Rev. Walker was ordained as a full elder in 2014 following graduation in 2012 from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary with a master of divinity degree. She earned a bachelor of music education degree from Converse College in 2004.
Rev. Suzanne Walker was the Congregational Specialist for the Charleston and Walterboro Districts. She has served as a specialist since 2019, and has been in the South Carolina Annual Conference since 2010.
Before her appointment to Bethlehem UMC in 2018, Rev. Walker served St. James UMC in Goose Creek from 2015 to 2018, St. Paul UMC in St. Matthews from 2012 to 2015, and the Pomaria Charge (Capers Chapel UMC, and New Hope UMC) from 2010 to 2012.
In addition to Rev. Walker’s work in local churches, she has served on district and conference boards and committees, including the Conference Council on Connectional Ministries, the Charleston Wesley Foundation Board of Directors, the Charleston District Board of Congregational Development, the Orangeburg District Committee on the District Superintendency, Charleston District Connectional Ministries, and as chairperson of the Conference Worship Committee as well as serving on the worship team for the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference.
Suzanne has two children, Nathan and CJ, and a cat named Domino! They all enjoy video games, music, reading, creating dad jokes, and comedy mystery theatre.