Eden grew up in the bosom of a Mennonite community. Belonging was woven
into her childhood. Her mother and other women were leaders within the
church. She treasured the piety and pacifism of the church and its politics of
caring both for its own and for others. She attended Briercrest Bible College
from 1982-1986, met her husband Brad at the College, and, after settling back
into the Frazer Valley of British Columbia and joined by another couple, they
planted a church called Fresh Winds Christian Fellowship in Abbotsford. Their
expectation was that it would grow into a church for the Gen X folks who
wanted more than their home churches offered. It became a gathering of the
working poor, people with various challenges, and those Eden calls prodigals.
For the last few years Eden has co-pastored The Bridge Church a gathering
place for many who have found “no room in the inn” in the many and varied
evangelical churches in the Frazer Valley.

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