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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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Freda MacDonald
Freda was ordained in 1999. She served at several churches, including North and South Alton and Black Rock Baptist Church. She describes both positive and…
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Sarah Clapham
Sarah was ordained in 2010. She has served at South End Baptist Church and at St. Luke’s Protestant Chapel, as well as at the QEII hospital in Halifax. She…
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Carolyn Steeves
Carolyn was ordained in 2014. She is currently the senior pastor at The Crossing Church, Newfoundland. She talks about her experience working with multi-site…
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Nancy Draper
Nancy was ordained in 2002. She served at Grace Memorial and First Baptist Dartmouth as a Christian educator. Nancy talks about her experience at the examining…
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Michele Bland
Michele was ordained in 1992. Since 1996, she has been living in Hong Kong, where she is currently Senior Pastor at Union Church. She describes her call to…
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Joan Nickerson
Joan was ordained in 1998. She served as a chaplain at Nova Institution for Women for eleven years. She shares about her experience with the joys and…
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Jennifer Riley
Jennifer was ordained in 2006. She is now Senior Pastor at Hantsport Baptist Church. She talks about the different expectations faced by female pastors and her…
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Heather Donovan
Heather Donovan was ordained in 2002 and became a chaplain with the Canadian Armed Forces. She talks about the unique challenges and joys of military…
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Sandy Sutherland
Sandy was ordained in 2005. She went on to pastor at several churches, including The Crossing Church in St John’s Newfoundland, and First Baptist Moncton…
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Sarah Scott
Sarah was ordained in 2005. She went on to pastor at Bridgewater Baptist and serve in chaplaincy. Sarah shares how she approached differing opinions on the…
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Thelma MacDonald
Thelma was ordained in 2006 and went on to pastor at Bethany Memorial Baptist and Truro Immanuel Baptist. She talks about being called to ministry as a mature…
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Melody Maxwell
Melody was ordained in 2020 and serves at Acadia Divinity College as Associate Professor of Christian History. She talks about her journey to ordination, which…
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Robin McCoombs
Robin was ordained in 1999 and went on to pastor at Wilmot and Middleton Baptist churches. She talks about her journey to faith as an adult, her gradual call…
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Marion Aretha Borden-Davis
Marion was granted a license to preach in 1987 and graduated from Acadia Divinity College in 1992. She went on to work with the Department of Education and…
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Elizabeth Waugh-Olmstead
Elizabeth was ordained in 1989 at Grace Memorial Baptist Church in Fredericton. She shares her recollection of the 1987 Convention Assembly, when the…
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Marilyn McCormick
Marilyn was ordained in 1996 at Grand Bay Baptist Church. She has served in numerous churches and ministries, including children’s, youth, family, and music…
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Kimberly Beers
Kimberly was ordained in 2001 at Cambridge Baptist Church. She has worked at the Moncton Crisis Pregnancy Center, in child protection services, and is now the…
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Jennifer McWilliams
Jennifer was ordained in 2012 at The Journey Church in Moncton. She is now the lead pastor at The East Toronto Meeting House. Jennifer shares some of her…
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Carol Smith
Carol was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1995. She shares her experience being called to prison ministry and then unexpectedly beginning her journey as…
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Shirley McNally - Special Guest Episode
This week we are sharing a guest episode from the podcast Atlantic Baptist Stories, another oral history project led by Dr. Maxwell. You can find out more…
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Marlene Quinn
Marlene was ordained in 2007. She has worked with the Salvation Army, and at churches in Bedford and Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Marlene shares about her…
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Rachel Kwan
Rachel was ordained in 2020 and is now pastoring at Fundy Seaside Baptist Church in New Brunswick. She shares about her experience with music ministry, the…
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Ardythe Ashe
Ardythe was ordained in 1988 and went on to pastor numerous Baptist churches in Nova Scotia. She shares about her experience of coming to faith at the age of…
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Barbara Cochran
Barbara was ordained in 1991 and has been pastoring at West Brooklyn Baptist Church for around thirty years. Barbara describes the difficulties she faced at…
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Anna Robbins
Anna Robbins was ordained in 1995. She was involved with local church ministry, served as faculty at the London School of Theology, and is now President of…
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Carol Anne Janzen
Carol Anne was ordained in 1997 and has served at several churches, including First Baptist Dartmouth. She shares about her journey towards ordination, the…
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Kristen Price
Kristen was ordained in 2016 and has served as youth and children's pastors in several Atlantic Baptist churches. She shares about her experience navigating…
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Elizabeth Legassie
Elizabeth was ordained in 1976 and went on to pastor, counsel, and teach. She shares about her years of ministry experience in both Atlantic Canada and abroad…
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Lola Mather-Dyer
Lola was ordained in 1991 and went on to serve as a pastor and chaplain in Atlantic Canada and Ontario. She shares about her call to rural church ministry, the…
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Judith Tod
Judith was ordained in 1989 and went on to pastor at Kentville Baptist Church, work with refugee families, and serve as a chaplain in several communities. She…
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Gail Whalen-Dunn
Gail was ordained in 1998. She describes some of the challenges she faced over her years of ministry, like how she balanced expectations around ministry and…
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Maxine Ashley
Maxine graduated with her MDiv in 1970 and was later ordained in 1989. She has worked at three theological schools, including Acadia Divinity College, and…
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Barbara Fuller
Barbara was ordained in 1995. She shares about the experience of tragically losing her husband Gerry and how she went on to serve in ministry as a single…
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Shirley DeMerchant
Shirley was ordained in 1998. She has served at Hosanna Presbyterian Church in South Korea, and has been senior pastor at Stevens Road United Baptist Church in…
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Christine MacDormand
Christine was ordained in 1984. She describes her ministry over forty years, including planting a church in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. She also shares about the…
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Miriam Uhrstrom
Miriam was ordained in 1985 and went on to serve as a pastor both individually and alongside her husband Karl. She shares their experiences going before the…
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Twila Grosse, from Atlantic Baptist Stories
This is a special week on the podcast as we are doing an episode swap with the podcast Atlantic Baptist Stories, another oral history project led by Dr…
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Kathy Neily
Kathy was ordained in 1986 and went on to serve at Bedford Baptist Church and First Baptist Charlottetown. Kathy shares her story of being called and ordained…
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Sharon Budd
Sharon was ordained in 1987 and in 2013 she retired from her long-term ministry at Melvern Square United Baptist Church. Sharon emphasizes that for her…
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Sara Palmater
Sara was ordained in 1986. She recalls being present at the 1987 convention assembly when the group voted on whether to continue allowing women to go before…
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Joyce Hancock
Joyce was ordained in 1987. She served as director of Christian Education at First Baptist Dartmouth as well as a missionary overseas in Indonesia and Brazil…
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Ida Armstrong-Whitehouse
Ida was ordained in 1976 and went on to pastor several churches, as well as serve in chaplaincy. She describes some of the changing attitudes she faced over…
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Heather McGregor
Heather was ordained in 1994 and went on to serve as a hospital and nursing home chaplain. She describes the particularly challenging experience she had going…
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Trailer
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…