Leadership Pathways for Women: A Monthly Online Coaching Cohort
2025-09-11 - 2026-04-09 | Online Event
Leadership Pathways for Women: Growing through our Internal Hindrances
“If your gift is to lead, do it diligently” Rom 12:8
An online coaching cohort for Great Commission women gifted with leading, initiating, and strategic-thinking.
Limited to 12 women – FULL (Registration CLOSED)

Women are making their way into strategic positions of influence and leadership within the church, ministry and missions as we’ve recognized what we are missing without them. They are called by God to serve and flourish in these arenas! At the same time, we’ve seen that a women’s path into leadership is often different than a man’s, involving external and internal challenges that are not all unique to women, but they tend to hinder women in unique ways.
This guided experience of peer-learning involves monthly online meetings around the coaching process, 7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership, developed by Dr Kate Coleman. This 8-part investment brings together hard-won wisdom, biblical insight, and practical tools to empower women in leadership.
Discussions will be facilitated by Wendy Wilson, Exec Dir of Women’s Development Track, with coaching sessions facilitated by Beth Eckstein, Certified Executive Coach (see more about them below). Beth and Wendy will guide us through this process of discovery and peer-learning as follows:
8 Monthly Sessions: Sept 2025 – April 2026, SECOND Thursday of the month, 12:00 – 1:30pm ET
#1 – September 11: Introductions and Overview
Laying the Foundation for a Good Experience – Vision, Vulnerability, and Group Guidelines
#2 – October 9: Hindrance #1 – Limiting Self-Perceptions
Discussion: Identifying Truth and Defeating our Inner Critics
Coaching: Your own Internal Narratives
#3 – November 13: Hindrance #2 – Failure to Draw the Line
Discussion: Life-Giving Boundaries and Practical Boundary Management
Coaching: Your own Relationship to Boundaries
#4 – December 11: Hindrance #3 – Inadequate Personal Vision
Discussion: Discerning and Living into God-given Vision in Every Season
Coaching: Ambition Guilt
#5 – January 8: Hindrance #4 – Rhythms of Work and Rest
Discussion: Worshipping God by Honoring our God-given Limits
Coaching: Neglecting Self-Care
#6 – February 12: Hindrance #5 – The Disease to Please
Discussion: Balancing Relationships and Leadership
Coaching: Security Idolatry
#7 – March 12: Hindrance #6 – Colluding and not Confronting
Discussion: Addressing Conflict with Wisdom and Courage
Coaching: Colluding with Dysfunction
#8 – April 9: Hindrance #7 – Neglect in Family Matters
Discussion: Trusting God with our Nearest and Dearest
Coaching: Self-Reliance over God-Reliance
What you’ll be asked to do: 1) To make the most of our time together, you’ll prepare for our sessions each month by reading one chapter in the book 7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership and watching the videos for each month on your own. 2) At the end of each cohort session you will be given a personal action step to process with the group the next month. 3) And we’ll ask you to commit your best intentions to this cohort to be present and prepared every month!
Cost: $250 + purchase of the book, includes:
1) Full access to the video series on your own. Find previews of the video study here. (An individual subscription costs $250 alone but we can get a group rate through Women’s Development Track AND add the essential cohort learning experience together.)
2) Monthly 90-minute online sessions with your cohort for important processing and coaching as peers per the schedule above.
Registration: Register and pay through the button at the top right of this page (Notation for 7DS Online.) Or Registration online but mail a check made payable to Women’s Development Track PO Box 894 Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816. Your place will be confirmed when payment is received.
Your Facilitators:
Wendy Wilson brings 40+ years in missions, church ministry, and leadership. After 28 years with a pastoral training ministry in which she led the development of shepherd training for women, Wendy then served as the Missio Nexus Mission Advisor for Development of Women from 2012-2024, focusing on growing the participation of women in executive leadership roles for member agencies. In 2015 she founded Women’s Development Track as a collaborative platform for training and mentoring Great Commission women. She brings wide experience in the diverse evangelical discussion and practice around women and ministry, and offers perspective on the growing opportunity for the Great Commission community to steward the giftedness of women thoughtfully, actively and effectively.
Beth Eckstein has over two decades specializing in leadership development and change transformation. She is an accomplished Executive Coach and Facilitator, certified Cultural Intelligence Consultant, and Immunity to Change/Developmental Sprint® Facilitator. Her MA in Organizational Change Management involved specific research in effective leadership coaching during change transformation. Beth spent 25 years in Asia with SEND International in various roles including the Asst Dir of Training and Development as well as the Dir of Women’s Ministry. Having worked with leaders from both non-profit and corporate spaces focused on leadership development and change transformation, she is passionate to see women flourish in whatever sphere of influence they are working in for kingdom impact.
Questions? Wendy@WomensDevelopmenttrack.com

Free Monthly Event: CliftonStrengths Chat
2025-12-08 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
FOR DECEMBER: Meaningful Gift Giving through the Lens of your CliftonStrengths profile. Just another way to bring the best of who you are to what you do! Watch for more of these monthly online workshops that address a holistic approach to your strengths.
Monday, December 8, 2025
1:00-2:00pm Eastern time (10am Pacific time)

Utilize your CliftonStrengths with Gallup Certified Coach, Heather Erikson. Meaningful gift giving through the lens of CliftonStrengths! How does each talent view gift giving and receiving, just in time for the most wonderful time of the year.

Unlock Your Full Potential with Our Free Monthly CliftonStrengths Workshop Series!
With over 20 years of experience, Heather will help you discover how the powerful CliftonStrengths tool can sharpen your skills and enhance your success and well-being. Throughout the year, we’ll explore how your unique top 5 CliftonStrengths can be leveraged to improve your communication, build stronger relationships, and achieve greater fulfillment.
Bring your CliftonStrengths Top 5 report!
Note: This workshop is for participants who have completed the CliftonStrengths assessment and know their top 5! Other participants are welcome to come but know that most of the conversation will center around CliftonStrengths. If you need assistance with accessing your CliftonStrengths please email heathere@coeursolutions.com
