A born-again believer, worshiper, and servant of the Most High God, Genikwa R. Williams accepted Christ as her Savior at the age of 10 and rededicated her life to the Lord in late 1999.

Professionally, Genikwa is a Christian writer and communications specialist with nearly 15 years of experience. She holds a master’s degree in communication and information studies and a bachelor’s degree in English and has worked in a variety of communications-related roles, including newspaper “beat reporter,” public relations associate, communications manager, and jingle writer.

Genikwa is passionate about promoting the Gospel and the Christian community. In January 2008, Genikwa’s passion led her to establish Jordan Media Group—a public relations and marketing communications firm—so that she could use her God-given skills and corporate work experience to help churches, ministries, and other Christian businesses and professionals promote their own worthy works and advance the Kingdom of God.

The Lord has also blessed and gifted Genikwa to use her writing to lead sinners to Christ and encourage believers to walk more closely with Him. She is currently the Editor of The Christian Observer, a monthly Christian newspaper in New Jersey and vicinity, and author of Everyday Repartee, a Christian inspirational and devotional blog.

A member of Faith Deliverance Worship Center, Inc., in Burlington, N.J. since November 2007, Genikwa serves on the Mass Choir, in the Intercessory Prayer Ministry, and leads the church’s newly developed Communications Team.

Genikwa is also part of The Abigail Ministry and the music ministry of Min. William D. Carter, III, both in Burlington, N.J.

At her previous church, Genikwa also served on several choirs, as a choir director, an assistant Sunday school teacher, a member of both the praise-and-worship team and the praise dance ministry. She was also an active member of the church singles’ ministry, where she was secretary, publicity coordinator, and an occasional teacher of the Word.

A strong believer in personal evangelism, Genikwa is a bold witness for Christ and encourages others to spread the Truth, so that sinners will come to Jesus, live for Him, and hasten the Lord’s return.

Genikwa resides in Willingboro, N.J. with her family—her mom, two younger adult sisters, and her six-year-old niece—and jokingly refers to herself as their “live-in maid.” She enjoys singing, writing, watching movies and playing board games with her family, reading and learning about new things, and washing dishes, particularly when someone else does the cooking.

www.GenikwaWilliams.com
Everyday Repartee

Genikwa will be speaking on:
Touching Lives Online: The Power of Social Media to Minister

Can God work through the Internet to comfort, encourage, heal, and save lost souls? If He can make a donkey talk and raise people from the dead, then He most certainly can! God has commanded believers to make disciples of people throughout the world and to share His love with everyone they encounter. And the Internet is one way to make that happen. In this workshop, we will explore the genuine impact of online ministry that is facilitated through social media, such as networking sites and blogs. We will discuss:

• Real-life stories that demonstrate how online ministry has touched people’s lives
• The Great Commission and the Internet
• Various social media and the opportunities they offer for ministry
• Pointers, pitfalls and possibilities of online ministry

My prayer is that participants will leave this session encouraged, empowered, and equipped to make full proof of their (online) ministry to the glory and honor of God.

A newlywed from New York, Kristen Schiffman is knee deep in online ministry. As the founder and editor-in-chief of Exemplify Online & Magazine, Kristen (along with her team of writers!) daily ministers to women across the world.

She writes bible study curriculum full time for various Christian ministries and contributes regularly to The Internet Café as well as Blissfully Domestic.

Kristen’s passion is getting to know Christ through the study and application of His Word.

She can be found at her personal blog {dancing} in the margins where she writes about seeking Jesus in the day-to-day, her deep love for cupcakes and the hilariousness that is The Office.

You can also follow her online ministry on twitter @exemplify.

Kristen will be speaking on:

Embedding Excellence
In a culture where quality is quickly being replaced by quantity it can seem, at times, true excellence has been lost. Join Kristen as she reflects on the words of Paul in Colossians 3:17, speaking with passion and purpose on doing ”whatever it is we do” for the glory of God. Drawing from experience she will take a look at common enemies of excellence and ways to establish excellence in online ministry according to God’s Word.

Karla Porter

Karla is a wife, mother, designer, speaker and writer. She is passionate about helping women understand and know God’s redemption and restoration and His desire to draw us closer to Him. You can find her writing about her crazy life at Looking Towards Heaven, teaching women how to use the internet to make life easier at Modern Media Mom, and designing at Fruition Designs. You can also follow Karla on twitter @karpo.

Fruition Designs is a full-service graphic design boutique specializing in custom and handcrafted invitations and announcements.

Our custom designs are truly custom. We don’t just change the names and dates from already-used creations. Our designs are beautiful and unique. Our paper, high quality. Our customer service, excellent.

Karla will be speaking on:

Sarah and her husband, Greg, live in Pinehurst, North Carolina.Her husband’s role as an Army officer moved her from Texas to Fort Bragg and they have since happily made their home in North Carolina. Sarah is a graduate of Texas A&M University, 2001, and now works in sales. She has an adorable, cuddly boy, Grayson James Martin, whom she smothers with kisses on a daily basis.

Sarah is a girl who loves eating cereal for dinner, is obsessed with lip gloss and tries to be radiant in Jesus!

Sarah’s blog: www.sarahfrancismartin.blogspot.com

Psalm 139:4 says that even before a word is spoken (or written) the Lord knows what will altogether be said. If you are a writer of devotions or Bible studies, this should give you some comfort and strength. In this session, we will discuss writing devotions and Bible studies for the blogging world. We will discuss length of devotion to keep the reader’s interest, helpful websites, great online commentaries, and various ways to organize your thoughts before you begin to put word to paper (virtually!)