By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- I lost my job almost four months ago. I’m feeling hopeless and frustrated. I’m struggling to remind myself that God will provide. I am in end-stage renal failure and on dialysis. I have an amazing support system, but sometimes it’s hard. Please pray for me that my relationship with my husband and sons as well as with my whole … [Read more...]
Lifeway Women to connect scattered women through virtual events this fall
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced physical gatherings around the globe to cancel for the foreseeable future, but Lifeway Christian Resources is doubling down on their efforts to connect women through the gospel. This fall, Lifeway Women will convert three major scheduled events—Lifeway Women Live Simulcast (Aug. 8), Cultivate Online … [Read more...]
Soul care, character, diversity help empower women leaders to ‘flourish’
By Lori Arnold IRVINE, Calif. — Ruth Chou Simons spent the better part of a decade rocking her shopping carts back and forth as she raised six sons. Like a glider, the multitasking motion lulled the babies to sleep as she scanned the grocery aisles. Even after the youngest one outgrew the cart, Simons was still in a perpetual rocking motion. She practiced it so often it … [Read more...]
Lifeway to Host First-Time Women’s Leadership Forum in the West
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Lifeway Women’s Leadership Forum will make its western debut at Mariner’s Church in Irvine, Calif., Feb. 20-21. Since the inception of the forum, Lifeway Christian Resources has hosted thousands of women in the Nashville area and at Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina. Kelly King, Lifeway’s women’s ministry specialist, … [Read more...]
Hundreds of Women Called to ‘Flourish’ at Lifeway Women’s Forum
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- “Why are we here in 2019—when it’s not exactly the coolest thing in the world to be a Christian … when it seems like there’s a generation growing up that in no way really wants to follow the purposes of God?” asked Bible teacher Christine Caine to the 1,600 women gathered for the opening session of the 2019 Lifeway Women’s Leadership … [Read more...]