Women Abide Invites You
2026 Spring Conference
Carry His Heart
Love on the Frontlines

From the Secret Place
To the Harvest Fields 

March 19-21
Thursday through Saturday
1515 Insurance Lane, Charlottesville, Va
(In the Sanctuary at RiverStone in the Hollymead area)

All who are Hungry, come and feast on Jesus.
All who Thirst, come and drink from the River of the Water of Life.

Schedule, Location, and More Speakers Coming Soon.

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS:

Heidi Baker
Co-Founder of Iris Global

Dr. Heidi Baker founded Iris Global with her husband, Rolland. Together they live in Northern Mozambique. They served as missionaries in Indonesia, Hong Kong, and the streets of London before following God’s calling in 1995 to Mozambique.

Having faced overwhelming need, the Bakers watch God
provide miraculously for thousands of children and Internally Displaced Persons. Heidi is called “Mama Heidi” to countless children and oversees a broad holistic ministry that includes Bible schools, medical clinics, church-based homes and care for abandoned children, well drilling, primary schools, evangelistic and healing outreaches in remote villages and a network of thousands of churches. She and the Iris team saw the incredible birthing of Iris University in 2025, and they continue to build and expand as one thousand students enter the second year. She has BA, MA and PhD degrees and travels the world as a conference speaker. Heidi is the author of God’s Got This, Compelled by Love, Birthing the Miraculous, and coauthor with her husband of Always Enough and Expecting Miracles.

We are deeply grateful for Mama Heidi to fly in from Africa to open this conference Thursday March 19 with an incredible night of worship, ministry, and commissioning. We have had the honor to take multiple teams to Mozambique, even as war escalated. And most recently, to see the birthing of Iris University. Heidi is a dear friend and mentor, and we are blessed to have her pressing into the heart of the Lord with us. All who are hungry, come. All who are thirsty come to the waters.

Joan Hutter, Host and Speaker
Founder of Women Abide and the Presence Academy

Joan Hutter launched Women Abide in 2012 and the Presence Academy online mentorship in 2020. She joyfully directs Women Abide, equipping, discipling and calling women deeper through presence, worship, prayer, Bible studies, conferences, retreats, intensives, weekly gatherings, and life-changing mission trips. She loves to ignite, inspire, and spur women in their destinies and pour into other gatherings, raising up love leaders of all ages. She loves seeing Jesus set His glorious seal on hearts—for such a time as this. This ministry is about releasing oil and the fire of His love to see hearts burning for Jesus. Come into His glorious Presence.

Married 34 years, Joan and husband Chauncey live in Charlottesville, Va; they have five amazing young adult children (a daughter, three sons, and a daughter-in-love) and two grandchildren.

Kate Smith 
Co-President of Catch The Fire World

Kate is a revivalist who carries the fire of God's love and power all over the world. Together with her husband Duncan, they are the Presidents of Catch The Fire World, a global network of supernatural churches, missions and ministries, birthed in the Toronto Revival. They are also the Senior Leaders of Catch The Fire Church in Raleigh-Durham North Carolina, a vibrant, growing church full of the love and presence of God. Kate has a passion to plant and cultivate supernatural churches, ministries and missions in multiple expressions and multiple generations, as well as a desire to see women find their voice and place of influence in the Kingdom. Wherever she and Duncan go, the Holy Spirit does extraordinary miracles, as the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus are poured out to the world.

Stacy Campbell
Founder of the Canadian Prophetic Council

Stacey Campbell is a prophetic voice to this generation and has a passion to teach believers to know how to hear the voice of God through proper teaching and strong values. She is the founder of the Canadian Prophetic Council, and has helped launch prophetic roundtables in several nations. She serves as an honorary member of the Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders, presided over by Dr. Cindy Jacobs. She and her husband, Wesley, are founders of a mercy organization for children at risk called “Be A Hero.” Stacey is a former board member of Iris Global and together her and Wesley serve on the Apostolic Team of HIM (Harvest International Ministries). In addition, they are the authors of five books and the Praying the Bible CD series. They have ministered in over seventy nations, laboring to see people, cities, and nations transformed. The Campbells have five grown children and live in Santa Maria, California, where they are part of the Healing Rooms of the Santa Maria Valley. 

Laura Taranto
Director of Development for Iris University

Laura Taranto strives to be a voice of hope, encouraging others to dream with God. Her joy is seeing people thrive as they pursue His purposes for their lives, standing on the firm conviction that every promise of God is “Yes and Amen” in Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20). She lives in Tennessee and loves to minister with Jesus in the nations. 

As the Director of Development for Iris University, Laura is uniquely positioned to champion the next generation of leaders in Mozambique. She spent eight years as a missionary on the ground with Iris Global, and she now brings that firsthand experience—along with a professional background in Social Work and Public Health—to her work pioneering the university with an incredible team. 

Laura’s heart for revival led her to author Take Your Place in the Harvest of Nations, where she captured the wisdom of ministry leaders across Europe to inspire others into their callings. Whether she is traveling to the nations or standing in prayer with an individual to believe for God's best, Laura is dedicated to seeing people step into their true identity and flourish in their divine destiny. 

Julie Meyer 
Santa Maria Healing Rooms

Julie Meyer is a gifted worship leader and award-winning songwriter ordained by and serving on staff at the Santa Maria Healing Rooms. A popular and compelling conference speaker and singer, she also hosts her own Into the River online program. Julie Meyer Ministries exists to equip the Church to live vibrant spiritual lives filled with praise, worship, and music. She attended Kansas State University and studied music. Author of two books and many CDs, she travels internationally, ministering at churches and conferences, leading worship and sharing on Revival and God’s Heart for raising up prayer and worship. Her Christmas CD was nominated for a Dove Award in 2014.

Ben Atkinson 
Servant Leader to holyclub.com & Director of Triangle Prayer Room

The Atkinson family have been in full time ministry for over 25 years by serving multi ministries: The Call, Triangle Prayer Room, Richmond Prayer Room, Cincinnati Prayer Room, Sealed, Modern Day Missions, and Holy Clubs. They have been responsible to lead, build, coach, and sustain prayer, discipleship and evangelism to 1000’s of people during this time. Their family has grown to 6 children ages 21 to 5 years old: Gabriel, Emma, Kyah, Tirzah, Micah, and Nina.
 
Most currently, Ben leads the Triangle Prayer Room & Holy Clubs. The Triangle Prayer Room is a day and night prayer center lifting up the name of Jesus over the Raleigh area. Holy Clubs is a ministry of prayer, evangelism and discipleship training. Our team collectively empower communities to: build prayer, walk out a lifestyle of holiness, evangelize to the lost, and disciple those around them. When a person has completed our training they are then encouraged to serve in: missions, marketplace and media. We believe that God is sending His best and brightest to impact the nations of the earth.

Jessika Tate 
Founder of Yielded Ministries and Apostello

Jessika Tate is an international speaker, missionary, author, and coffee lover who has been traveling the world preaching the Gospel and doing aide projects for over fifteen years in some of the darkest places on earth. She is passionate about inspiring people to fall in love with Jesus, equipping the church to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit and raising up the next generation of anointed, uncompromising leaders. Jessika is the founder of Yielded Ministries, a nonprofit organization that focuses on ministering to vulnerable communities and raising up missionaries to reach the nations. She is also the founder and president of Apostello, a ministry devoted to equipping and empowering young women ministers and leaders. 

Charity Cook
Associate Evangelist, Global Awakening

Charity Cook is an Associate Evangelist and an Executive Assistant with Global Awakening. She is known to deliver timely, accurate prophetic words and to minister with a deep well of practical equipping. In addition, she enjoys the impact of expository preaching & discovering the truths of Scripture. Charity is a graduate of the Global School of Supernatural Ministry’s inaugural class and has been serving on the Global Awakening staff since 2006. She holds a Th.D. in Renewal Theology from Global Awakening Theological Seminary.

AND MORE…
WE WILL ADD MORE SPEAKERS VERY SOON. 
Schedule

Thursday
6pm Doors Open
Pre-Worship 
7pm Session One

Friday
9am Pre-Worship 
9:30am Session Two
12:30 Lunch
2pm Session Three
6:30pm Pre-Worship
7pm Session Four

Saturday
9am Pre-Worship
9:30am Session Five
12:30 Lunch
2pm Session Six
6:30pm Pre-Worship
7pm Session Seven

1515 Insurance Lane, Charlottesville, Va
(In the Sanctuary at RiverStone in the Hollymead area)

YOU are Invited!
Join us 
March 19-21
Thursday through Saturday
1515 Insurance Lane, Charlottesville, Va
(In the Sanctuary at RiverStone in the Hollymead area)
Carry His Heart
Love on the Frontlines
Hotels:

There’s no official room block, but these hotels are near the venue.

Doubletree by Hilton
990 Hilton Heights Rd
Charlottsville, Va
434-973-2121

Courtyard by Marriott 
638 Hillsdale Dr
Charlottesville, Va
(434) 973-7100

Hampton Inn by Hilton
2035 India Rd
Charlottesville, Va 22901


Questions? Please email: womenabide@gmail.com

Registration:

Each person you bring needs to register separately.

You also can choose to add a donation to help cover costs—Thank You!

Price: $35

Add Lunch: $15 Daily

Frequently Asked Questions:

May I bring a friend? 
Yes, just send them the registration link, or if you want to cover their cost, go ahead and sign them up.

What if our whole women’s ministry wants to come? 
That’s great—bring them. Have each woman sign up individually.

What airport do I fly into? 
Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional Airport (CHO)

Where should I stay? 
Above are listed three hotels that are near the venue. The town is small and there are other hotels—everything is close. Also you can try Airbnb. There’s no official room block.

Are there scholarships? 
Yes, please email with your need. We want to make this available to everyone.
 
May I bring my daughter or young people?
Youth are FREE. Please bring your young adults and teens along. 
Email womenabide@gmail.com for a youth link.

How may I become a sponsor? 
Email womenabide@gmail.com for information about sponsoring this event.

Sow into the Conference and Scholarship Fund: 

Women Abide
PO Box 6568
Charlottesville, VA 22906