In 2015, God redirected Emily’s path through a promise that reshaped both her career and her calling. After 19 years in nursing, she accepted a Kingdom invitation to step away from healthcare and partner with Jesus to start Adored Boutique, a socially responsible storefront committed to fighting human trafficking and supporting women through purpose-driven fashion. Through the daily responsibilities of business leadership, including strategic planning, operations, and navigating uncertainty, Emily practiced seeking the Lord first, waiting for His direction, and trusting Him with outcomes beyond her control.
As Emily’s relationship with Jesus grew deeper, the direction of her calling became clearer. In 2018, she founded Designed To Be Ministries, a ministry dedicated to helping women recognize their identity in Christ and pursue genuine intimacy with God beyond religious routine. What began as a two-year discipleship course has developed into a ministry offering executive and personal prayer coaching, along with speaking engagements, all grounded in a commitment to lasting heart transformation.
Across each setting, Emily equips believers to recognize God’s voice, walk in surrender to the Holy Spirit, and lead lives marked by eternal purpose.
In 2024, Emily released her first book, When Jesus Shows Up In Skinny Jeans, sharing both foundational teachings and her personal journey from knowing about Jesus to experiencing daily communion with Him. Through honesty and biblical depth, she invites readers into a faith rooted in relationship, freedom, and obedience.
Emily teaches and coaches with transparency, conviction, and deep dependence on the Holy Spirit. Whether working one-on-one or speaking to larger audiences, she helps women and men move beyond passivity and into the life God designed for them.
She is the wife of Rolf, mom to Hannah and Rylan, and dog mom to their beloved pup. Emily lives in Grand Rapids, where Adored Boutique continues to thrive. Outside of ministry and business, she enjoys baking homemade chocolate chip cookies and hiking in the sunshine.
Statement of Faith
I find it helpful to be able to read a writer or speaker's Statement of Faith and/or Belief, which is why I am including mine here for you. The words I share, I share from a place of the love of Jesus as He has shown me. My faith and my beliefs are deeply held. I will not agree to sacrifice truth on the altar of public opinion or change God's Holy Word to satisfy culture, feelings, or desires of the age. Truth is truth. It is not relative. It does not change over time. The Bible is as true and foundational today as it was in days past, as it will be in days to come. I am so grateful that God’s word is alive and does not change.
Statement of Belief
- I believe there is one and only one path to salvation and eternal life: Jesus.
- I believe baptism is an outward proclamation of an inward change, not required for salvation but commanded by Christ.
- I believe marriage is a sacred covenant, created by God, intended to be between one man and one woman.
- I believe in the sanctity of all human life.
- I believe life begins at conception and that abortion is murder of the innocent.
- I believe all followers of Jesus, including women, are called to be disciples and make disciples.
- I believe women are called to share the Gospel in a variety of ways, through many different types of ministries and church service both inside and outside of their homes, including but not limited to preaching, teaching, and worship.
- I believe women share in and can contribute from all the same spiritual gifts men do. These gifts are given by the Holy Spirit and differ from person to person, by God's choice.
- I believe Israel remains God's chosen people, and that the Christian Church is grafted in.
- I believe in the proper handling/interpretation of the Scriptures and the importance of committing time and intention to study the Bible, not to learn about ourselves, but to learn about the One True and Living God.
- I believe in the pre-Tribulation Rapture of the church and am living in joyful expectation of it.
- I believe in Jesus' premillennial Second Coming when He will establish God’s kingdom of righteousness and peace on the earth.
- I believe Hell is a real place in which the unsaved suffer the consequences of refusing to submit to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
- I believe salvation is a free gift. You cannot earn it. You don't deserve it. Neither do I.