Elizabeth Waugh-Olmstead

Called to Serve · Dec 7, 2023 · 21m

Elizabeth was ordained in 1989 at Grace Memorial Baptist Church in Fredericton. She shares her recollection of the 1987 Convention Assembly, when the convention voted on the question of women in ministry. She also discusses what it was like to serve long-term as a single minister, before getting married and retiring in her sixties.

Called to Serve is a new podcast featuring the stories of women ordained by churches within the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada. Between 1950 and 2020, over one hundred women were ordained to ministry in Atlantic Baptist churches and around the world. Our…