Sonja Burpo
More than 1.5 million copies of the book, “Heaven Is For Real” have been sold in the past year and a half. Sonja Burpo’s son, Colton, is the subject of the book, describing his experience with heaven in the midst of a life-threatening illness. Sonja will be sharing her testimony during the Monday evening general session as well as speaking during a special women’s luncheon on Tuesday. She has a special heart for ministry wives and desires to encourage them on their journey.
Lorna Bius
Lorna is a North American Mission Board missionary serving as the Director of Women’s and Community Ministries for the Nevada Baptist Convention. In ministry since 1993, Lorna served at three churches leading student ministry in Georgia before moving to Reno to serve with the Convention in 2005. She is the creator of the “Me Too” evangelism strategy for women.
Marian Jordan
Marian is the founder of Redeemed Girl Ministries. She is an active speaker, guest lecturer, and published author. She is a graduate of Southwestern Seminary and lives in Houston where she serves at her home church, Second Baptist Church of Houston, when not on the road at speaking engagements. Though she is a Texas girl at heart, she feels at home in destinations all over the world.
Babbie Mason
Known for her award-winning music, Babbie will be the featured musical guest during the Tuesday evening general session. Featured at Women of Faith conferences and to audiences all over, she is passionate about encouraging believes to walk in empowering faith and joy found in Jesus Christ.
Margaret W. Slusher
Margaret isthe President of LEAD Plus and is a consultant in the areas of strategic planning, church growth, team development, conference leading, conflict resolution and leadership skills. She has served as an adjunct professor for two seminaries and as a church development director for the past 15 years. She is certified in Neuro-Lingustic Programming (NLP) as well by the The Ekman Group in Understanding Emotions in Others.