Marion Pardy
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Marion Pardy | |
|---|---|
| 37th Moderator of the United Church of Canada | |
| Church | United Church of Canada |
| Elected | August 2000 |
| Term ended | August 16, 2003 |
| Predecessor | Bill Phipps |
| Successor | Peter Short |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1969 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 9, 1942 |
| Alma mater | York University, Boston University School of Theology |
Marion Pardy (born May 9, 1942), a diaconal minister and author, was the 37th Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2000 to 2003.
Pardy was born in Gander, Newfoundland. In 1961, at age 19, she moved to Belleville, Ontario to work at Albert College, as well as to complete entrance requirements at night school for Covenant College in Winnipeg (now the Centre for Christian Studies).
Vocation
In 1968 she was designated as a deaconess at Gower Street United Church in St. John's Newfoundland, and ordained as a diaconal minister.[1]
Pardy pursued and received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from York University in Toronto. Her MA thesis, "Models of Biblical Authority", was published in 1988 by Harper and Row Publishers as Teaching Children the Bible.[1] She received her Doctor of Ministry degree from Boston University School of Theology in 1997. For her thesis, Biblical Understanding in the Local Congregation, she examined how to narrow the gap between theological education and biblical education in the congregation.[1]