Hospitality

How important is hospitality in the Scriptures? When we show hospitality, how do we image God? How does the concept of hospitality connect with the Bible’s story of redemption in Christ? With such questions providing a biblical foundation, this panel of women share their breadth of wisdom and experience receiving and sharing the grace-filled welcome of true hospitality.

Kristie Anyabwile is a pastor’s wife and the mother of Afiya, Eden, and Titus. Her husband of 24 years, Thabiti, pastors Anacostia River Church in Southeast Washington, DC. Kristie speaks and writes about marriage, motherhood, and ministry. You can follow her on X.

Carolyn McCulley is a documentary filmmaker, women’s ministry speaker, and author of Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye?: Trusting God with a Hope Deferred (Crossway, 2004), Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World (Moody, 2008), and The Measure of Success: Uncovering the Biblical Perspective on Women, Work, and the Home (B&H, 2014).

Mary K. Mohler serves in ministry as the president’s wife at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. She is also the founder and director of Seminary Wives Institute, an academic program for student wives started 20 years ago at Southern Seminary. She’s the author of Growing in Gratitude: Rediscovering the Joy of a Thankful Heart.