“For Zion’s sake I will not rest and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep silent, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.”

Isaiah 62:1

The Lamp - What’s this all about?

The first General Assembly of the newly formed PCA heartily endorsed a plan from the Christian Education and Publications Committee for the establishment of women’s organizations in churches and presbyteries.  Thus WIC - Women in the Church - was born in 1973.  An old-fashioned lamp was selected for the logo in order to illustrate the following principles for living life as a godly woman in the church. 

• In order for a kerosene lamp to give light, it must be filled with oil. The believer’s life must be filled with the oil of the Holy Spirit.
 
• The wick must rest continually in the oil. We must rest in Christ and draw life and spiritual strength from His Holy Spirit.
• The wick must be regulated and trimmed regularly. Our lives must be daily regulated and trimmed in obedience to God’s Word.
• The lamp chimney must be kept clean and clear. Our light shines to the world as we repent of sin and live in whole-hearted obedience to our Savior.

The primary focus of WIC ministry is mercy.  In his address at the 1999 WIC conference, Dr. Bryan Chappell made the statement that “Mercy alone is not the Gospel, but it is a powerful means by which God is known.”  “Why should we minister Christ’s mercy?  So that others will know Him, yes.  But, also so that we will have the wonderful privilege of identifying with what he did in our behalf.  For only as we share in his humiliation on our behalf, will we be able to attest that our standing with him has nothing to do with our goodness, but with His.”  As Women in the Church, we strive to extend the hand of mercy to those in need within our own church family, and in the community around us.