Ed and Denise Tisdale

Ed and Denise TisdaleExecutive Pastor
Women's Pastor

Pastors Ed and Denise have been members of Brownsville since February of 1984.  After 22 years in active church leadership, Ed joined the pastoral team in May 2004.  He serves as the Executive Pastor, combining business responsibilities and pastoral care.  Denise has been involved in ministry to women at Brownsville since 1988.  She now serves as the Women’s Pastor and oversees the ministries of the Women’s Department.  She also serves with her husband in areas of pastoral care. 

Ed was employed in the secular arena for 34 years.  He worked in various management positions and has an awesome understanding of the difficulties and successes of market place ministry.  Ed has gained much wisdom through personal experiences and is able to offer encouragement and help bring Godly wisdom and understanding to those who are involved with the challenges of the market place.  Ed’s 34 years of secular employment were God’s training ground for him and Ed has many testimonies of God’s faithfulness throughout those years.  As a licensed minister with the Assemblies of God, Ed is now blessed to be able to serve the Lord, His people, the community of Brownsville, and the city of Pensacola through full time ministry.  The Lord also provided Ed with the opportunity to travel throughout southeastern Australia and minister through preaching the Word and personal prayer, which was a life-changing experience for him! 

Denise has been a part of the Women’s Department of Brownsville since 1988 when she began teaching a weekly Bible study.  Denise is a gifted teacher and has been actively involved in various areas of women’s ministry over the past 19 years.  Through teaching and personal ministry, she brings forth the truth of God’s Word with clarity and practical application.  Denise has had opportunities to minister throughout the United States and Australia, crossing denominational lines and geographical borders.  Her heart’s desire is to help women of every walk of life become healthy spiritually, physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, and financially.  It is such a blessing to Denise to see women walk in wholeness and fulfill the plans and purposes that God has foreordained for them. 

Ed and Denise have been married for 34 years.  They are the parents of two grown children.  Jonathan lives and works in Pensacola.  Jennifer and her husband, Kyle, are ministers and live in Harpersville, Alabama, near Birmingham.