2000: Marjorie & Cyril Powles
The Powles spent 21 years in Japan. The Powles served in several small rural
parishes and later at the Anglican Theo College in Tokyo. Upon return to Canada,
Cyril taught Church History at Trinity College, Toronto specializing in Third
World Christianity and Christian Social Thought. Marjorie immersed herself in
the Movement for Christian Feminism and subsequent women's efforts in church and
society too numerous to name.
2001: Jim Kirkwood
Appointed by the United Church of Canada, Jim & Marion Kirkwood served
in the United Church of Zambia. Jim later was appointed Africa Secretary in the
United Church of Canada's Division of World Outreach. Since retirement he has
worked virtually full-time as a volunteer with ICCAF, (Inter-Church Coalition on
Africa) and AfricaFiles
2002: Fr. Tim Ryan
Tim worked extensively in mission in Brazil and Canada. He received his ThD
from St Michael's College, UofT and did post-graduate study in missiology in
Canada, France, and Germany. He is former director of Peace and Justice and a
consultant to the Scarboro Missions Lay Program.
2003: Dr. Clarabeth McIntosh
Beth is a Canadian Presbyterian who worked for forty years with the Korean
Christian Church among the Korean minority in Japan. Beth later served as
Community Coordinator for the townhouse community of St. Andrew's Hall at the
Vancouver School of Theology, which houses families of married students from
Korea, Japan and other parts of the world.
2004: Brian Rude
Brian Rude was commissioned as a missionary in El Salvador of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) in 1988 during the civil war. In
1994, Brian shifted his focus to AIDS ministry.. More recently, he has been
working with Quetzalcoatl, a new foundation that promotes human well-being,
self-esteem and AIDS prevention among prison inmates in El Salvador. In
addition, Brian has been intentional in educating Canadians about the situation
in Central America and globally.
2005: Dr. Marion Pope
Dr. Marion Pope worked in Korea from 1957-1993 as a public health nurse and
nurse educator. She taught at a community college of nursing, at the provincial
university department of nursing, and for the Korean Nurses' Association. She
pioneered the exploration and teaching of Korean culture as a basis of
developing Korean culturally appropriate nursing practice, research, ethics and
education. Since her retirement in Canada, Marion has been on several United
Church committees and has worked as editor and tutor to several Korean theology
students at Emmanuel College and the Centre for Christian Studies.
2006: Our Lady's Missionaries
For the first time the award was offered to a community in mission. Our
Lady's Missionaries is a sisterhood of Christians who sustain each other in a
lifetime of breathtakingly generous response to the call of the Gospel. In ways
that are practical, contemporary, profoundly respectful, courageous and full of
compassion, they have hurried to the aid of people in need in Africa, Asia,
South America and in Canada.
2007: Rev. Dr. Muriel Carder
In 1947, Rev. Carder became the first Canadian woman ordained to ministry by
the Baptist Church. She is an alumna of McMaster Divinity College and the
Toronto School of Theology. She worked for 30 years with the Church of South
India. Upon return to Canada, Rev. Carder pursued her "second
vocation" in Clinical Pastoral Education, working with developmentally
delayed individuals. In her retirement, she trained in pastoral counseling at
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.
2008/2009 - Award was not presented.