Sent Out: After the Conference, the Best Is Yet to Come

In a few short hours, our hall at the convention center will be empty. The last notes will be sung, the final “amen” said, and any evidence that more than five thousand women spent the weekend worshiping together will be gone—boxed up by staff or swept away by cleaning crews.

Isn’t it bittersweet to see the end of such a special weekend, say goodbye to new friends, and return to our regular routines? But here’s what I’ve come to realize over the last few years: the best part isn’t always what happens during the weekend; it’s often what happens after. 

Every woman who attended, whether in person or online, will exit the convention center doors or close their livestream browser. But no one is simply going home or back to business: every single woman is being sent out. Every woman is taking what she learned back with her—every bit of truth the Holy Spirit revealed; every ounce of the conviction, hope, and courage she needed the Lord to provide. 

So picture it: as the last person leaves the main hall this afternoon, the power will flicker off. But thousands of lights will be on the move, carrying the torch of God’s Word across the globe. 

Where Will the Word Fall? 

There’s no telling what will await you at home when you return to your routine after this weekend—the enemy is sure to do all he can to uproot what God has been growing in you and distract you from being more deeply rooted in Christ. But you can be sure that no matter what’s ahead, the Word of God will continue forth throughout the world.

Think back to how the book of Acts unfolds. In Acts 1:8, Jesus told His disciples that they would be His witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. From that single epicenter, the gospel forged outward: first to the city, then surrounding regions, across continents, and now to corners of the world no one imagined it reaching. 

These efforts happened through ordinary men and women carrying the Word with them wherever they went. Some preached boldly in public squares; others shared Christ around their tables. Some endured beatings, prison, and even death—and the Word advanced. 

Have you ever noticed the progression in the book of Acts? 

• “The word of God spread” (Acts 6:7). 

• “The word of God spread and multiplied” (Acts 12:24). 

• “The word of the Lord spread and prevailed” (Acts 19:20).

Scholars have pointed out that the word “spread” in the Greek is a little strange. It’s translated as though the Word “was growing,” the way a seed grows into a fruit or harvest. Perhaps it’s meant to refer back to Jesus’ parable of the sower (Luke 8:4–15), showing what happens when the Word falls into good soil and grows and yields a hundredfold (v. 8).

What you’ve received this weekend isn’t just for you. It’s meant—through the Lord’s power and provision—to be multiplied in the lives of those around you, growing and producing fruit a hundred times what was sown. 

Imagine if that multiplication process happened in the lives of every woman who attended in person or through the livestream this weekend. Think about the faces you saw in the hallways of the convention center or on Revive Our Hearts’ social media this weekend, those who watched sessions alongside you, or those who are, even now, walking past you in the airport with their True Woman tote bags. 

Hundreds (or perhaps more) of these women will be heading back to places where the Word will fall on tough soil. You may be among them. As you ask the Lord to work in your own life, take a few moments right now to pray for God to spread His Word through them: 

• Teen girls who will go back to school on Monday and feel the cost of living differently for Jesus. 
• College student sheading back to campus who will sit in classrooms and study groups where Christianity isn’t respected. 
• Women navigating workplace dynamics who are seeking every window of opportunity they can find to share the gospel with their coworkers. 
• Moms desiring to communicate biblical truth with their children, who are fighting the weariness of day-to-day discipleship. 
• Married women with unbelieving husbands who are trying to walk faithfully and show Christ through love and perseverance. 
• Women in the middle of seasons of suffering, carrying burdens no one else sees, relying on the Lord to multiply hope and courage. 
• Pastor’s wives or women’s ministry leaders who have opportunities to mentor and influence other women for the kingdom. 
• International sisters and those serving in missions who carry the gospel to places where it’s dangerous to proclaim the name of Jesus or those who feel alone in their service to Him. 

Through these women, the Word of God will spread: through classrooms and lecture halls. Through offices and social circles. Through kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms. Through small groups and large ministry gatherings, within marriages and families, in places of suffering, of waiting, of courage, and of service—near and far, where Christ is known and where saying His name comes at the greatest cost. 

As the Word flows out, both deeper and wider, there will be no stopping it. Colossians 1:6 says it will bear fruit and grow all over the world—just as it began at True Woman ’25, just as it has among you. Lord, may it be so. 

You Will Be Sent

In Luke 8, immediately following the Parable of the Sower, Jesus pivots to another example, one that’s meant to be seen as a logical extension of what He’s just explained. He says:

No one, after lighting a lamp, covers it with a basket or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in may see its light. (Luke 8:16) 

Just as one doesn’t light a lamp in order to hide it, so also a woman “is not given ‘the secrets of the kingdom of God’ (8:10) in order to keep them secret. The disciples were to make known the things Jesus was telling them.”You, too, have been called to make known the truth of God’s Word, allowing its light to shine in every corner of influence He’s given you, trusting Him to advance and multiply His message throughout the world. 

True Woman ’25 is over, but is the work God has started? Oh, friend, it’s only just begun. His Word is spreading. His kingdom is growing. And what a joy it is that we get to be part of it.

¹ John A. Martin, “Luke,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 226.