Deaconess Margaret Rodgers

"""Sadly, I did not have the opportunity to meet Margaret Rodgers in person. And yet, this book about her life has given me a profound sense of gratitude for the indelible influence she has had on my own. As I read, I marvelled at the likeness of her and my stories - from the Bachelor of Arts we both studied (at the same institution), to the Bachelor of Divinity we both completed (at different institutions), to the same church we both attended (decades apart), to the research officer role we both filled (her at a national level and I at a diocesan one). But of course, my story is only analogous to hers because she wrote the pages first. I, and so many other women in ministry - both lay and ordained - are, in no small part, able to tread the path we do because Margaret was its pioneer. I'm deeply thankful for this account of a godly woman in a man's world. But I'm even more thankful for this remarkable woman of God, and her life of Christlike service."" - The Rev'd Dr Danielle Treweek Deacon and Research Officer in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. ""What shines through in this account of Margaret Rodger's achievement and influence is the obvious deep love she had for her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. How else can one account for her steady resolve in encouraging women called to serve in ministry and her dedication to the greater Anglican Fellowship? The work God had put before her was not for the faint of heart. In reading this account of her work, I am struck by her evident gifts of diplomacy and her ability to work alongside others with differing theological views for the sake of the gospel. With our current penchant for cancel culture, we would do well to learn from her godly example. It is a privilege to continue the work of Anglican Deaconess Ministries that women like Margaret had shaped."" - Mary Un is the CEO of Anglican Deaconess Ministries. She believes that women and children, particularly when vulnerable, deserve nothing short of excellence from the organisations serving them. It is a privilege to serve her Lord Jesus by raising up women for Him. ""This book captures the remarkable life of a woman committed to her Lord and loyal to her church. As her successor, I came to appreciate her drive and energy for media work, despite lacking a media background. While some are formidable to a fault, Margaret was formidable for a purpose."" - Russell Powell, CEO of Anglican Media Sydney and Media Adviser to Archbishops Jensen, Davies and Raffel. ""I saw Margaret Rodgers from two perspectives - the Newsroom of the Sydney Morning Herald and from the Anglican Media Council: she straddled both worlds admirably. Because she knew the intricacies of Sydney Anglicanism so well, from the first day she ran the media office for the evangelical diocese, she could play a straight bat with the media - she knew what she was talking about, and on the rare occasions she didn't she soon found out. She genuinely cared for the journalists, even the combative ones, and I think they knew that."" - After 29 years at the Sydney Morning Herald and the other Fairfax media papers, John Sandeman found it hard to give up the newspaper habit and founded Eternity, a national Christian newspaper for Australia."