Women preachers
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The Alexander Sisters: Overlooked Women Preachers
Forgotten Women Preachers series 5. Muriel Isabelle and Annie G Alexander were women in the City Mission Workers Society,1 and their younger sister Irene married a pastor of the Ontario Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. That is… Continue reading
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How to Kill a Program of “Women in Ministry” Part 2
In EMCC History Blog “Women Preachers in the Early EMCC Part 1,” we looked at some of the supports for “women in ministry,” and in the Blog “How to Kill a Program of ‘Women in Ministry’ Part 1,” difficulties the… Continue reading
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How to Kill a Program of “Women in Ministry” Part 1
Why are there no discussions about the problem of “Men in Ministry”?1 Think about that while we turn to the disabilities that hampered and practically shut down the public ministry of women in the early EMCC in Ontario by about… Continue reading
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One Hundred and Thirty-Three Women
Banner: City Mission women early 1930s. Back: L to R: Annie Srigley, Martha Doner, Edith Raymer, unknown, unknown, Front: Rosie Sargeant, unknown, unknown, Annie Yeo, unknown, Winnie Barfoot? From a reader-friendly-blog point of view, I am going to do something… Continue reading
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Mrs Elizabeth Risdon: Mystery Woman, Part 2
This is the second part of my account of a zealous Christian lady from Michigan (ca 1850-ca 1915) who in widowhood devoted herself to holiness causes in Ontario. Where she began life and where she ended is unknown to me.… Continue reading
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What Happened to the Manitoba Mission? Part 2
City Mission Workers Society. In the Mar/Apr 1905 Mennonite Brethren in Christ Canada Conference annual meeting, Henry Schlichter Hallman, the CMWS President, announced that he was posting Emma Hostetler and Mary Markle to Winnipeg, MB. I assume as part of… Continue reading
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City Mission Workers Society (Ontario)
Approved Ministering Sisters and Presidents. Janet (Douglas) Hall was the first accredited woman preacher in the EMCC’s antecedent churches. She was licensed in Indiana and Ohio in 1884, and in Ontario in the following year. During the next dozen years… Continue reading
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Women Preachers in the MBiC Part 4: Mariah Parr
Forgotten Women Preachers series [Dec 5 2025: I finally found the obituary for Maria Parr: see the end of the text for the summary.] Out of the 133 women who participated in the official ministry of the early EMCC in… Continue reading
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Women Preachers in the MBiC Part 3: Sarah McQuarrie
Forgotten Women Preachers series Among the numerous women preachers (I count 133 from 1884 to 1945) of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Canada Conference is a lady called Sarah McQuarrie (b 1863), who entered city mission work in 1900. Not… Continue reading
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Women Preachers in the MBiC Part 2: Edith Abbott
Forgotten Women Preachers series According to my reckoning, 133 women in Ontario were recognized by the Canada/Ontario Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church as Christian workers who could evangelize, preach and lead worship from 1885 to 1945.1 Keeping… Continue reading
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