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SWC24 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.
Kimberly Cummings
Kimberly Cummings is a native-born Texan who loves being a pastor’s wife, mom, writer, public speaker, podcaster, and ACBC Certified biblical counselor. God has graciously granted Kimberly 38 years of marriage to her Beloved, David. She is the founding host of The Women’s Hope Podcast, a production of The Master’s University.
Kimberly currently resides in Southern California where you can find her sipping coffee while speaking of the goodness of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and blazing trails with her Beloved on the local paseos.
Kimberly currently resides in Southern California where you can find her sipping coffee while speaking of the goodness of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and blazing trails with her Beloved on the local paseos.
Andrea Heck
Andrea Heck serves in Women’s Ministries at Wichita Bible Church, where her husband Charles is a Teaching Pastor. In addition to teaching women’s Bible studies, discipling young women, and counseling, Andrea also serves on the church worship team, works as a freelance editor, and spends much of her time trying to keep up with the unceasing energy of her three teenaged sons. It is her deep desire and aim to see women come to maturity in Christ through the faithful study and teaching of His Word.
Susan Heck
Susan Heck was married for 46 years to her beloved husband and pastor, Doug Heck, who was a faithful Shepherd for 50 years, until the Lord took him to glory in August 2021. For 40 years, she has been involved in women's ministry, including teaching Bible Studies, discipleship, counseling, and heading up Ladies with the Master women’s ministry at Grace Community Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma (www.gccoftulsa.org).
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 grown children, 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 grown children, 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 three perfectly scrumptious grandchildren! In her many years as a pastor’s wife, Lisa has sought to build up the body of Christ primarily by writing inductive Bible studies and then teaching women how to accurately study God’s Word 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 blog and her many inductive Bible studies.
Sherry Kidd
Sherry has been married to her wonderful husband Pastor Anthony Kidd for 29 years. They live in Los Angeles where they are raising the youngest two of their five children, including one with special needs. Her kids range in age from high school age to adulthood. She has recently become a proud grandmother. For fun, Sherry and Anthony love to sneak away from everyone and do adventurous activities including parasailing, jet skiing, ATV offroading, helicopter riding and glacial trekking.
She has been priviledged to be a part of the special needs community through her daughter. As a result Sherry and her family have championed causes that support the developmentally and physically challenged. She is a disabilities conference speaker and the founder of a disabilities shadow program at her church. Additionally, she has been a part of multiple school boards in El Segundo. She currently serves on the Board of Directors at the South Central Los Angeles Regional Center. She has enjoyed serving the community she is a part of by focusing on equity of services between neighboring regional services. She holds a B.A. in Business Administration , Concentration: Finance and Economics.
She has been priviledged to be a part of the special needs community through her daughter. As a result Sherry and her family have championed causes that support the developmentally and physically challenged. She is a disabilities conference speaker and the founder of a disabilities shadow program at her church. Additionally, she has been a part of multiple school boards in El Segundo. She currently serves on the Board of Directors at the South Central Los Angeles Regional Center. She has enjoyed serving the community she is a part of by focusing on equity of services between neighboring regional services. She holds a B.A. in Business Administration , Concentration: Finance and Economics.
Andrea Kolstad
Andrea Kolstad is happily married to Caleb who pastors Lake Country Bible Church in southern Wisconsin. They have four energetic children and have been in church ministry for 19 years. Caleb is blessed to have been trained at the Master’s Seminary and Andrea received her MABC from the Master’s University. Andrea is passionate about ministering God’s Word in her family and the local church through biblical counseling and discipleship.
Martha Peace
Martha is a biblical counselor to women. She has been certified by the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors for over 34 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. She has been married to her high school sweetheart, Sanford, for 57 years. They have two children, Anna and David, twelve grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Naphtali Pillidge
Naphtali’s greatest joy is being the wife of 22 years to Adam, a staff Pastor at GraceLife Church of Edmonton. She is the grateful mother of six precious children ages 10 to 20. Naphtali serves with her husband in GraceLife's College & Career ministry, and has been teaching in GLC's Women's ministry for 8 years. She’s passionate to see women cherish Christ and grow in sanctification through studying and applying His Word. She absolutely loves homeschooling her children, and enjoys good music, history, adventurous food, and rich read-alouds.
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