Janet Atwood

Broschiertes Buch

A Leap of Faith

An Autobiography

Beschreibung

Janet Atwood was born in the West-Midlands of England and immigrated to Canada as a young woman in 1960 to work as an X-ray technician. While working in a cottage hospital in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, she fell in love with a young engineer with whom she discovered a deep love for Christ, and her new Faith led to a lifetime of Christian ministry. In an era when women were discouraged from leadership roles, Janet became a spiritual leader in the Canadian Baptist denomination and inter-faith communities. She visited an active war zone in Nicaragua to witness for peace, presented a Christian perspective to Canada's Royal Commission on Reproductive Technologies, advocated for Canadian pastors to address family violence, and carried her Faith around the world. The story of an ordinary Christian whom God has led to have an extraordinary impact on individual lives and on Baptist life in Canada, Janet Atwood's autobiography is a candid and personal journey of pioneering female leadership and a lifelong love, and it is a call to an active life of Faith. "A Leap of Faith just shows you what an adventure life can be with God in control."-Truth and Life Bookstore, Yarmouth, Canada "Takes you on a journey of family and faith. A journey that you are easily drawn into... and that makes you examine your own faithand purpose."-Carmen Saulnier, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth "The faithful do not just show up perfectly; the spiritual life is a journey.... A Leap of Faith presents the wonder of serving andwalking with Him."- Rev. Randy Stanton, Canadian Baptist Ministries

Autor

Born in the West-Midlands of England, Janet Atwood trained as a radiographer at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. In 1960, she immigrated to Canada to work at a hospital in CornerBrook Newfoundland, where she met her husband Glen and accepted Christ as Saviour. Her journey of Faith has led her to leadership roles in congregational and Baptist denominational life across Canada. Her work with the Baptist Union of Western Canada and the Canadian Baptist Federation include organizing Missionfest Manitoba, which attracted over 600 delegates from across Western Canada, and serving as Moderator of the Manitoba Association of Baptist Churches. She was also the founding director of the Ex-Offenders Ministry in Winnipeg. She chaired the Public Affairs Committee of Canadian Baptist Ministries and represented its Task Force on Reproductive Technologies to Canada's Royal Commission on the topic. As a contributing editor to Canadian Baptist magazine, Janet has written on a range of social and religious themes. She traveled to war-torn Nicaragua as a Witness for Peace and represented Canadian Baptists at an international peace conference in Sweden. As well as having led spiritual retreats and workshops for large groups, she is also a Sunday-school teacher and small-group Bible study leader. Janet is a life-long organist and pianist. She served as board member of the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers Association and president of the Nova Scotia Registered Music Teachers Association. She lives in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where she continues to teach piano and music theory and serve as President of the Yarmouth Music Society. She attends Hebron Baptist Church where she is a member of the Women's Ministry Team.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Janet Atwood
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9781738751600
• ISBN-10: 1738751600
• Artikelnr.: 66888427