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Alyssa Whitehurst has served on staff at Mobberly Baptist Church in Longview since 2019 as minister to women, focusing on Bible literacy, multi-gen community, and intentional care ministries. Alyssa and husband, Kyle, enjoy spending their free time outdoors hiking, kayaking, BBQing, and enjoying good food, museum exploring, and landscape photography.
What’s one victory in the Mobberly women’s ministry you have celebrated recently?
One thing I continue to celebrate and thank God for is the foundation and longevity of our women’s ministry to one another and to the community. For example, we recently celebrated our Widow to Widow Ministry’s 20th anniversary. This group of women has experienced profound loss and yet finds the desire to serve and comfort other women with the comfort and generous love God has shown them. We have had women all over East Texas ask if they can join this group and others who have come to observe how to launch similar ministries in their churches
What’s one challenge you are facing?
Our church is very blessed to have a healthy cross section of many generations attending. One of the unique challenges is spending enough time observing how each generation engages with volunteerism, their communication styles/preferences, and their responsiveness to those outside of their peer groups. I find the most successful way to nurture a shared goal of multi-gen ministry is through one-on-one conversations and asking people directly to be a part of the solution.
What’s one thing you are praying will happen in the women’s ministry over the coming year?
We are in the process of launching our crisis pregnancy mentoring ministry to the community in partnership with Lifeline Children’s Services. I have been so encouraged by the overwhelming support of our congregation as we seek to step in as friends to women who need to know the impact of Christ. We have been able to help women begin healing from past unplanned pregnancies and abortions, and we are working with at-risk youth to prevent future unplanned pregnancies. We pray that this year we can become a beacon of hope to East Texas, that community agencies will call on us to partner with them, and that sister churches will join us in this work.
What’s one lesson you’ve learned to this point of your life and ministry you know you’ll never forget?
You cannot lead people where you are not willing to go yourself. You must dive in first if you want them to dive deep into His Word. You must let the potter do His shaping work in you if you want others to desire to be conformed to His image. You must learn to wait with increasing faith if you want them to enter seasons of suffering or waiting with steadfastness. Your life gives credibility to your message.
How can the churches of the SBTC be praying for you and your ministry?
My husband and I are stepping into a new season as first-time parents through domestic infant adoption. Pray that God’s name will be made known and all glory will be given to Him through our family and the ministry labors of Mobberly women.
