CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Maureen Anderson
Resolved to leave an imprint for this generation and generations to come, Dr. Maureen Anderson is among the most respected and exciting women in Christian ministry today. As a best-selling author and international speaker, she writes from her own personal experiences, and shares how God's love, grace, healing, and prayer have led her to live an amazing life. In 1986 Dr. Maureen established Women of Destiny (WOD) ministries as a weekly Bible study, and today, WOD reaches over 500 women with the love and message of Christ. Her best-selling books include: Confessing God's Word, Damaged DNA, Toxic Emotions, Making Impossibilities Possible, Releasing the Miraculous through Fasting and Prayer. Her latest release, A Marriage Beyond the Dream, was born out of extensive research and over 43 years of marriage. Her television program, Maureen Anderson, is broadcast around the world and is number one by the Nielson ratings on one of Arizona’s local secular stations. Dr. Maureen has a Nursing Degree, Bachelor of Arts of Biblical Studies, Master of Arts of Biblical Studies, Doctor of Ministry, and a PhD in Religious Studies.
Holly Anderson
Holly Anderson is a teacher, worship leader, and author of her first exciting book, MOM. Through her passion for parenting, she founded Moms of Destiny, a ministry encouraging moms to “Enjoy the journey, and your kids will too!”
Kelli Anderson
Kelli Anderson is founder of the dynamic national women’s ministry, “Daughters of Destiny”; reaching out and training young women in the Word of God. Kelli invokes a unique youthful style that is transparent, practical, and fun.
April Osteen Simons
April is a wife and mother of five children and knows first hand the challenges and demands that women face in everyday life. She is a dynamic speaker, whose practical and insightful messages are impacting a whole generation of women and their children.
Her motto is "my life will tell a story, so I better make sure it's one worth reading". April is nonjudgmental, professing that everybody needs forgiveness. She endeavors to teach and inspire all people to realize their God-given value, and live accordingly. April views the church as a "hospital for hurting souls rather that a showplace for perfect people". She is passionate about seeing women become who God has designed them to be, and to see every generation of women living, loving, and leaving a legacy for the next generation. Through the women's ministry of High Point Church, ChiksRock, April seeks to encourage women to be the fabulous, world-changing warriors they were created to be.
She has been featured on many television shows, and is currently speaking and churches and conferences all over the country. April loves living out the dreams that God has placed on the inside of her, and she encourages others to do the same.
Trina Hankins
Mark and Trina Hankins travel nationally and internationally preaching the Word of God with the power of the Holy Spirit. The vision of MHM is to take the spirit of faith, the message of who the believer is in Christ, and the work of the Holy Spirit to every generation and to every nation. Mark and Trina Hankins have been in full-time ministry for over thirty years. Through church services, leadership conferences, mission trips, publications, radio, television, Bible schools, and the internet, MHM is reaching the world with the Word of God. Mark is known widely for his unique anointing to minister on the subjects of faith and the believer’s identification in Christ. Together with our Partners In Christ, MHM is touching the world!.
Karin Griffin
Pastor Karin Griffin is a gifted speaker, teacher and life coach. As a Pastor's wife, mother, Co-Pastor and successful business woman, she identifies and understands life's daily challenges that are universal to women from all walks of life. Her ministerial calling is to help women identify, develop and/or pursue their God given purpose. Pastor Karin graduated from Cotton Wood Christian Center School of Ministry in 2003, utilizing her training in Hebrew biblical concepts, she expands and integrates general life concepts with biblical principles.
n 2002, with a heart to reach out into the lives of women across the nation, Pastor Karin founded and began "The Heart of a Woman Conference". Her ultimate mission is to eventually completely realize her vision for El Shaddai's, a retreat for all people who are in need of shelter from the storms of life and need to find life fulfillment and purpose.
