Dr Suse McBay

Suse has joined Wycliffe after almost a decade in the USA, serving as curate and then associate rector at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, the largest Episcopal Church in North America. In her time there she oversaw all of the parish’s adult Christian education programming and pioneered and led Riverway, their contemporary worship service. Prior to ordination, she was an RE teacher at a secondary school in Bradford. 

Suse holds a PhD (University of Chester) in Second Temple Judaism, focusing on the Sibylline Oracles and the language of cosmic catastrophe and divine warrior myth in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. She has written for the Journal for the Study of Judaism on differing Jewish perspectives on the Greek and Roman empires. Her research interests currently include the various uses of Stoic cosmological language in the first century and the portrayal of Zacchaeus in Luke 19.

Over the years, Suse has gained experience teaching biblical studies in different contexts, including the University of Chester, the former St John's College in Nottingham, the Winchester School of Mission and most recently the Diocese of Texas' Iona School of Ministry.

Suse is married to Stephen, a native Texan, and they have two dogs, Han Solo (a mutt) and Leia (a black labrador). In her spare time, Suse likes to rock climb, garden and enjoy the occasional scotch. While there's much she's excited about in returning to England, she will miss her new found love of Tex-Mex and proper BBQ.