Join us for an unforgettable evening of worship, testimony, and celebration as we raise funds to expand our free healing programs for survivors. Your seat at the table directly funds hope for someone who needs it most.
What sets this conference apart is that our understanding does not come from theory, speculation, or podcast discussions alone. It comes from thousands of combined hours spent doing the daily, hands-on work of walking with survivors through healing, restoration, identity work, and discipleship through Yeshua.
The voices you will hear are actively engaged in helping survivors navigate trauma, fragmentation, programming, and truth discovery in real time. This conference is built not only on information, but on lived experience and practical application.
This year's theme, Trust the Journey: Becoming His Warrior Bride, is an invitation to step into deeper truth, greater discernment, and practical equipping for the road ahead.
Biblically grounded teaching and worship from speakers walking this path daily.
Trauma-informed language and survivor lived experience at the center of every session.
Practical tools for ministry and support — not just theory, but application you can use immediately.
Honest conversations about what healing really requires — no glossing over the hard parts.
Community with others who are willing to count the cost and walk this journey together.
Everyone needs to understand the war we are in and the truth within it. With so much disclosure, the enemy is doing what he does best — causing confusion.
Join us as we hear from survivors and the warriors who walk beside them every day to gain a clearer picture of the enemy's blueprint and what YHWH is doing to expose and dismantle it. Many who have been used by the enemy do not even recognize it themselves until truth begins to surface and YHWH starts revealing what has been hidden.
As the Body of Christ, we must become educated on this war so we can help expose deception, diffuse the enemy's agenda, and partner with Yeshua in the rescue, healing, and redemption of His people. We're not avoiding the hard questions — we're addressing them directly.
Learn concrete steps you can take to walk in victory both with individual survivors and as a collective.
From the moment a hatchling breaks through the sand, the journey begins with struggle. Tiny and vulnerable, it must make its way from the nest to the ocean, guided by the brightest horizon and an internal pull it cannot fully understand. The hatchling does not know what waits in the water. It only knows it was created to move toward the sea.
For many survivors, healing can feel like that first journey across the sand. There is a pull toward freedom, wholeness, truth, and restoration in Yeshua — but the path can feel overwhelming. And yet, Yeshua calls us forward.
"He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion until the day of Messiah Yeshua." — Philippians 1:6
Trusting the journey does not mean pretending the waves are not real. It means learning to follow Yeshua one step at a time, even when healing takes longer than we expected.
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you." — Isaiah 43:2
I hope you will prayerfully consider joining us in Folly Beach. This weekend is an ordained time to worship, learn, fellowship, and grow into what YHWH is currently doing to set the captives free.
— Kelly Hawley, Host & Founder
A detailed schedule will be released closer to the event date.
Our Friday night dinner at Counting the Cost is going to look a little different this year. In past years, Friday dinner has mostly been a time to gather before the conference officially started. But this year, we wanted to create something that people would truly experience, not just attend.
An evening where survivors take the stage through spoken word, comedy, music, storytelling, live art, and creative expression. We will also be featuring "The Living Gallery" with survivor-created artwork and pieces that reflect the healing journey in powerful ways.
Survivor Artists: If you would like to submit artwork for the Living Gallery, contact Christie at [email protected]. Entries are due July 1st.
Survivors, leaders, counselors, and warriors walking this journey firsthand.
Kelly holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Winthrop University. Through years of hands-on ministry, Kelly recognized a significant pattern among those she served — many were survivors of organized abuse and trafficking, often presenting with dissociative identity disorder and complex trauma histories. This exposure led her to pursue advanced training and specialized education with experienced professionals in the field.
In response to critical gaps in survivor care, Kelly founded Warrior Bride Ministries to provide safe, informed, and comprehensive support for survivors who often fall outside the scope of traditional services. Under her leadership, the ministry provides donation-based services, education, and hands-on care, while also equipping churches, ministries, and safe houses to respond effectively.
Kelly advances this mission through strategic ministry partnerships, hosting the annual Counting the Cost Conference, and delivering specialized trainings. Her heart's cry is rooted in Isaiah 61 — to see believers equipped to bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom to the captives, and walk with survivors toward lasting restoration.
Amanda and her husband Roly Buys founded Kanaan Ministries with a passion for restoration and equipping the Body of Messiah. The LORD has blessed Amanda with revelation and insight to achieve a lifestyle of victory in Messiah, resulting in the Journey2Freedom and Journey2Wholeness series, as well as advanced training courses including ACTS — Advanced Counselling Training School.
Amanda holds a B.Sc. degree from the University of Pretoria. She also has a heart to restore South Africa's First Peoples, the Khoi, known as the Foundation Nation. Amanda has ministered across continents and continues to bring biblical depth and practical wisdom to every room she enters.
Dr. Robin has developed her own certified modality and trains people around the world to practice it. She is passionate about educating people in holistic wellness, quantum energy perspectives, and living a life of thriving and fulfilling destiny. She helps people release blocks to peace and joy daily through her private practice of 13+ years.
Dr. Robin is the author of Living Like a Son, Thrive, A Believer's Guide to the Law of Attraction, 30 Days to Peace and Joy, and Journey Through the Storm. She also leads Thrive Holistic Healing Ministries, a 508c1a that funds therapy for trafficking and ritual abuse survivors, trains practitioners, and supports orphans vulnerable to trafficking.
Vicki Joy was born with a craniofacial deformity and endured dozens of reconstructive surgeries from 10 days old through age 15. The resulting PTSD, trauma, anxiety, depression, and a four-decade struggle with sleep paralysis and astral abductions became the foundation of her ministry and writing. She currently writes for Real Dark News and L.A. Marzulli's Politics, Prophecy, and the Supernatural magazine.
Dr. Hurst holds a Doctorate in Theology from Canada Christian College and a Ph.D. in Christian Education from Shalom Bible College and Seminary. He is also a psychotherapist holding his Diplomate of Certified Pastoral Counseling certificate, and has been honored with honorary doctorates in Pastoral Counseling and Divinity by Canadian institutions.
He has developed over 60 college-level courses, traveled to Asia, Africa, India, and Central America, and has a specific ministry to people in leadership. Dr. Hurst's vision is to build in people's lives, calling forth the precious from the vile, and he has ministered to many whom the church at large has rejected — seeing lives changed and restored through counsel and ministry rooted in Jeremiah 15:19 and Isaiah 58:12.
Hope holds a bachelor's degree in psychology, graduate studies in Human Relations, and a Theology degree with ordination. As an author, public speaker, and founder of HBG International, she is dedicated to educating and empowering others to pursue justice and freedom for the oppressed.
She is featured on podcasts such as The Confessionals and Discovering Truth with Dan Duval, offering practical guidance on recognizing modern-day slavery, systemic manipulation, and control. Her powerful book, To Tell the Truth, is available on Amazon. Hope currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband.
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Diane spent 5 years as a single missionary with TEAM in Zimbabwe, then 12 years as a pastor's wife and ladies' Bible teacher. In 1994, she and her husband Tom launched Restoration in Christ Ministries. Tom and Diane conducted training seminars on four continents, and their educational materials have reached over 50 countries. Diane continues the ministry following Tom's homegoing in 2010.
Diane and Tom are perhaps most known for the Primary Identity Approach they developed for resolving Dissociative Identity Disorder — focusing healing on primary identities for more efficient restoration than traditional per-alter methodology. After being diagnosed with DID/RA herself in the late 1980s, Diane achieved complete wholeness from her dissociation in 2011 and now passionately teaches these principles to others.
Warrior Bride Ministries is inviting survivors connected to our ministry to submit original artwork for consideration in our Survivor Art Fundraiser at the 6th Annual Counting the Cost Conference in Folly Beach, South Carolina.
Contact Christie at [email protected] · Entries due July 1st