Research & Events
Stay up to date with the project!
Panel discussions, workshops, and research presentations are taking place through 2026.
Upcoming Events
Spring 2026
“Called to Serve,” the book, will be released through Wipf and Stock Publishers!
Fall 2026
We will be hosting events throughout Atlantic Canada, sharing our research. Stay tuned for details!
Past Events
June 2-4, 2025 in Toronto, ON: Canadian Society of Church History Conference
Dr. Maxwell and Joetta Fernando share their paper “Sisters in Service: Female Role Models in Ministry among Atlantic Baptist Women, 1954-2024”.
April 26, 2025: Canadian Baptist Symposium
Dr. Maxwell and Hannah Hunt share their paper “Called to Ministry: Atlantic Baptist Women’s Call Narratives”.
January 16-17, 2025, UK: Project Violet International Symposium
Dr. Maxwell shares our research with Project Violet, a project exploring Baptist women’s ministry in the UK.
August 8, 2024 in Cambridge, UK: International Conference on Baptist Studies
Dr. Maxwell shares her paper “Called to Learn: Educational Experiences among Atlantic Baptist Women in Ministry, 1970-2020”.
June 18, 2024 in Montreal, QB: Canadian Society of Church History Conference
Dr. Maxwell shares her paper “Faithfully Feminist? Ordained Baptist Women in Atlantic Canada”.
May 21, 2024 in Raleigh, NC: National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Annual Meeting
Dr. Maxwell shares her paper “Faithfully Feminist? Ordained Baptist Women in Atlantic Canada”.
Flourishing Congregations
Read Melody’s recent post at the Flourishing Congregations Institute: Six Insights I Learned from Women in Ministry.
We Won A Grant!
We are pleased to announce that Called to Serve has received a generous Grant for Researchers from the Louisville…
Sisters in Service: Female Role Models in Ministry among Atlantic Baptist Women, 1976-2024
What impact does seeing someone who looks like you have in your vocational role? Individuals in Christian ministry, much…
Project Violet International Symposium
Dr. Melody Maxwell shares a paper she presented in January 2025 at the Project Violet International Symposium. Project Violet…
Faithfully Feminist?
Dr. Melody Maxwell shares “Faithfully Feminist?”, a paper she presented in 2024 at conferences in Quebec and North Carolina.…
The Storied History of Women in Ministry
Hearing the stories of others makes us consider our own lives and what might be possible for us… Dr.…
Called to Serve in Tidings
Tidings magazine, published by Atlantic Baptist Women, featured Called to Serve in its June 2023 issue. We are grateful…
Pioneering Pastors
In 2019 and 2020, Dr. Melody Maxwell and research assistant Samantha Diotte interviewed eight of the first women ordained…
Website Launch
We’re excited to announce that our website is now live! Check back often to see new stories as they…