Mandy Smith
Mandy Smith is a pastor, author, and spiritual guide helping others reimagine leadership through the lens of vulnerability and wonder. She serves as pastor of St. Lucie Uniting Church in Brisbane, Australia, and writes about faith, formation, and ministry shaped by human limitation and divine presence. Her books include The Vulnerable Pastor and Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture and her newest work, Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God.
“God is not calling any of us—men or women—to puff ourselves up and pretend to be enough. God is calling us—like Paul, like Jeremiah, like David, like Jesus—to feel our frailty and to find in it one more invitation to depend on him.”
— Mandy Smith, Need to Know: Empowering Female Leadership and Why It’s Essential for the Future of the Church
