Background
Banks, Deirdre Margaret was born on May 9, 1934 in Melbourne, Australia. Came to the United States, 1975. Daughter of Haldane Stuart and Vera Avice (Fisher) Banks.
church organization administrator
Banks, Deirdre Margaret was born on May 9, 1934 in Melbourne, Australia. Came to the United States, 1975. Daughter of Haldane Stuart and Vera Avice (Fisher) Banks.
Master of Arts, Simpson College, 1980.
Missionary nurse Leprosy Mission, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1960-1969. Dean of women Melbourne Bible Institute, 1970-1975. Assistant to director Bible Study Fellowship, Oakland, California, 1975-1979.
Director adult ministries First Covenant Church, 1980-1987, associate pastor for adults St. Paul, 1987-1989, ordained to word and sacrament, 1995. Executive director Covenant Women Ministries, Chicago, 1989-1999. Interim pastor Bowie Church of the Redeemer Covenant, Maryland, 2005.
Retired
Speaker in field.
Chair church education board Pacific Southwest Conference Evangelical Church, 1985-1987, Gilead Group, Oakland, 1985-1987. Board directors, chair Gilead Group Housing for Abused and Homeless Women and Children. Board chairman Barnabas Project for Abused and Homeless Women and Children, 1990-1993.
Member board world mission Evangelical Covenant Church, 1986-1989. Board Covenant Enabling Residences Inc. for Developmentally Disabled Adults, president, 1996-1998. Pastor Mission Covenant Church, Orange, Massachusetts, 2000-2004, 07-08.
Chair Covenant Enabling Residence, Florida, 2010. Clergy team member Kairos Prison Ministry, since 2009.