Dr. Susan C. Hyatt (b. 1946) is a church research historian, Bible scholar, ordained minister (1983) and life-long, professional educator. A Canadian by birth and citizenship, she was awarded the Governor Generals Medal, the highest award given to outstanding High School Graduate (1964), and she went on to graduate with honors from the University of New Brunswick Teachers College (1966) in Fredericton, New Brunswick. In college she fellowshipped with Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship and attended IVCF’s Urbana Missionary Conference at the University of Illinois in 1967, 1970, and 1973. While teaching, she sponsored IVCF groups and taught the Bible.
After several years of teaching public school and college in New Brunswick, she graduated from Christ for the Nations Institute (1976) and summa cum laude from Southwestern Assemblies of God University (1987) in Northeast Texas. She earned two M.A.s with honors from the Oral Roberts University Graduate School of Theology and Missions, one in Historical/Theological Studies with emphasis in Pentecostal/Charismatic Studies (1989); the other, in Biblical Studies (1994). She did a year of post-graduate studies at the Center for Advanced Theological Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary (1994-95) and has an earned Doctor of Ministry degree from the School of Divinity at Regent University (2000). Dr. Hyatt is the recipient of many academic awards, such as WHO’S WHO Among Students, the National Religion and Philosophy Award, National Dean’s Honor’s List, Academic All American, and Delta Epsilon Chi (Honor Society of the American Association of Bible Colleges). In recognition of her leadership and significant contributions in her field, she was selected for The Heritage Registry of WHO'S WHO (2007).
For almost 20 years, Susan served as a ghost-writer for ministers who have a global impact. While she continues to ghost-write and publish selectively as the Lord leads, she now focuses with her husband, Dr. Eddie Hyatt, on wirting and publishing, especially through Hyatt Press. Some of her works include: Where Are My Susannas?, 10 Things Jesus Taught about Women, Who’s the Boss?, In the Spirit We’re Equal, The Nature of Biblical Unity, Thinking Biblically, and The Spirit, The Bible, and Women.
These works, as well as her doctoral dissertation from Regent University (2000): A Biblical Theology of Womanhood for Spirit-Oriented Believers are available at The Bookstore at www.eddiehyatt.com.
She was also commissioned by Thomas Nelson Publishers to write the chapter “Spirit-Filled Women” in their benchmark publication, The Century of the Holy Spirit, edited by Dr. Vinson Synan, preeminent Pentecostal/Charismatic historian and Dean Emeritus of Regent University School of Divinity.
At the invitation of the French Community of the Belgium Government, she represented Pentecostal-Charismatic Women of America at the Women in Religion Colloquium in Brussels (2001).
She was recently invited to be a contributing editor to the Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization to be published by Blackwell (Oxford and Boston) in 2008.
Susan is the founding coordinator of the Int’l Christian Women’s History Project, a research center which exists to promote biblical living through teaching biblical equality and writing God’s women back into history. She is also founder of the Association for the Advancement of Christian Women Leaders, a multifaceted undertaking to equip women to be change agents in society and the Christian community by providing interactive education, strategic resources, significant relationships, ministerial credentials, and ministry opportunities. Her newest venture is the Christian Women’s Hall of Fame currently taking shape in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She and Eddie are developing The Global Institute for Biblical Studies and the Christian Women's Studies Program. Susan and her husband, Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt, are equal partners in ministry and in marriage. Together they have planted churches, founded and directed Bible schools, and ministered internationally. They are co-founders of Hyatt Int’l Ministries and Hyatt Press. Their passion is to see genuine, Biblical Christianity prevail over fallen culture and human-centered religion. Within it, they believe, is everything that enables believers to flourish in every aspect of life. Their purpose is to promote spiritual awakening and biblical thinking among the nations, that God’s ways may be known to and through His people (Ps 67:1-2).