Celebrating 14 Years of Ministry

        York County Christian Women's Job Corps began in 1996 as one of five pilot sites for Christian Woman's Job Corps, a ministry of WMU, in the nation. This ministry was created to address the spiritual, emotional and practical needs of economically disadvantaged women and children in York County.

Its purpose is to provide a Christian context in which women are equipped for life and employment, in an environment where women help women. That purpose is fulfilled when a woman has the skills to be self-sufficient within her culture. CWJC gained identity and recognition quickly as one of the strongest components in the Welfare to Work Initiative.

York County CWJC was a representative on former Vice President Al Gore's Welfare to Work Coalition, and was also selected as a presenter at the "One America" Conference the Vice President held in Chicago in 1999. York County CWJC has proven to be an effective model of church and community cooperation in addressing poverty in South Carolina.

"The Christian Women's Job Corps program combines job training

to meet practical needs with spiritual training to meet eternal

needs," he said, adding that both President Bush and former Vice

President Al Gore have described the CWJC program as the best

"at lifting women out of government dependency and helping them

to become self-supporting, wage earners.”

—Frank Page, SBC President