Disciples Women JEOPARDY - Glossary

Women’s Organizations General Ministries Organizations Women’s Organizations Programs Potpourri 100 200 300 400 500

General Ministries– 100 DHM - this Unit is committed to connecting and strengthening congregations and leaders to make a difference in the world. Emphasis on congregational life and vitality, leadership development and Christian vocations. Disciples Women are in partnership with DHM. What is Disciples Home Missions? Back to Board

General Ministries- 200 DOM - In partnership with the United Church of Christ, enables Disciples to share in effective and wide ranging ministries of evangelism, witness and service around the world. What is Division of Overseas Ministries? Back to Board

General Ministries - 300 CCU - Founded in 1910, this Unit is charged with working for the unity of God’s fragmented church and world within Disciples and the entire ecumenical movement. What is Council on Christian Unity? Back to Board

General Ministries – 400 DHS - This Unit is responsible for keeping the church’s archives, fostering community of historians, providing historical resources, fostering understanding within the Stone-Campbell Movement, and interpreting that Movement to others What is Disciples Historical Society? Back to Board

General Ministries – 500 NBA - The health and social services division of the church that partners with local congregations, regional and general ministries, and a variety of Disciples-related health and social service providers. What is National Benevolent Association? Back to Board

Organizations - 100 DMF - The budget and funding process for the entire denomination. Administered by the Treasury Department in the Office of General Minister and President. What is Disciples Mission Fund? Back to Board

Organizations - 200 What is National Christian Missionary Convention? NCMC – merged with International Convention to form the National Convocation, to provide an instrumentality within the structure of the DOC as forum for the discussion of pertinent issues related to black church life in the context of total church life to support and strengthen the congregations in the total mission of the church. What is National Christian Missionary Convention? Back to Board

Organizations – 300 DPF - A fellowship of people who believe that war is “pagan, futile and destructive of the values for which the Christian faith stands.” Membership is by subscription. What is Disciples Peace Fellowship? Back to Board

Organizations - 400 NAPAD – This office provides leadership, support, education and bi-annual assembly opportunities to a diverse constituency of Asian cultures and traditions. What is North American Pacific/Asian Disciples? Back to Board

Organizations - 500 CWS – The ecumenical arm for 36 Protestant and Orthodox denominations supporting programs of self-help development, disaster response, and refugee services in more than 80 countries. What is Church World Service? Back to Board

Women’s Organizations - 100 IDWM - The organization is governed by an Executive Committee elected for a four year term. By virtue of membership in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), all women in the United States and Canada are members of IDWM. What is International Disciples Women’s Ministries? Back to Board

Women’s Organizations - 200 DWLC - Regional staff persons and/or presidents (paid/volunteer/part time/full time) and Constituency leadership who coordinate Disciples Women’s ministry and program in all of the regions. What is Disciples Women’s Leadership Council? Back to Board

Women’s Organizations - 300 CWU - A grassroots national organization of Protestant, Orthodox and (in some places) Roman Catholic Women. World Day of Prayer in the United States is managed and directed by CWU. What is Church Women United? Back to Board

Women’s Organizations - 400 EC - The elected officers and leaders who serve as the central steering committee for IDWM. What is the Executive Committee? Back to Board

Women’s Organizations - 500 WRC – This committee consists of representation from the ethnic and generational constituencies in order to design, develop and promote the use of program resources and organizational materials for women of the church. What is Women’s Resource Committee? Back to Board

Programs - 100 RIM – This DHM ministry partners with Disciples Women to educate the church and improve the circumstances of people fleeing violence and poverty to seek refuge in other countries. What is Refugee and Immigration Ministries? Back to Board

Programs - 200 W2WW - A program which puts North American women in personal contact with women in other countries around the world. What is the Woman-to-Woman Worldwide? Back to Board

Programs - 300 SERF/NIRF/WWOW/ROSES/ Heartland – Grouped according to regions, this leadership development program was designed to train regional Disciples Women’s leaders and connect women across regions. What is an “Inter-Regional”? Back to Board

Programs - 400 DWEF – Established in 1990 as Women’s Endowment Fund (WEF) to give women the opportunity to contribute to a permanent fund that benefits the work of women in the church. The fund is administered by the Christian Church Foundation (CCF) with promotion and grant distribution oversight administered by Disciples Women staff. What is Disciples Women’s Endowment Fund? Back to Board

Programs - 500 WAW – Week-long event took place bi-annually and involved a week-long traveling experience somewhere in North America to visit and learn about hands-on mission supporting local communities. In the early 2000s the execution of these events moved to a regional focus. What is Women’s Action Web? Back to Board

Potpourri - 100 UCC - A denomination formed from Evangelical, Reformed, Congregational and Christians (those who did not sign on with Campbell and Stone in 1832) who are in partnership (mutual recognition of ministry, mission, and members) with Disciples. What is the United Church of Christ? Back to Board

Potpourri - 200 JW - The official resource of Disciples Women in the form of a quarterly magazine published for Disciples Women by Disciples Women’s Ministries. What is Just Women? Back to Board

Potpourri - 300 BB - An over and above offering to the church’s outreach ministries, a portion of which supports women’s ministries through IDWM. What are blessing boxes? Back to Board

Potpourri - 400 GWC – this organization is comprised of women from churches around the world who are affiliated with the Stone-Campbell movement. What is Global Women Connecting? Back to Board

Potpourri - 500 BFW - Christian citizens’ movement in the USA organized to influence policy about issues of hunger. What is Bread for the World? Back to Board