Camille WoodenSenior Pastor, Abundant Life Covenant Bible Church, Pasadena, California; chaplain for the L.A. SparksOrdained: 2008 My Journey I married my husband, Barry, in 2002

Kathy Choi-LeePastoral team member (part-time), Christ Covenant ChurchVilla Park, IllinoisOrdained: 2000 My Journey God called me into ministry, and I simply followed. My call began

Karen HinzChaplain, Covenant Village of Northbrook, IllinoisOrdained: 2001 My Journey For me, God unfolded his plans slowly, almost stealthily. I was a happy journalist, an

Marilyn Sandin-RossRetired in 2012 after thirty years of pastoral ministry with the Presbyterian ChurchOrdained: 1981 My Journey A great-granddaughter of Swedish Mission Covenant immigrants, I

Ileana Garcia-SotoSolo pastor (part-time), Prince of Peace Covenant ChurchMondovi, WisconsinOrdained: 2013 My Journey Why did I go into ministry? God called. It was as simple

JoAnn DeasyDirector of institutional initiatives and student research at the Association of Theological Schools, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaOrdained: 2000 My Journey When I was in high school,

Diane StevensonAssociate pastor, Bethany Covenant Church, Berlin, ConnecticutCommissioned: 1980Ordained: 1998 My Journey I first sensed a call to ministry in junior high. I’d never experienced

Carol Shimmin NordstromRetired in January 2016 from full-time ministryOrdained: June 1978 My Journey I knew that God had called me to full-time Christian ministry. When

Sarah HenryAssociate pastor, Faith Evangelical Covenant ChurchWheaton, IllinoisOrdained: 2016 My Journey I began the path to ordination in 2014, but after I forgot to fill