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Pastor Reverend Dr. Deborah Evans, of DRE’s International Ministry, based in Bermuda, is in Barbados to co-host a women’s summit.

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Scores gathered at the Mount of Praise Wesleyan Holiness Church, Tudor Bridge, St. Michael, on Friday evening, for the opening ceremony of the International Women’s Summit.

Summit seeking to empower women

A SUMMIT is being undertaken in Barbados this weekend to empower women who are being abused, to gain the strength to turn to new chapters in their lives.

DRE Ministry International, a Bermuda-based religious organisation, in conjunction with the Church of God Jackson, is hosting its 2017 Women’s Summit in Barbados for the first time.

The summit, which started last Friday evening at the Mount of Praise Wesleyan Holiness Church, Tudor Bridge, St. Michael, and will conclude today at that same location, has been themed: ‘God’s Phenomenal Women – Positioned to Run, Rule and Reign’.

Pastor Reverend Dr. Deborah Evans, of DRE’s Ministry, who came to Barbados with a team of 46 people, said the purpose of the summit is to minister to women who are being abused and do not know how to tell anybody.

“We come to be a blessing to the women and just be real and create a safe place for these women,” she said.

The opening night of the summit was filled with worship and praise. Yesterday, workshops for young women were held, giving them a private setting to be opened about issues affecting them.

Pastor Evans told The Barbados Advocate that at times people look at the “conditions” that they are going through, not recognising that in the midst of those conditions, God is conditioning them for where they are going.

She made the point that some women endure abuse because of financial security.

The Pastor stressed that once a woman knows her value, she will know that she does not have to be validated by another person, and as a result, she will find the courage to step out of that abusive
relationship.

“I would say when we know how much value we are to ourselves first, then we can get out of those situations trusting God that he will make a way of escape,” she said. (AH)

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