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...]
Lifeway Women’s Leadership Forum aims to bring unity among dispersed leaders
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- This year’s Lifeway Women’s Leadership Forum won’t look like it has in years’ past, but more women in more locations will be in attendance—even though there will be fewer than ever on site. The on-site location at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., is sold out at 500 in-person attendees for the Nov. 12-13 event (capped … [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...]