Alum helps congregations collaborate amid changes in religious landscape

By Leah Silvieus '21 M.A.R. Sandra Fischer ’12 M.Div. first felt called to ministry in grade school, but her call took time to develop. Fischer grew up in a conservative denomination in the Midwest that did not allow the ordination of women. And although her upbringing led her to a strong faith, it also discouraged her natural intellectual curiosity.

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