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An Announcement for International Women's Month 2025

 


RADICAL GRACE – Flipping the Script on DEI for Women and Girls

For Women's Month (March) 2025, Flip The Script Collective is launching a special program that brings fresh insight into the stories of remarkable women of faith—from the Bible, history, and our present day. Every week, we’ll publish articles that flip the script on how these stories are understood, revealing their true core: God's radical grace and redemptive love demonstrated through the cross.

But this isn’t just about personal stories. The women we’ll be highlighting carried national and generational impact—not because of their own strength, but because of God’s unearned favor at work in their lives.

At the heart of this program is a global online event on International Women’s Day (March 8, 2025), centered around the theme: RADICAL GRACE – Flipping the Script on DEI for Women and Girls.



Why Does This Conversation Matter?

Today’s global conversations on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) often focus on human effort, achievement, and self-empowerment. Women are constantly encouraged to strive harder for recognition, success, and belonging. But what if the most transformative women in history—the women in the Bible—weren’t defined by their strength, but by God’s unearned favor working through them?

This event challenges prevailing narratives by offering a countercultural yet deeply liberating perspective:

·         True equity, access, and belonging are not earned, but freely given by God’s grace.

·         Identity and empowerment don’t come from self-validation, but from being fully seen, loved, and empowered in Christ.

·      Inclusion isn’t just a human concept—it’s ultimately God’s divine inclusion, where every woman has full access to His promises, favor, and calling.

By flipping the script on DEI, this event expands the conversation beyond human structures to highlight the abundance of God’s grace—setting a new standard for what true empowerment looks like for women and girls today.

The Heart of This Series

So often, Bible stories—and even stories of modern people of faith—are taught as lessons in achievement. We hear about faith, courage, and strength and assume that the takeaway is to try harder, be better, or measure up. But the real power behind these women’s lives wasn’t in their personal efforts—it was in what they believed.

Every person who did something extraordinary in the Old Testament did so by believing in God's promise of a coming Messiah. It was never about their merit—it was always about God’s undeserved love, favor, and kindness in light of that promise. Yet many of us grew up hearing these stories in a way that made us compare ourselves to these figures, shifting our focus onto ourselves rather than the true hero of the story—Jesus.

But the Bible isn’t about striving to be like these women; it’s about seeing Christ revealed through them. As 2 Corinthians 3:18 reminds us, true transformation comes not by effort, but by beholding Jesus. 

Let's flip the script together. Register here. I look forward to seeing you in the virtual conference room. 

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