Women of Faith is a faith-based women’s organization encouraging women of all
ages and stages in life to grow in faith and spiritual maturity through a relationship
with Jesus Christ and an understanding of God’s love and grace.
Women of Faith was founded in 1996 as a way to encourage women.
It is now a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc. As North America’s largest women’s
conference, Women of Faith hosts an average of 28-30 conferences a year
with 10,000 - 20,000 women at each event.
| 1996 |
Women of Faith begins with 10 sold-out events in churches.
10 conferences and 36,000 attendees |
| 1997 |
Women of Faith conferences move from churches to arenas.
15 conferences and 159,000 attendees |
| 1998 |
28 conferences and 320,000 attendees |
| 1999 |
Mary Graham becomes President of Women of Faith
25 conferences and 375,000 attendees |
| 2000 |
Women of Faith becomes a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.
24 conferences and 360,000 attendees |
| 2001 |
Conference team takes first flight out after 9/11 tragedy to Lansing, MI
27 conferences and 375,000 attendees |
| 2002 |
Women of Faith goes international with conferences in Canada
27 conferences and 356,000 attendees |
| 2003 |
Columbia Commander widow, Evelyn Husband, joins
Women of Faith as a special guest
27 conferences and 362,000 attendees |
| 2004 |
Women of Faith hosts first National Conference in San Antonio, TX
30 conferences and 367,000 attendees |
| 2005 |
Women of Faith celebrates 10th anniversary and exceeds
3 million in cumulative conference attendance.
Women of Faith births The Revolve Tour, a new event for teen girls (revolvetour.com).
27 conferences 370,000 attendees (Women of Faith)
5 conferences and 40,000 attendees (The Revolve Tour) |
| 2006 |
Robin McGraw – wife of TV’s Dr. Phil – shares her story of faith
at the Women of Faith conferences.
27 conferences and 393,000 attendees (Women of Faith)
10 conferences and 81,000 attendees (The Revolve Tour) |
| 2007 |
28 Conferences scheduled (Women of Faith
14 Conferences scheduled (The Revolve Tour) |
Women of Faith is headquartered in
Plano, Texas. The
Women of Faith staff consists of
approximately 80
employees, 90% of whom are women.
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