Colour Your World Women's Conference

Colour Your World Women's Conference (also known as Colour Conference) is an annual Christian conference held in Sydney, Australia, hosted by Hillsong Church. The conference is hosted each year by Bobbie Houston, and also features prominent international guest speakers^{[citation needed]} with worship led by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong Worship Team.

History

The annual Colour Conference is said to have been conceived of Bobbie Houston's "vision to see a generation of women empowered". The first conference was held in 1997. From the early 2000s, the conference was expanded to two conferences and then three conferences in 2005 and 2006 as the church buildings could not contain the growth. In 2007, the conference was held for the first time in the Acer Arena, where over 14,000 women gathered^{[citation needed]}.

Conferences

Year	Dates	Delegates	Location	Special Guests
1997	?	600+	Hills Centre	Holly Wagner
1998	?	nearly 1,500	Hillsong Church Hub Auditorium	Holly Wagner, Wendy Treat
1999	18 - 20 March 1999	2,500+	Hillsong Church Hub Auditorium	Cathy Lechner, Holly Wagner
2000	?	4,000	Hillsong Church Hub Auditorium	Cathy Lechner, Rachel Burfield, Holly Wagner, Nancy Alcorn.
2001	?	nearly 5,000	Hillsong Church Hub Auditorium	Cathy Lechner, Rachel Burfield, Helen Burns, Holly Wagner, Nancy Alcorn, Lisa McInnes-Smith, Jane Evans
2002	(1) 11 - 13 March (2) 14 - 16 March	6,000+	Hillsong Church Hub Auditorium	Helen Burns, Holly Wagner, Nancy Alcorn, Shanelle Hall, Lisa McInnes-Smith, Jane Evans, Nicole Conner.
2003	?	8,000+	Hillsong Church Convention Centre	Deborah Cobrae, Holly Wagner, Nancy Alcorn, Shanelle Hall
2004	?	9,000+	Hillsong Church Convention Centre	Margaret Stunt, Charlotte Scanlon-Gambill
2005	(1) 14 - 16 March (2) 17 - 19 March	11,500+	Hillsong Church Convention Centre	Holly Wagner, Marilyn Skinner, Vera Kasevich
2006	?	nearly 13,000	Hillsong Church Convention Centre	Marilyn Skinner, Dr Jordan Rubin, Deborah Cobrae
2007	15-17 March	16,000+	Acer Arena	J John, Lisa Bevere, Marilyn Skinner, Charlotte Scanlon-Gambill
2008	6-8 March	16,000+	Acer Arena	J John, Louie Giglio, Marilyn Skinner, Priscilla Shirer
2009	(1) 26-28 March (2) 30 March-1 April	16,000+	Sydney Entertainment Centre	Sy Rogers, Lisa Bevere, Marilyn Skinner, Brian Houston
2010	(1) 11-13 March (2) 18-20 March	16,000+	(1) Sydney Entertainment Centre, (2) Hillsong Church Convention Centre	Holly Wagner, Priscilla Shirer, Dr Robi Sonderegger]], Bobbie Houston

Colour Conference International

In 2006 Colour Your World Women's Conference expanded internationally with the conference being held in both London and Kiev. In London the conference is hosted by Bobbie Houston as well as Cathy Clarke, who is a pastor at Hillsong London with her husband Gary Clarke, and in Kiev it is hosted by Bobbie Houston and Vera Kasevich, who is a pastor at Hillsong Kiev with her husband Yevgeny (Zhenya) Kasevich.

The Colour Sisterhood

The Colour Sisterhood (previously Foundation 31) is a foundation set up by Hillsong Church through Hillsongwomen, the women's ministry of the church. The foundation was established in 2001 and with the stated aim to "give support and aid to the hurting people of the world". At Colour Conference 2005, Houston launched the 'Adopt a home' project whose stated goal is for women to join together to raise funds and build homes for children in Uganda. Over 35 homes have been built to date^{[citation needed]}.

See also

• Hillsong Church
• Hillsong Conference
• Charismatic movement
• Pentecostalism

External links

• Colour Conference website