In September 2026, more than 200 women leaders from Hesed Women's Ministry gathered for a meaningful journey across the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. During the nine-night, ten-day Europe tour, participants visited important places connected with Christian history and the Reformation. More than a historical journey, the tour became an opportunity for Hesed members to reflect on their identity as women of faith and on World Olivet Assembly's calling to stand firmly upon Scripture, live according to the gospel, strengthen the church and family, and carry the message of Christ to the next generation and the world.
Beginning in the United Kingdom and France, the women reflected on the spiritual heritage of those who worked to make the Word of God available to ordinary people and those who sought renewal according to Scripture. The examples of women who served as co-workers in the early church also reminded Hesed members that Christian women have an important calling to encourage one another, serve the church, and strengthen the faith of others. In France, the journey continued with reflection on the church's responsibility to remain humble and faithful to its true purpose. Church buildings, resources, and influence are not given for human glory, but should become instruments for prayer, spiritual formation, restoration, and mission. This expressed an important value of WOA: everything entrusted to the church should ultimately be used for the gospel and the service of others.
In Germany and Switzerland, the tour placed renewed emphasis on the authority of God's Word and the heart of the Reformation. The participants were reminded that salvation is received by grace through faith and that Christian faith must continually return to the truth of Scripture. At the same time, the painful history of religious conflict in Europe offered an important lesson. Remembering the sacrifices of previous generations should not produce hatred or revenge, but should lead Christians toward reconciliation, forgiveness, and love. The women also reflected on the importance of building healthy churches through sound teaching, education, order, and faithful leadership. This same work must begin within the home. Parents cannot believe on behalf of their children, but they can establish the family as a place where children hear God's Word, learn the gospel, and come to confess their own faith.
The journey concluded in Italy, where the messages brought many of these themes together around Christ, reconciliation, and the transmission of faith. At Milan Cathedral, participants were reminded that the final standard of Christian faith is not outward beauty or religious tradition, but the Word of God, and that Jesus Christ is the one mediator between God and humanity. The story of Rebekah in Genesis 24 also gave a special message to the women of Hesed. Her willingness to serve generously became an example of the character through which faith can be carried forward. The story of Joseph further showed how believers can recognize God's providence even through painful circumstances and choose forgiveness rather than bitterness. Hesed women were encouraged to become mothers, leaders, and co-workers who cultivate this same spirit of faith, service, generosity, reconciliation, and love.
Through the 2026 Europe Tour, Hesed Women's Ministry renewed its commitment to a faith that does not remain only in history or knowledge, but is lived and passed forward. The Christian faith received today has been preserved through the prayer, sacrifice, teaching, and proclamation of generations before. WOA therefore believes that the church is called to receive this inheritance faithfully and proclaim the gospel again-to families, cities, nations, and generations that have not yet heard. For Hesed, this means women encouraging one another in Christ, establishing homes firmly upon the Word, raising the next generation in faith, serving the church with their gifts, and participating actively in the worldwide mission of the gospel. As the tour came to its conclusion, one calling remained clear: the faith that has been received by grace must now be faithfully lived, shared, and entrusted to those who come after.