The Reverend Martha ter Kuile began her career in international development working for CIDA and the UN, living with her husband and children in Kenya, Ecuador, Nigeria, and Guatemala, eventually returning to a farm outside Ottawa. In 1992, Martha began preparation for ordained ministry with an M. Div. at Queen's University, and served at Zion United Church, Apple Hill Ontario and Bells Corners United Church, Ottawa before coming to Bloor Street United, Toronto in 2007. She continued her theological studies at Saint Paul University with an M.A. in Christian Ethics, on the history of Christian ideas about poverty. Martha recently completed her PhD in Theology at Saint Paul University, University of Ottawa. Martha has three grown daughters living in Toronto, and three stepdaughters and families in Colorado.