Baker, Elsie (1909–2003)
Baker, Elsie (1909–2003)
English priest. Name variations: Rev. Elsie Baker. Born Mar 28, 1909, in south London, England; died June 8, 2003; children: (adopted) Pat (later a headteacher).
One of the 1st English women to be ordained by the Church of England, had to wait until her 80s for the ceremony (1994); became a deaconess at the College of Greyladies, Blackheath (1938); served as a social worker, preacher and evangelist in a series of south London parishes; after WWII, helped revive the heavily bombed Church of All Saints, Walworth; became head of religious education at Sydenham comprehensive school; served the parish of Church of the Ascension (1968–81).
More From encyclopedia.com
Church Commissioners , Church Commissioners. Body which manages the endowments of the Church of England.
church commissioners. See ecclesiastical commissioners. Church Of England , Church of England, the established church of England and the mother church of the Anglican Communion.
Organization and Doctrine
The clergy of the chu… Puritans , PURITANS
Followers of a religious movement whose definition and date of origin cannot be given with precision. The movement embodied a wide range of… Anglicanism , This entry surveys the origin, establishment, and history of the Church of England.
Origins. The Church of England was established and given its powe… Separatists , The Separatists were a radical group of Puritans in England during the late sixteenth century. Separatists wanted to separate from the Anglican Churc… Congregationalism , Congregationalism
★453 ★
Congregational Union of Canada
(Defunct)
(The Congregational Union of Canada no longer exists as a separate entity. It is no…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Baker, Elsie (1909–2003)