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Called to Serve
Sharing the stories of women ordained to ministry by the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada. Visit our website, calledtoserve.ca, to find our research or purchase our book!
Episodes
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Grace Skeir
Grace Skeir was ordained in 2020 after ministering for many years, first as a layperson and then a lay pastor. After her ordination she became Associate Pastor…
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CTS Honours: Carol Ann McGibbon
We are re-sharing an interview in honour of Carol Ann McGibbon, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 72. Carol Ann was ordained in 1984 at Germain…
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Wilma Janzen
Wilma Janzen was ordained at Kentville Baptist Church in 2008, and has served as a prison chaplain for several institutions in Atlantic Canada. In this…
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Our 100th Episode! Ft. Kristen Price, Beverley States, and Heather McGregor
The Called to Serve podcast has officially reached one hundred episodes! To celebrate, we are sharing portions of the online event we held last week. Hear our…
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CTS Replay: Joyce Ross
Rev. Dr. Joyce Ross was ordained in 2014 at the age of 75. She describes her lifetime experience in prison ministry and early childhood education, vital…
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Vivien Pealing
Vivien Pealing is a recognized lay pastor with the CBAC, accredited in 2023 while serving at Greenfield United Baptist Church. As of this August, Vivien began…
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Speaking About the Book with Amy Vetter and Katelyn Entz
Find Amy Vetter at Flourishing Congregations or read her thesis on egalitarian church culture here. Find Katelyn Entz's work on her website. Info on our…
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Dena Williams
Dena graduated from Acadia Divinity College in 2018 with a Bachelor of Theology. She has gone on to develop a career as an event producer, working in the…
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Second-Career Ministry: At the Canadian Baptist Historical Society
Today we’ll be sharing a recent presentation that some of our team gave for the Canadian Baptist Historical Society in Toronto. Dr. Melody Maxwell and MA…
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Amy Golberg
Amy Golberg was ordained in 2025 at Rusagonis Baptist Church in New Brunswick. She now serves as Senior Pastor for The Bridge Church in Fredericton. Amy shares…
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Sharon MacKenzie + Our Book Is Out!
Called to Serve, the BOOK, is now available for purchase through our website, as well as on Amazon and other stores! Find your copy at…
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Erica Corbin
Erica Corbin was ordained with the CBAC in 2023 at Faith Baptist Church in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. She has since moved her denominational affiliation to…
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Debbie Simmonds
Debbie Simmonds was ordained in 2021 at East Preston United Baptist Church in Nova Scotia, where she’s served in many capacities for over forty years. She…
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Pam Schut
Pam Schut is Pastor of Children’s and Family Ministries at First Baptist Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island. In this episode, Pam describes the effect it…
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Carol Ann McGibbon
Carol Ann McGibbon was ordained in 1984 at Germain Street Baptist Church in Saint John, NB. She pioneered urban ministry programs in both Nova Scotia and…
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Maxine Gough
Maxine Gough was ordained in 2005 and continues ministering today in her eighties. She describes growing up in a segregated Black community in Nova Scotia and…
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Virginia DeAdder
Virginia DeAdder was ordained in 2007 at Hantsport Baptist Church in Nova Scotia. After retiring from a long career in telecommunications, she went on to…
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Behind the Scenes with Joetta Fernando
Joetta Fernando is one of our research associates at Called to Serve. She joined the team in April of 2024 and has been working on data analysis, conducting…
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Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson was ordained in 2019. She has served as Deputy Minister over the Public Service Commission in Nova Scotia, and is currently senior pastor at…
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CTS Honours: Muriel Bent
We are re-sharing an interview in honour of Canadian Baptist missionary Muriel Bent, who recently passed away at the age of 95. Muriel served with Canadian…
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Jennifer Varner
Jennifer Varner was ordained by the CBAC in 2004 but now pastors a charismatic ministry called Wellspring Christian Community Outreach in New Germany, Nova…
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Pamela Estey
Pamela Estey was ordained in 2005 in Canning, Nova Scotia. She is now the intentional interim pastor for St. Margaret’s Bay Baptist Church. Pamela describes…
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Ruth Tonn + A Big Announcement!
Want to win a free copy of our upcoming book? Email calledtoserve@acadiau.ca by March 31st 2026, with the subject line FREE BOOK. Everyone who emails in will…
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Tammy Giffen
Tammy Giffen was ordained in 2020. She is the church planter and lead pastor of Groundswell Church in Truro, Nova Scotia. Tammy talks about the challenges she…
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LeQuita Porter
LeQuita Porter is a trained lawyer who pastored at EastPreston United Baptist Church from 2010 through 2019. She was the first female senior pastor in that…
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Sheila Cummings
Sheila was ordained in 2024, after many decades of ministry service. She currently serves as Lay Pastor at Perth-Andover Baptist Church. Sheila talks about…
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Lois McLean
Lois was ordained in 2007 and has served several local churches in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. She stresses the importance of prayer ministry throughout her…
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Sarah Cogswell
Sarah Cogswell was ordained in 2024 and serves as the Pastor of Spiritual Formation and Care at The Journey Church in Moncton, New Brunswick. She describes how…
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Joyce Ross
Rev. Dr. Joyce Ross was ordained in 2014 at the age of 75. She describes her lifetime experience in prison ministry and early childhood education, vital…
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Patty Beals
Patty Beals was ordained in 2012. For ten years, she pastored the rural Lawrencetown Baptist Church, a church that had plateaued but under her leadership…
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Diane Juckes
Diane Juckes was ordained in 2003. She has pastored at Lower Derby Baptist Church, and served as a chaplain in both hospital and correctional institutions…
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Called to Learn: At the International Conference on Baptist Studies
“Called to Learn" is a research paper given by Dr. Melody Maxwell that focuses on the educational experiences of Atlantic Baptist women training for ministry…
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Nancy Murphy
Nancy Murphy was ordained in 2005 and has served as children’s pastor at Brunswick Street Baptist Church andOromocto Baptist Church. She describes her journey…
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Deb Stevens
Deb Stevens was ordained in 2010 at Windsor Baptist Church. She talks about receiving her call into ministry during a tumultuous time navigating a divorce…
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Muriel Bent, from Atlantic Baptist Stories
Muriel Bent was interviewed in 2022 for the podcast Atlantic Baptist Stories, a previous oral history project led by Dr. Maxwell. Muriel retired from Canadian…
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Marlene Pitman-Knowles
Marlene Pitman-Knowles was ordained in 1998 and has served at several Maritime churches, including Bayers Road Baptist Church, Windsor Baptist Church, and…
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Comparing with the UK: At the Project Violet International Symposium
On January 15th, Melody Maxwell delivered a paper at an international symposium for Project Violet. Project Violet is a UK initiative with a similar focus to…
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Sarah Trenholm
Sarah Trenholm was ordained in 2018. She has pastored at Midland Baptist and now served alongside her husband at Debert Baptist Church. Sarah talks about the…
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Kim Butler
Kim Butler was ordained in 2023. She has served for many years at Atlantic Community Church but has recently accepted a call to serve as Senior Pastor at…
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Marion Jamer
Marion Jamer was ordained in 2011 and has served as both a pastor and as a community chaplain working alongside first responders. She talks about working with…
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Hannah Bartlett
Hannah Bartlett was ordained in 2021 and serves as the Next Gen pastor at Cornerstone Baptist on Prince Edward Island. She talks about her approach to leading…
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CTS Honours: June Keddy
In 2023, Dr. Maxwell was able to sit down with Rev. June Keddy, who has since passed away as of February last year. June spoke about her childhood experiences…
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Barbara Putnam
Barbara Putnam was ordained in 1996 and soon after began a career in military chaplaincy. In 2016 she became the first woman to attain the rank of Colonel in…
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Sherrolyn Riley
Sherrolyn Riley was ordained in 2003 and has pastored at Victoria Road and Mahone Bay United Baptist Churches. She talks about entering seminary after…
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Jennifer Sutton
Jennifer Sutton was ordained in 2016 and has pastored congregations including at Forest Hills and Aenon Baptist Churches. She talks about the challenges she’s…
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Angela Wade
Angela Wade was ordained in 2017 and now serves as lead pastor at Union Street Atlantic Baptist Church. She talks about her experience at the ordination…
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Louise Hannem
Louise Hannem was ordained in 2012. She served in pastoral ministry at several churches before moving into full-time roles with Canadian Baptist Ministries…
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Carol Dimock
Carol Dimock was ordained in 2008. She shares her experience serving in prison ministry and talks about the transformation she saw in the lives of many men…
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Linda Perrin
Linda Perrin was ordained in her sixties, after a long career as a school principal. She talks about resisting her call to ministry, and how she has leaned on…
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Liz Johnson
Liz Johnson was ordained at 60 years old. She served as a chaplain with assisted living and in her community. She talks about the importance of listening in…
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Faithfully Feminist? At Conferences in Quebec and North Carolina
Dr. Melody Maxwell shares "Faithfully Feminist?", a paper she presented this summer at conferences in Quebec and North Carolina. This is one of several avenues…
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Sylvia Hagerman
Sylvia Hagerman was ordained in 2008 and has served in spiritual formation ministries and ministry to women. She talks about the challenge it was for her to…
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Sarah Stevens
Sarah Stevens was ordained in 2014 and has pastored at Bethany Memorial and Harmony Baptist Church. Sarah talks about coming to faith at the age of nineteen…
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Audrey Carter
Audrey Carter was ordained in 2001 alongside her husband Jack. Some of the churches they pastored together were in Digby Neck, Barrington, and Woodville…
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Margo MacDougall
Margo MacDougall was ordained in 1997. She has worked in several positions, including as a counsellor, a probation officer, and a pastor to several Atlantic…
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Rhonda Britton
Rhonda Britton was ordained in 2002 in the United States. After moving to Nova Scotia, she pastored at Second United Baptist Church in New Glasgow, and New…
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Renée MacVicar
Renée was ordained in 2009. She has pastored at North and South Alton, RiverCross, and Hillside Baptist churches. Many listeners will be familiar with Renée…
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Kayla Colford
Kayla was ordained in 2018 and now serves as a military chaplain. She talks about serving in chaplaincy as a woman and the importance of knowing where her true…
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Janet Kwantes Baker
Janet was ordained in 2014. She has served in several churches including Bridgewater Baptist and Greenfield United Baptist Church. Janet talks about leading an…
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Linda DeMone
Linda was ordained in 2017 and now pastors at Uniacke Baptist Church. She describes how leaving an abusive marriage led her into ministry, and how she began a…