CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island — O. Judith Chambers of Canada, president of the North American Baptist Women’s Union (NABWU) from 2002 until 2007, died March 14.
During her tenure as president, NABWU — one of seven continental unions that belongs to the women’s department of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) — upgraded its communications area, sought a deeper understanding of relationships across cultures, enlisted young women on the NABWU young adult committee and focused on leadership training, among other initiatives.
Chambers was active in other areas of the BWA, serving as a member of the general council and the executive committee, as well as the memorial committee and the commission on freedom and justice. She was a public educator for more than 30 years and upon retirement became the executive director of the United Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of Atlantic Canada from 1995 until 1999. Throughout her life, she traveled extensively around the world doing volunteer missions work, teaching, conducting workshops and speaking at churches.
Chambers is survived by one daughter.
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