25 certificates mark milestone in women's studies program at SWBTS

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) - Southwestern Seminary's fledgling women's studies program reached a key milestone with the certification of 25 women Nov. 4.

The certificate programs cater to two groups of people, Terri Stovall, director of women's programs and assistant professor of adult education and aging, noted.

The certificate in ministry and education is targeted to the student wife on the Fort Worth campus while the leadership certificate in women's ministry is targeted to the woman who is responsible for the women's ministry in her local church.

The MACE degree is focused on ministry in the church and equips those who will be serving as a minister to women or working with women in some way through local church ministries.

In two years, Southwestern has gone from having two women's ministry courses to having seven women's ministry courses in the education school, Stovall said.