ST. LOUIS (9/18/07) – For the past 25 years, Joyce Meyer Ministries has held an annual women’s convention in St. Louis. It has grown from a few attendees to over 24,000 registered for this year’s event. The convention is expected to bring an estimated $15 million to the local economy, and over 4,500 hotel rooms are booked so far.

The St. Louis Convention and Visitor’s Center says, “Their [Joyce Meyer Ministries] annual women's convention benefits the entire hospitality community and is always one of the largest conventions in St. Louis."

This year’s speakers include Joyce Meyer, a #1 New York Times bestselling author; well-known speaker and author Bishop T.D. Jakes; and motivational speaker Christine Caine. Recording artist Delirious? will perform at each session, and Grammy award-winner CeCe Winans will provide special music.

The convention will be at the Edward Jones Dome and registration is required. For more information, please visit our women's convention website. 

        Convention Times: 

        Thursday, September 20         7pm

        Friday, September 21            10am & 7pm

        Saturday, September 22        10am & 2pm

Joyce Meyer’s television and radio program, Enjoying Everyday Life®, has a worldwide audience that continues to grow daily with a potential audience of three billion people. The program is broadcast on nearly 500 TV stations and over 400 radio stations. Joyce has shared her story of overcoming the hardships of childhood abuse, an emotionally abusive first marriage, and her battle with breast cancer on Larry King Live and Good Morning America, as well as other media. She was also selected as one of Time magazine’s top twenty-five most influential evangelicals in America.

You can see Joyce on the Discovery Channel, ABC Family and WGN, and locally on KDTL 64. You can hear her on radio station KJSL 630 AM, as well as XM Satellite Radio FamilyTalk-170. Both programs are available online anytime at www.joycemeyer.org.

Joyce Meyer Ministries is an international nonprofit organization that focuses on reaching people through media with a potential audience of 3 billion people. In addition, Joyce Meyer Ministries provides millions of meals to people every year, supports and operates major medical care in remote areas, operates and fully supports over 50 orphanages worldwide, and provides other humanitarian and disaster relief around the world. For more information, please visit www.joycemeyer.org.

###