Executive Pastor, Ginghamsburg Church

Sue Nilson Kibbey holds a Master of Divinity degree and is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church. Sue teams with Senior Pastor Mike Slaughter to create and deploy the vision of the church, coordinates the senior management team, and serves as leader for our discipleship staff (children, student and adult). Sue also leads human resource initiatives and teams with the senior staff on daily business functions/decisions. As the creator of Ministry by Strengths, which equips churches to deploy staff and unpaid servants into ministry, Sue serves as a trainer and consultant to conferences and clergy gatherings across the country. Her newest book on the art of leading and managing the church, Ultimately Responsible, was released in fall 2006 (Abingdon Press). She also authored Starting a Single Adult Ministry (Cook Communications). Sue was recognized in 2005 by The Church Report magazine as one of the top ten church business administrators in America. Previously, Sue served at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Lincoln, Nebraska as a singles ministry pastor, director of ministries and interim senior pastor.