Executive Pastor 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 team 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, consultant and coach to conferences and clergy gatherings across the country. Her book on the art of leading and managing the church, Ultimately Responsible, was released in fall 2006 (Abingdon Press). She has authored Starting a Single Adult Ministry  (Cook Communications), named the “Single Adult Ministry Book of the Year” by the National Association of Single Adult Leaders, as well as written for and edited the Transformation Journal: Journey Through the Bible in a Year and Transformation Journal: A Daily Walk in the Word (both Abingdon Press). Sue is an adjunct faculty member at United Theological Seminary in ministry leadership.