Jill Briscoe

{{Short description|British-American author, editor, and speaker}}

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| birth_name = Jill Pauline Ryder

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|06|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Liverpool, England

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| education = Homerton College, Cambridge

| employer = Just Between Us

| occupation = Author, editor, speaker

| title = Executive Editor

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| boards = World Relief
Christianity Today

| spouse = {{marriage|Stuart Briscoe|1958|2022|end=died}}

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Jill Pauline Briscoe (née Ryder; born 29 June 1935)Briscoe and Briscoe, p. 238. is a British–American author, editor, and speaker. She has written or co-written over 40 books and is the founder and executive Editor of Just Between Us magazine. She is a former member of the board of directors of World Relief and Christianity Today.

Early life

Jill Pauline (née Ryder) Briscoe was born on 29 June 1935 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, the daughter of William "Bill" and Margaret "Peggy" Ryder.Briscoe and Briscoe, p. 12. She attended Homerton College, Cambridge, graduating with a diploma to teach in the public school system.{{when|date=March 2017}}Briscoe and Briscoe, p. 3.{{verification needed|date=March 2017}} Ryder married her husband and future writing and ministry partner, D. Stuart Briscoe, in 1958 in Liverpool.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Career and ministry

=Early career=

Briscoe taught for three years,{{where?|date=March 2017}}{{when|date=March 2017}} then served for ten years as the director of Capernwray Hall, a nursery school and Christian youth centre.{{when|date=March 2017}}{{cite magazine | title = Keeping the Adventure in Ministry: An interview with Jill Briscoe |magazine=Leadership Journal |date=Summer 1996 |url-access=subscription |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/1996/summer/6l3110.html | access-date = 18 March 2017 }}

=Christian ministries=

==Elmbrook Church==

Briscoe came to the United States in 1970, when her husband became the senior pastor of Elmbrook Church, in Brookfield, Wisconsin. There she served as a member of the laity and established a youth ministry called the God Squad, while also taking the lead in the development of Elmbrook's women's ministry. She began to speak extensively all over North America.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

==Speaking and writing==

In 2000, after her husband stepped down from his pastorate, she and her husband began working as ministers-at-large of Elmbrook Church, allowing them to travel around the world teaching pastors, missionaries, and church leaders.{{cite web | date = 2013 | title = Who We Are: History |website=Elmbrook Church | url = http://www.elmbrook.org/who-we-are/history/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130911043911/http://www.elmbrook.org/who-we-are/history/ | archive-date = 11 September 2013 | access-date = 18 March 2017 }} Briscoe has written or co-written over 40 books, ranging in genre and subject matter from scriptural studies and devotionals to poetry and children's books. She serves as a member of the teaching staff of Telling the Truth Ministries, a worldwide media ministry founded by her husband.{{cite web|url=http://www.tellingthetruth.org/about/Bios/Jill.aspx|title=About Stuart, Jill, and Pete Briscoe|author=|date=|work=tellingthetruth.org|access-date=19 March 2017}} She is the founder and executive editor of Just Between Us, a Christian women's lifestyle magazine that serves women involved in church ministry.{{cite web | author = Briscoe, Jill | date = 2017 | title=Christian Faith | work=JustBetweenUs.org | url=http://justbetweenus.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=67713 | access-date=19 March 2017}} She is a former member of the boards of directors of World Relief and Christianity Today, having served in that capacity for over 20 years.

Personal life

Jill married Stuart in 1958 in Liverpool.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} Stuart died in 2022. The couple had three children and 13 grandchildren.{{cite journal|author=Heinen, Tom |date=2 March 2008 |title=Faith Put Into Action |journal=Journal Sentinel |location=Milwaukee, WI |url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/29394014.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132755/http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/29394014.html |archive-date=5 June 2011 |access-date=18 March 2017 |quote=[Quote:] Not bad for an Oconomowoc couple with three children and 13 grandchildren. }}

Literature cited

{{cite book |author1=Briscoe, D. Stuart |author2=Briscoe, Jill | year = 2006 | title = Married for Life: Growing Together Through the Differences and Surprises of Life | location = Downers Grove, IL | publisher = InterVarsity Press | isbn = 978-0-8308-5700-5 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0830857001 | access-date = March 18, 2017 }}

References

External links

[http://www.briscoeministriesinc.com/ Stuart & Jill Briscoe's Ministry website, Briscoe Ministries, Inc.]
[http://www.jillbriscoe.com/ Telling The Truth Ministries website]
[http://www.elmbrook.org/ Elmbrook Church website]

Category:American evangelicals

Category:American Evangelical writers

Category:Scottish Evangelical writers

Category:American women non-fiction writers

Category:People from Brookfield, Wisconsin

Category:People from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

Category:1935 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers

Category:20th-century American women writers

Category:20th-century evangelicals

Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers