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SWC26 Speakers
Erin Coates
Erin is married to the love of her life, James, and they have two sons. James is the Preaching Pastor at GraceLife Church of Edmonton (GLC) and graduate of The Master’s Seminary (MDiv & DMin), and Erin is the Women’s Ministry Director. Erin has served James in his role as the regular preaching pastor of GLC since 2010. Nothing excites her more than seeing local churches strengthened through Christ exalting biblical exposition, especially as this translates into the spread of the gospel to the nations.
Andrea Heck
Andrea Heck serves in Women’s Ministries at Wichita Bible Church, where her husband Charles was the Teaching Pastor until the Lord took him home in 2024. She fills her days writing, teaching, and editing women’s Bible studies, discipling and counseling women, speaking at conferences, and trying to keep up with the unceasing energy of her three sons. It is Andrea’s deep desire and aim to pursue Christ in all that she does and to help others do the same.
Susan Heck-Daniel
Susan Heck-Daniel was married for 46 years to her beloved first husband and pastor, Doug Heck, who was a faithful shepherd for 50 years, until the Lord took him to glory in August 2021. In June 2025, the Lord led Susan to marry her second husband, Curt Daniel. For over 40 years, she has been involved in women's ministry, including teaching Bible Studies, discipleship, counseling.
Susan is a certified counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (biblicalcounseling.com). She is also the author of the With the Master Bible study series for ladies, as well as A Call to Discipleship, Putting-Off Life Dominating Sins; A Call to Scripture Memory; A Message of Assurance: Twenty Tests for God's Children; What Does a Spirit Filled Marriage Look Like?; Speaking the Truth in Love in a Post Truth World; and The Liberating Gospel. Susan’s teaching ministry is an outgrowth of her memorization work on the Bible. She has memorized the entire New Testament and is now journeying her way through more of the Old Testament. To God be the glory!
Susan Heck has two children, one who went to glory is 2024, and seven grandchildren.
Susan is a certified counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (biblicalcounseling.com). She is also the author of the With the Master Bible study series for ladies, as well as A Call to Discipleship, Putting-Off Life Dominating Sins; A Call to Scripture Memory; A Message of Assurance: Twenty Tests for God's Children; What Does a Spirit Filled Marriage Look Like?; Speaking the Truth in Love in a Post Truth World; and The Liberating Gospel. Susan’s teaching ministry is an outgrowth of her memorization work on the Bible. She has memorized the entire New Testament and is now journeying her way through more of the Old Testament. To God be the glory!
Susan Heck has two children, one who went to glory is 2024, and seven grandchildren.
Lisa Hughes
Lisa and her husband, Jack, have been married since 1984 and have two grown sons, a married daughter and son-in-law, and five perfectly scrumptious grandchildren! Jack is the pastor of Anchor Bible Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Besides caring for Jack, Lisa seeks to use her gifts as a Bible study writer and teacher to better serve women in her church and those the Lord brings her way. Her great joy is to teach women how to study God’s Word accurately so they can apply it to their lives for true heart change. Lisa is also the author of Unmet Expectations: Reshaping our Thinking in Trials, Disappointments, and Delays and God’s Priorities for Today’s Woman: Discovering His Plan for You. Her website, www.scripturepaths.com, houses her inductive Bible studies and devotional writing.
Tiffany Kile
Tiffany is a pastor's wife of over 34 years to Jon, pastor of Faith Community Church in Vacaville, CA, a church plant which was founded in 2002. She has three grown daughters who are a joy to her and Jon. She was raised in the church and in a Christian home but did not find true salvation in Christ until later in life. Her passion is to teach the word of God through exposition of Scripture and inductive Bible Study and to disciple women to live obedient lives through their submission to the Scriptures. She has a love for equipping women to teach other women the truths of the Bible which has led her to teach abroad in Myanmar (Burma), where she works with pastor's wives and other women in ministry. She has just recently finished a Masters of Arts in Theological Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary in PA.
Andrea Kolstad
God used the MABC program at the Master’s University to help equip Andrea to serve alongside her husband, Caleb, who graduated from the Master’s Seminary and has served in pastoral ministry for 20 years. Andrea’s passion is to encourage women with the Scriptures that they may be confident of the powerful sufficiency of the Word. They currently live in Wisconsin with their 4 children.
Martha Peace
Martha is a biblical counselor to women. She has been certified by the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors for over 36 years and is a volunteer counselor in her church, Faith Bible Church, located in Sharpsburg, Georgia. Her heart is to be used by God as a Titus 2 woman. As a result, she has written several books including The Excellent Wife, Attitudes of a Transformed Heart, Precious Truths in Practice and her latest, Biblical Counseling in Practice, Volume 1. Martha has spoken at ladies' conferences in various parts of the US and the world. Martha holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Counseling. She has been married to her high school sweetheart, Sanford, for 59 years. They have two children, Anna and David, twelve grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Naphtali Pillidge
Naphtali’s greatest joy is being married to Adam since 2002, and serving him in his role as Staff Pastor at GraceLife Church of Edmonton. They have six wonderful children, 4 boys and 2 girls, whom Naphtali has been blessed to homeschool all the way. She also now has a beautiful daughter-in-law! She loves cooking for a crowd, animated theological discussions, world history, adventurous foods, reading aloud, and good books. She has been teaching in GLC’s Women’s Ministry since 2016 and co-hosts the Heart & Home podcast. Naphtali is passionate to see women cherish Christ, grow in sanctification, and pursue holiness through the faithful study and application of His Word.
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