About Us
Board/Steering Committee
Nancy Stanton McDaniel—Moderator
Suzanne Stovall Vinson—Past Moderator
Ka'thy Gore Chappell—Moderator Elect
Judith Bledsoe Bailey—Recording Secretary
Barbara Jackson—Treasurer
Elizabeth Rickert Dowdy—Membership Secretary
Class of 2010
Elizabeth Rickert Dowdy
Barbara Jackson
Nancy Stanton McDaniel
Susan Morris
Sandra Hack Polaski
Kristin Adkins Whitesides
Class of 2011
Judith B. Bailey
Jen Carter
Amanda Barbour Johnston
Elizabeth Mangham Lott
Suzanne Stovall Vinson
Helen Wood
Class of 2012
Ka’thy Gore Chappell
Becky Glass
Sheryl Johnson
Abby Thornton
Stephanie Hamilton
Rose Mary Stewart
Virginia Baptist Women in Ministry (VBWIM) is an association of persons, both women and men, lay and professional, who perceive what they do as Christian Ministry, and who seek to provide an avenue for mutual support, encouragement and empowerment.
VBWIM provides a network of support and community
Women come to know each other in workshops, conferences, and social gatherings. VBWIM presents a united voice as we speak forth on injustices, gender issues, and a woman's point of view in biblical and theological studies and in ethical issues.
Wendy Crow, Susan Morris, and Rose Mary Stewart
VBWIM offers opportunities for self-understanding
In VBWIM you can find avenues for information, support and identity, a forum for expressing opinion and scholarship, and opportunities to meet for friendship and exploration of topics of concern. The newsletter Synergy is a journal for creative thought and a means of connecting.
VBWIM creates awareness
Knowledge is power. We need to know the structures and systems within which we work, the history that has shaped us, our models and heroes. VBWIM is an advocate for women in ministry and affirms the ministries women offer.