Our Purpose:
WHAT IS SHE LEADS MISSOURI?
We are a movement of women that HONORS Christian women of influence, AMPLIFIES their voices, and UNITES and EMPOWERS them to bring faith-based solutions to modern day challenges. As a state chapter of She Leads America, we exist to bring together women across Missouri and honor their accomplishments through annual events held across the state.
WHO WE HONOR
Our Honoree Network recognizes the accomplishments of women of faith in:
• Business and Industry
• Health and Wellness
• Education
• Government, Law, Military and First Responders
• Non-Profits (Community Service, Social Action, Christian Ministry)
• Family Life and Welfare
• Media, Sports and Entertainment
HOW WE HONOR
We host special events dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of Christian women in our state. We recognize our honorees by announcing their names and inviting them to stand as we share a brief description of their accomplishments. Each honoree receives an official She Leads Missouri certificate and a small gift of appreciation. We also work with one of our state legislators, who will enter each name in the official state record as a She Leads Missouri honoree. Once honored, each woman is part of the broader She Leads America movement and is able to participate in events held around the nation, including national retreats and events in Washington, D.C. In addition, honorees can then recommend other Christian Woman of Influence to be honored at the next She Leads Missouri event.
UPCOMING EVENTS
In honor of our national founder Liz Doyle’s love of high tea, She Leads Missouri’s inaugural event will hold what we call an “Honor Tea” held on Saturday, April 25, 2026 in St Louis, MO. For more details, see our events page.
WHAT IS SHE LEADS AMERICA?
Founded by Liz Doyle, She Leads America initially began in Michigan. Liz recalls, "In January 2019, I felt the Lord spoke to me while in prayer that Christian women in Michigan needed to be ‘a voice’ for traditional values. They needed to rise up and take a stand for Biblical principles, they needed to lead our Nation back to God. I had a meeting with my State Representative, fellow believer, Bronna Kahle. Recognizing that we get more of what we celebrate, a decision was made to hold an Afternoon Tea to honor women of faith for their accomplishments for the State of Michigan. We called our organization, 'She Leads Michigan'. With most of my work being global, I didn't have many connections in Michigan, but the Lord continued to lead. One contact would lead to another until we had our first Tea honoring the first 100 remarkable women, September 2019. 2020 brought new challenges - Covid 19, the lockdowns, our freedoms being challenged and livelihoods threatened. She Leads Michigan never missed a beat, continuing to reach out, holding Liberty Rallies in our communities and a prayer concert called ‘The Invitation’ on the steps of our State Capitol. We began praying together weekly and producing our ‘She Speaks’ programs giving women a platform on which to share their lives and work.”
The movement has since spread beyond Michigan. As a dynamic, diverse organization of accomplished Christian women from across the Nation, She Leads America offers perspective that can only come from hundreds of leaders representing a broad spectrum of influence. We provide a framework to link interdisciplinary perspectives, centered in the Bible. We share resources: ideas, people, strategic thinking. We connect to collaborate, so we can offer faith-based solutions for modern day challenges. We build relationships. We build creative solutions.
SHE LEADS AMERICA’S UNIQUE APPROACH
• She Leads America provides a safe platform for the exchange of ideas with a community of faith-focused, independent thinkers who support and encourage each other, networked together through deep relationships in Christ. We build trust.
• HONOR - She Leads America is built on honoring those who serve through peer-based nominations. We build mutual respect.
• OFFICIAL RECOGNITION - Those nominated are then recognized by State and National Legislators for their accomplishments in their States. We build affirmation.
• BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES AND VALUES are central to our mission and message. Our focal point on God’s Word unites us. We build faith.
• COMMUNITY OUTREACH, SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION We work to contribute to others’ success and celebrate God’s faithfulness together. We rally around God’s vision as it is given to individual members. We look for ways to contribute to the Lord’s work through our members as they reach into their community with God’s principles and love. We watch the Lord work in deeper and broader ways, well beyond what we could have asked or imagined by ourselves. We build vision.
OTHER SHE LEADS AMERICA INITIATIVES
She Leads America currently has state chapters in California, The Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. Other She Leads America initiatives include She Leads Native America, She Leads UK, and She Leads Pakistan.
For more information, visit https://sheleadsamerica.com/.
Our Story:
“I first connected with Liz in 2020, when she emailed me to tell me that someone had nominated me to be recognized by She Leads Michigan as an honoree. I had never heard of this organization and didn’t take that first email seriously. I grew up during the time when organizations promised to add your name to a “Who’s Who” book if you paid them a fee. So, I didn’t take Liz’s email very seriously.
If you know Liz, you know she’s persistent. Soon after, I eventually received a phone call from her asking if I was attending the honor tea. It was during that conversation that I realized this was a legit organization who simply wanted to honor me and dozens of other Christian women in Michigan for their contributions and achievements for the betterment of our beautiful state. That particular honor event occurred during the throes and tumult of covid, so it was a lovely outdoor event in our state’s capitol city at a beautiful historic mansion. The front lawn was filled by a lovely canopy tent and beautifully decorated tables with china tea sets and fresh flowers. It was during that event, that I realized just how honored I felt by the women of this organization, and was humbled that someone would even consider submitting my name. I felt honored by these ladies, but more than that, I felt honored for God. He had whispered my name in someone’s ear and that very thought moved my heart. I felt loved and seen.
The following year, I submitted a friend’s name to be honored at the next year’s tea. I enjoyed that second event even more because I could bless my friend in a similar way for her impact in our city.
Fast forward then to January of 2023 when She Leads America (SLA) founder Liz Doyle reached out to me about starting a She Leads Missouri chapter (my family and I moved to Missouri in October of 2021 to serve full time with a Christian nonprofit dedicated to reconciliation and restorative justice based in Ferguson). She challenged me that perhaps the Lord brought me to Missouri not just to do the work I was presently involved in, but to also launch She Leads Missouri. I balked, laughed, and responded, “I’m too busy.” To which Liz replied, “Tami, everyone is busy. This movement is filled with CEOs and presidents and nonprofit leaders. It is God’s timing for this movement to spread across the U.S. and the nations.” She invited me to an upcoming She Leads America retreat and even offered to cover my room and board. She wanted me to meet some of the other state leaders from across the nation and get a better sense of this movement of women.
Starting She Leads Missouri was not on my Bingo Card. I was flabbergasted. How was I to do this with all my present commitments? I went to my husband and asked him what he thought (he’s my litmus). To my surprise, he thought I should attend the retreat. He had been encouraging me for months that there was more to me than what I was currently doing. So, I went back to Liz and offered to lead worship for the retreat if they needed someone. Strangely enough, they did need a worship leader, so I agreed to serve the retreat in that capacity. I think the Lord knew I needed a “job” to make sure I attended.
Long story short, I came away from that retreat with a real appreciation of this movement of women. I loved being in a room filled with incredible ladies from so many different cultural backgrounds and expertise, united in their passion for Jesus, their support for LIFE and biblical values, and their desire to bring the light and influence of the gospel into every sphere of society. These were solutionaries and collaborators. These women inspired me. I knew I had found my tribe.
Since that first retreat, I have had the honor of leading worship and directing the She Sings Choir at various retreats and national events. I have truly loved running with these world-changers.
Finally, during the 2025 She Leads America retreat in Midlothian, Texas, I felt a release to say, “Yes.” to Liz’s original ask of starting She Leads Missouri. Over the course of this past year, the Lord has drawn a handful of amazing Missouri ladies together to help in this noble pursuit. I am excited to finally announce that we are launching She Leads Missouri on April 25 of 2026 in St Louis. God is moving!”
-Tami Flick, She Leads Missouri Director
She Leads America Founder, Liz Doyle
She Leads Missouri Team
Our Values:
We believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.
We believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He was tortured, crucified, died, and was buried. After descending to hell, He rose from the dead on the third day. He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father almighty. From there, He will come to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the true Christian church of all times and all places, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.
We believe that God is the one who instituted marriage between a man and a woman in His divine plan and that family is the foundation of a civil society.
We affirm that our destiny was in the mind of God even before we were conceived as a male or female and that this destiny is achieved through the identity He has assigned to us. (Psalm 139; Genesis 1:27-28)
We affirm the life message from conception to death: God has a divine plan and an abundant life for every human being. We stand to see all people achieve their destiny in Christ. (Psalm 139; Genesis 1:27-28; Jeremiah 1:4-5)