<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0FPzcX_0wCsYq1b00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0FPzcX_0wCsYq1b00" width="1763" height="1175" ><figcaption>Cultivate, a conference for Kentucky Baptist women's ministry leaders, was held at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington over the weekend. (Kentucky Today/Robin Cornetet)</figcaption></figure>LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Next weekend women from across Kentucky and beyond will attend Cultivate, a women's ministry leadership conference happening at Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown on Oct. 25 and 26."Cultivate is training for women in ministry leadership, and our goal is for women to connect and be equipped to serve well in the local church," said Sara Robinson, women's ministry and transition consultant for the Kentucky Baptist Convention.Women serving on church staffs or lay members volunteering as women's ministry leaders, Sunday school teachers, small group leaders and those serving in other positions of leadership and influence are who Robinson and her planning team have in mind to attend.Kelly King, who serves as women’s minister at Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, will serve as the main speaker. During her sessions, King will talk about the necessity of ministry to women, address the State of Ministry to Women report recently released by Lifeway Research and discuss developing leadership skills.Unlike last year's Cultivate Conference, which featured mainly TED talk-style speakers, next weekend's event includes breakout sessions."We wanted to give women an opportunity to choose some areas where they can improve or increase their skills and learn new skills," Robinson said. "We're expecting them to be like very interactive in nature instead of just sitting and listening that women are going to be able to live with these skills and do relationships and relationships that can help them."Breakout topics include increasing Bible literacy through journaling, event planning, the art of hospitality and caring well for women in the local church.Robinson said that Cultivate fills a unique need in Kentucky."Cultivate is the only training that this style that is targeted specifically for women to lead in the local church, and women make up more than half of the population in most of our Kentucky Baptist churches," Robinson said. "They really want to serve well. And so women who come here, they can connect to other women who are like-minded, who also want to build the kingdom and they can be equipped to serve well in their local church."Learn more about Cultivate at kbc.org/cultivate.</div></body>

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Next weekend women from across Kentucky and beyond will attend Cultivate, a women's ministry leadership conference happening at Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown on Oct. 25 and 26. \"Cultivate is training for women in ministry leadership, and our goal is for women to connect...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Next weekend women from across Kentucky and beyond will attend Cultivate, a women's ministry leadership conference happening at Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown on Oct. 25 and 26. "Cultivate is training for women in ministry leadership, and our goal is for women to connect...