Weeping and Whooping Women of Faith join Focus on The Family & 700 Club in Boston

[Ian David]

Posted on July 29th, 2007 in Boston, Religion, Women by Harrumpher

That’s what organizers Women of Faith, Inc. promised and the Boston Globe reports they delivered down on Causeway Street. This is the first go in Boston, but these emo fests have been happening in the U.S. and Canada for 12 years. The next version, entitled Infinite Grace, will be in the same place about the same weekend, here.

If you take the spokeswoman, Nichole Masker, at her word, these stops fill big arenas because, “The women who come here all say they are overworked and overextended and they need a break. These weekends give them time to be with their girlfriends, and laugh and cry and focus on their faith.”

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Whom might you ask would WOF attract in lunch numbers? Well, that would be fundamental Christian ladies. The statement of faith is fairly winnowing. For example, you are supposed to believe in the Bible as “the inspired, the only infallible, inerrant Word of God.” Then there’s the trinity, and Jesus’ virgin birth, sinless life, bodily resurrection, and salvation only through his grace (no UUs need apply).

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Even though this is the first WOF conference in our fair burg, this subculture clearly has a bunch of women and supporters behind it. Even if I had gotten one of those light blue T-shirt (they come up to XXL, by the bye), I don’t know that I would have been able to get into the Garden for this. It may have been an education, although were I not crying and laughing appropriately, I may have been uncomfortably distinct.

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Women of faith pray, laugh, cry at conference
By Christine McConville, Globe Staff | July 29, 2007

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Other speakers included Luci Swindoll, the sister of preacher Chuck Swindoll and a former Mobil Oil executive; Patsy Clairmont, a former host for Focus on the Family; Sheila Walsh, former host of "The 700 Club"; Sandi Patty, the winner of five Grammy awards and the author of the book "Broken on the Back Row"; and Anita Renfroe, a comedian and author of "The purse-driven life: It really is all about me."


Patricia Varner, of Seekonk, with her daughter, Tanisha Perona of Providence, joined an estimated 10,500 others yesterday at the Women of Faith ‘Amazing Freedom’ conference at TD Banknorth Garden. (Wendy Maeda/ Globe Staff)

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