By Carol Pipes LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As the lights dimmed and the music swelled at Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena, more than 1,800 women stood to their feet ready to worship, pray, and hear author and Bible teacher Priscilla Shirer teach from God’s Word. “We turned this arena into a sanctuary,” Shirer said. “We’re having church today.” Shirer’s brother and worship … [Read more...]
Nearly 20,000 Women Explore “Pursuing Christ Together” at Lifeway Women Live
By Rachel Sinclair HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- “As we pursue Christ together, we will conquer the trials and difficulties that come our way,” said Ruth Chou Simons, one of the speakers at the first in-person Lifeway Women Live event since 2019 on Saturday, April 17. Nearly 20,000 participants across 49 states and nine countries livestreamed the event. At the spacious Long … [Read more...]
2021 Lifeway Women Live Events Bring Hope to Physically and Virtually Gathered Women
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It’s been a long time coming. After a year of canceled or virtual-only events, Lifeway Women Live will bring women together in person for the first in-person Lifeway Women Live event since 2019. On April 17, Bible teachers Jackie Hill Perry, Kristi McLelland, Kelly Minter, Jamie Ivey, Ruth Chou Simons, Lisa Harper and Angie Smith (emcee) … [Read more...]
Lifeway Women releases Shirer’s Elijah study, hosts first-of-its-kind online experience
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It’s common to hear Christians resolving to read their Bibles more and engage in deeper study of the Scriptures when a new year begins. And when Bible teacher Priscilla Shirer became captivated by Elijah’s narrative in 2014, she had no idea how much the church would need its message years later, at the tumultuous dawn of 2021. On January … [Read more...]
Leaders unite through first-ever virtual Lifeway Women’s Leadership Forum
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- On the heels of a divisive year—wrought with a pandemic, several painful cultural moments, and an intense election season—women gathered physically and online for the 2020 Lifeway Women’s Leadership Forum, Nov. 12-13, at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn. Like most other events around the world, this year’s forum had … [Read more...]