Starting a Christian Sorority here in the Midwest

[Drolefille]

Just clarifying:
African-American Christian Non-Collegiate Service Sorority?

If you're looking to start a new chapter of a pre-exisiting sorority your best bet would be to research the sororities that you're aware of and contact them directly.

Are you really looking for non-collegiates? If so, would a women's group suit your purpose better than a sorority? It can be hard to mesh college students and their schedules with non-college students/parents/full time employees.

[Xidelt]

What about checking one of the threads that list the non-collegiate, community sororities? Many of these have a very strong community service focus. You could always choose to start a chapter of one that has a philanthropy focus that appeals to you. Even though you would be part of a national organization, you could always add activities to your chapter to customize it to your particular needs/interests, such as a Bible study, chapter chaplain, etc.

[Drolefille]

See this thread: Christian Sororities

Thanks to Senusret I and BetaRose

[MsDGP007]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Just clarifying:

Are you really looking for non-collegiates? If so, would a women's group suit your purpose better than a sorority? It can be hard to mesh college students and their schedules with non-college students/parents/full time employees.

I just wanted to add something to the non-collegiate issue. My sorority never really was geared towards non-collegiates, but we did have a policy where we had a regional chapter for women attending either 2-year or junior colleges or school were they did not have a formal Greek system. What we learned is that once the core group of interestees moved along (which was pretty fast), the chapter would die out. We never really officially recinded that policy...however it is coming under review...and will probably be eliminated because it was not successful.

What many sororities do have however, is a seperate membership status called "associate". Depending on the sorority, associate members can hold a lot of the rights collegiate sisters do (each organization decides rather associates are to be called sisters or not). Usually, associate sorority members are not expected to keep up a unique chapter and/or hold the same time committment that collegians do. That may be a better option in your case.