The Untold Stories of Women in Church Leadership: Bearing Witness to God’s Work
Bishop Rose Hudson Wilkin describes feeling a call to ordained ministry as a fourteen-year-old girl growing up in Jamaica. The Anglican church in that time
The Reverend Canon Martha Tatarnic is the rector of St. George’s, St. Catharines. Her second book, Why Gather? The Hope & Promise of the Church, will be published in June 2022 by Church Publishing, and will be available at https://www.churchpublishing.org/whygather. The Living Diet is also available through Amazon, Church Publishing and the author.
Bishop Rose Hudson Wilkin describes feeling a call to ordained ministry as a fourteen-year-old girl growing up in Jamaica. The Anglican church in that time
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