Tom Oshiro, a Canadian Baptist pastor, is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award from Leadership Victoria for his work as the Director of Victoria's Mustard Seed Street Church and Food Bank
Leadership Victoria will present Tom with his award during a special ceremony at the 6th Annual Leadership Awards on Thursday, January 28th. The celebration will take place at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in the inner harbour at 4 to 6 pm.
In 1959, Mae Benedict Field became the first ordained Canadian Baptist woman. 50 years later, Canadian Baptists have 37 ordained women actively serving in pastoral roles across Western Canada. Sixteen out of 54 students admitted or applying to Carey Theological College’s new MDiv program are women.
