BEAUTIFUL INVITATION (BE-I)
Be-I by Watch & Walk Ministry is a spiritual formation and capacity building program for Christian women. The concept of “Beautiful Invitation” comes from an idea of re-imagined Christian witness.
Jesus gives the initial invitation in Matthew 4:19 with the simple words, “Come and follow me.” When we choose to follow Jesus’ call on our lives,
our lives themselves become a beautiful invitation to others to do the same. As Christians, our lives ought to be the hard question that people bump up against, that convicts them of who they are and are becoming. For the Christian woman, beauty becomes apologetics; her argument for the gospel is her life.
The short name "Be-I" has been chosen for two reasons. First, a Beautiful-invitation initiative will encourage today's woman to reflect regularly on the question, "Am I spending most of my time on BEING beautiful or on LOOKING beautiful?" Second, "Be-I" reminds today's woman that she is beautiful regardless of her physical make-up, background, or circumstance. She can thus say to herself, "BE I rich or poor, tall or short, I am beautiful before God, and so I must reflect divine beauty."
Be-I by Watch & Walk is led by a team of nine inspiring Christian ladies from three nations: Ghana, Rwanda, and USA. Through mentorship, seminars, provision of theological resources, sponsorships, Christian art, and other transformative initiatives, the Be-I Team empowers Christian women to know their worth in Christ and equips them to incarnate a beautiful invitation - a life filled with grace and truth.
The maiden Be-I event was a virtual conference that took place on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 8:00am Central Time. The conference brought together Christian women from diverse cultural backgrounds to discuss the question of establishing boundaries in one's vocation, ministry, and relationship.
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the video recording of the conferenceListen
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The 2022 edition of Be-I Ladies' conference came off on Saturday, July 23 at 9:00 AM CDT / 2:00 PM GMT / 4:00 PM CAT. This virtual conference explored the question of where the Christian woman finds her identity and how it can impact her life and her engagement with popular culture. The event featured music ministration by Yvonne Dufie Frimpong, spoken word by Manuela Adjei-Mensah and artwork presentation by Jenni Chilton, all from the Be-I Team.
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Meet the Be-I Team
Jenni Chilton
(USA)
A native of Texas, Jenni graduated from Baylor University in Waco, Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master of Science in Education (Curriculum and Instruction). She also received a Master of Divinity from Baylor University’s Truett Seminary. Jenni has a deep pssion for Jesus and loves to serve Him through ministering to children and their families.
Yvonne Dufie Frimpong (Ghana)
Yvonne is a Registered Nurse of the Ghana Health Service. She holds a Bsc. and an MPhil. in Nursing. Yvonne is also a songwriter and serves in the youth ministry of her local church.
Manuela Adjei-Mensah (Ghana)
Manuela Adjei-Mensah is a soulful writer called to the creative ministry and is reaching out to the world through Spirit-inspired art. She is fascinated by the creative power of words and loves to share the gospel through the theatre arts and music. Her love for and participation in theatre spans through her high school and university days at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where she served as the theatre head of the National Union of Baptist Students (2019-2021). She is currently a member of the Media Team and Music Department of Grace Baptist Church (Kumasi, Ghana).
Cecily McIlwain
(USA)
Cecily McIlwain is an MDiv graduate of Baylor’s Truett Seminary (Waco, Texas). She currently serves as the Director of Children, Youth and Families at Citylife Presbyterian Church (Boston, MA).
Emmanuella Osei Banahene
(Ghana)
Emmanuella Osei Banahene is the founder Of Women Made by God ministries which focuses on grooming young ladies to be wholesome Christians, flourishing and excelling in their relationships with God and humans. She is a lover of nature and holds an MPhil degree in Ecology from KNUST (Ghana).
Solange Balikunde
(Rwanda)
Solange has a BA in Translation and Interpretation studies, and a Master of Divinity degree from Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. For the past nine years, Solange has worked as a freelance translator/interpreter and served at her local church as a Bible teacher and preacher and discipled new believers. Her heart’s desire is to see the church in Rwanda grow in terms of Bible literacy and discipleship.
Angela Akpan (USA)
Angela graduated from Baylor University with a BS in Engineering. She currently volunteers at her local church to help grow the student and young adult ministry.
Akua Amankwaa Domfeh, M.D.
(Ghana)
Akua is a medical doctor in Ghana. She is fun, kind and caring, and aspires to touch hearts not only through her profession but also through music and art.
Megan Boyd
(USA)
Megan has a BA in Psychology and an MA in Spanish. She currently investigates the implementation of evidence-based practices for child trauma on her research assistantship with the department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University. Since 2014, she has spent a total of seven months in Guatemala with the organization Hope Renewed International.