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Next Steps Ministries
Partner in Learning to Advance to the Next Steps
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Lois E. F. Watkins
Bio
Lois E. F. Watkins sensed God's calling into the ministry as a young girl and has been involved in Christian service for over thirty years.
Pastor
An honors graduate of Anderson School of Theology (Master of Divinity) and Indiana State University-Evansville (Bachelors in Sociology), Lois has served as a "side-by-side" pastor's wife while her husband was assistant pastor at Forest Hills Wesleyan Church, as a full-time evangelist specializing in children's ministry, as resident director at Indiana Wesleyan University, and as chaplain in a health care center during two units of Clinical Pastoral Education, and most recently sixteen years as co-pastor then senior pastor of LaOtto Wesleyan Church in northern Indiana.
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Preacher/teacher
The ordained minister is also a well-traveled speaker in camps, conventions, conferences, colleges, seminaries, public schools, and local churches.
Writer
She has written articles and devotionals for denominational publications and is co-author of a book featuring biblical dramas called Characters (Lillenas, 1993).
Life coach
Lois has served on her denomination's task force on women in the ministry, on the Wesleyan Women in Ministry steering committee (including a term as chairperson), plus two terms on the multi-denominational Wesleyan/Holiness Women Clergy organization's steering committee. (For an understanding of the Wesleyan denomination's position on women in ministry, click here.)
Lois has also served on her district's Board of Administration and Board of Ministerial Development.
In addition she is certified in the use of Prepare-Enrich (pre-marriage and marriage inventory), certified in the use of Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis, and has received basic, intermediate and advanced (group) Coaching Training through The Wesleyan Church in cooperation with On Purpose Ministry as well as training in the “Church Health Profile” for local church assessment
Wife, Mother, Grandmother
She is married to Jim, a full-time writer and speaker, and is mother to two adult children and two grandchildren.
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"The Rev. Lois Watkins is an effective pastor, an outstanding sermon crafter, a positive communicator and a competent
listener and coach.
Lois has the skill and experience to encourage others to new levels of Christian commitment and ministry
effectiveness."
Dr. Jerry Pence
General Superintendent
The Wesleyan Church
"Over the years, I have relied on her wisdom on many occasions. I admire not only her passion for ministry but also
her willingness to act on her passion and encourage others to utilize their gifts for ministry."
Susie Stanley
Executive Director
Wesleyan/Holiness Women Clergy
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