Dr. Mary Edwards
Phone: (313) 492-0149
Email: leavesofgold.llc@gmail.com

Organizations

• Leaves of Gold Consulting, LLC (CEO)

• Joy of Jesus Ministries, co-founder along with Rev. Eddie Edwards

• His Lovely Wife Ministries, Founder 1990

• Camden House, Founder 1998, Family Life Center

• Widows With Wisdom Ministries, Founder, 2004

• The Called and Ready Writers Ministry, Founder, 1999

• M.E.D.I.C. Ministries, Founder, 1998

• WLQV & WMUZ - Talk Show Host

Awards and Recognition

• 2018 – Recognition from AARP for Purpose Prize Award – Semi-finalist

• 2017 – Recognition with Lifetime Achievement Award from Hannah Foundation.

• 2014 – Nominated for the first John Maxwell Leadership Award. Received third place recognition for Family/Youth

• "Who’s Who in Black Detroit" November 2007 | March 2010 | March 2011

• Guiding Spirit Award 2007 Sigma Gamma Rho Society-Michigan Chapter

• "Others" Award. Salvation Army. One of the highest honors given by the Army

• "One of the Most Influential African American Women in Metropolitan Detroit." 2002 Women’s Informal Network

• Presidential Award. Revitalization in the Ravendale Community on the eastside of Detroit.

• Received Doctorate in Divinity from Destiny Christian University of Florida in 2016.

Publications

• Born Grown, (Autobiography 2007 Release)

• At His Feet, (Devotional)

• Ponderings from the Heart of Mary, (Devotional)

• Morning Papers, (Devotional)

• The Fish Market, (Evangelism)

• Ms. Humpty Dumpty and the Real Pain of Racism

• A Candid Conversation between Father and Son

• Prayer Chair: Poems & Prayers from an Intercessor’s Chair

• Don’t Worry, Be Happy!

• Be Your Own Valentine!

• Transition from Widowhood to Womanhood

• We Remember, Tribute to Rev. Eddie K. Edwards

• Faith: Use It or Lose It

• Whatever Happened to Mamas? Vol 1

• Whatever Happened to Mamas? Vol 2

 

• Frequent Contributor to Chicken Soup for the Soul.

  • Chicken Soup - CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOUL

  • Chicken Soup - ANGELS ALL AROUND

  • Chicken Soup - BOOK OF MIRACLES

  • Chicken Soup - LEMONS TO LEMONADE

   

• Frequent on-line magazine contributor for Christian publications

• Columnist and Freelance writer, Michigan Chronicle/Michigan Front Page, black-owned weekly newspaper

Professional

• Consultant for study conducted on Capitol Hill: “The Root Cause of Substance Abuse

• Eureka Fellowship

• Book Coach

• Mentor to Many

• International Speaker

• Radio Show host for: “Ask the Pastor’s Wife” and “Widows With Wisdom”

Personal

Widow of the esteemed community activist Rev. Eddie K. Edwards, founder of Joy of Jesus Ministries. Rev. Edwards was a veteran community organizer with 30 years of experience at the time of his death.

• Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother.

• Dual citizenship: US and Canada.

• Spiritually ordained in 1976. Officially ordained in 1978.

• Member of Christian Tabernacle Church, Southfield, Michigan

• Above all, Dr. Mary Edwards has been a born-again, spirit-filled believer since 1976. She believes in living to leave a legacy behind. Her works are current among those in the University of Michigan Bentley Legacy Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!