Vikki Waters

As the founder of Growing in Grace Ministries, Growing in Grace Publishing, and Growing in Grace Online Academy, Vikki Waters has deep compassion for the healing and spiritual growth of others. Growing in Grace Ministries equips the body of Christ for abundant living, lasting freedom, and effective ministry.

In 1997, Vikki left a ten-year career in human resources to pursue God’s call on her life for full-time ministry to declare and demonstrate the incredibly good news that Father God is in a good mood and is actively healing the brokenhearted, setting captives free, and lavishly releasing His love and favor on all who will receive!

Through her career as a business woman, civic leader, and entrepreneur, Vikki understands the challenges working people face in balancing a healthy Christian lifestyle with godly principles. She is a gifted teacher who will draw you close and hold you there while she encourages and inspires you to live and walk in the abundant life Jesus has for you. She is a woman you will love, as much for her contagious humor and warmth as for her tender heart and unashamed desire to live daily in the presence of the Lord.

Her credentials and experience as a licensed ordained minister, author, hospital chaplain, Bible teacher, ministry trainer, guest teacher at Lee University, and heart healing coach, have made her a compelling and effective witness. But it is her heart that will reach you and draw you into God’s presence. Vikki has a Master's Degree in Theological Studies and a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) in New Testament Studies from Crown Institute of Theology.

Vikki and her husband, Richard, have been married for over thirty-seven years and live in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They love spending time with their daughter, Emily, and her husband, Jack, and their three grandchildren, John Morrison, Jacob, and Lucy.