Speaker • Leader • 40+ years in ministry
A life shaped by adversity and transformed by God’s faithfulness, now devoted to helping women find healing, hope, and the courage to move forward. https://portal.icheckgateway.com/Gen/Default.aspx?p=12fc710173d14451af02
About: KIMBERLEY COOK-MATHEWS
Founder and President of DESIGNED to SHINE MINISTRIES, a non-profit ministry outreach. By coming alongside
local churches to offer and provide unique opportunities for leadership training, mentoring, retreats, groups, and relationship-building. To uplift, encourage, influence, and enlarge the body of Christ through connection with energetic, friendly, and loving leadership, laypeople, and volunteers. VISION: To see churches, their leaders, laypeople, and volunteers vibrant, happy, healthy, and full, so that communities and families can connect and build up their faith. Thus Making His Glory Known.
*Specializing in women and teen girls who face adversities. Born again Christian for almost 40 years, and a minister/leader/teacher/speaker in ministry for most all of that time. Kimberley understands adversity and has a powerful testimony that both inspires and pushes the hearers to move forward in hope. A Thalidomide baby at birth with several abnormalities and the heartache that accompanied. Kimberley's story brims with sorrow, the thrill of victory and promises fulfilled. Seasons of her testimony include: shame, abuse, attempted murder, pornography, divorce, and remarriage. Kimberley's desire is to be a Beacon of Light where the hurting can come, experience God, feel loved and get relief. She and her husband Michael host events and retreats at the River of God Worship Spot on the banks of the Little Miami River; where teaching, worship, baptisms, connect groups, and life application activities all take place.