Sue Edwards

Dr. Edward’s heartbeat is to reinforce ministry partnerships between men and women, which strengthen church and parachurch organizations locally and worldwide. She has thirty-five years of experience in Christian education and Bible teaching, directing women’s ministry, retreat and conference speaking, training teams and teachers, overseeing staff, and writing curriculum. As former pastor to women at her local church she experienced healthy men and women partnerships on staff, and her passion is to pass on what she has learned. She is the author of Leading Women Who Wound ,Mixed Ministry, New Doors in Ministry to Women and Women’s Retreats: A Creative Planning Guide and the Discovery Series, which includes the following books: First Peter: Discovering Encouragement in Troubling Times, Proverbs, Ancient Wisdom for a Postmodern world, Volume 1 & 2, Ephesians: Discovering Your Identity and Purpose in Christ, and Revelation: Discovering Life Today and for Eternity. Married to David, she especially enjoys romping with their five grandchildren. Dr. Edwards’s research and teaching interests include women’s epistemologies and leadership styles. She is the mentor professor with Dr. Joye Baker in DTS's Women in Ministry concentration of the Doctor of Ministry degree.

Episodes appearing in

Christine Hoover, Barbara Neumann, Sue Edwards, and Scott Sauls talk about the value of being intentional in friendships even when it's difficult. View Show Notes →
Barbara Neumann and Dr. Sue Edwards describe what organic mentoring is: a natural, less contrived relationship where one woman listens, encourages, and builds up the other. View Show Notes →
Barbara Neumann and Dr. Sue Edwards encourage women to be attentive to the mentoring opportunities around them, and to forget the idea that mentoring has to be structured. View Show Notes →
Barbara Neumann and Dr. Sue Edwards encourage women to forget everything they thought they knew about mentoring in order to minister to a younger generation. View Show Notes →