You might say that the focus of Dorcas is more by the women of the church on people outside the church; and the focus of Women’s Ministries is on the women in the church so that they can then minister to others in and out of the church.
One of the misconceptions regarding Dorcas and Women’s Ministries is that women can only serve in one place in the church and so they either have to serve in Dorcas, or Dorcas has to be done away with and take on Women’s Ministries. This is not true. Women can belong to both Dorcas and Women’s Ministries and possibly be involved in Children’s Ministries and Health Ministries and Family Ministries and many other things at the same time—whatever appeals to the individual woman and wherever the Lord leads that individual woman.
It is our hope that as a result of Women’s Ministries, Dorcas will become even stronger and will find new and better ways of ministering and that women who may not be interested in Dorcas may find strength and empowerment to develop and become involved in other ministries that can help forward the mission of the Church.
