Dellanna West O’Brien Award for Women’s Leadership Development

This award recognizes Baptist women who are currently demonstrating the ability to foster leadership in women and who display the potential to be leaders in the community and the world. The award will provide a grant to help the recipient continue her development and ministry to others.

The selection committee evaluates nominees based on such criteria as:

  • Personal integrity
  • Years of service, voluntary and professional
  • Involvement in missions, ministry, global vision
  • Selflessness
  • Ability to influence women to become leaders
  • Courage
  • Participation in WMU and/or its ministries
  • Mentor, rather than role model
  • Ordinary women doing extraordinary things


Note:
National WMU employees cannot be considered for nomination.

Please ask colleagues of the nominee to email their letter of endorsement and testimonials in support of your nomination to [email protected]. You may have as many endorsements and testimonials in support of your nomination as you feel is appropriate to support your nomination.

Nominations are open from October 1 through December 31 of each year. All materials must be received by December 31 to be placed into consideration. Due to the timeline for the selection process, this deadline can not be extended.