Betty was a musical prodigy, and at 11 years of age attained the ATCM degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music with the highest honours in Canada.

The late Sir Ernest McMillan took a personal interest in the young musician and encouraged her career. But it was the influence of Dr. Oswald J. Smith, ’12 that led Betty into a new career using her gifts and talents for the Lord.

She used them in Inter School Christian Fellowship, where she met Doug beginning a friendship and relationship that has now spanned 43 years. And 27 of those years were spent at O.B.C. where she has used her music to the glory of God.

Her ministry in music – both teaching and playing; as a missionary; and as a speaker – was a blessing to many. Particularly during her battle with cancer, she demonstrated a deep and abiding faith and an unwavering confidence in God, which she has shared with many.

Doug was converted as a teenager, led to the Lord by high school teacher J. C. Harstone.

Two months after his conversion, Doug met Dr. Howard Guinness who had been sent to Canada in 1929 to form Inter Varsity and Inter School Christian Fellowship. He also had a vision for a Christian Summer Camp. Doug assisted in the founding of Pioneer Camp and in the forming of the initial IVCF groups in Toronto.

His ministry included pastoral work, missionary service in Africa, conference speaking, and teaching Missions at TBC. He authored four novels, one biography, a two-volume commentary of the Old Testament in Hausa, and a history of the Shantymen's Christian Association.

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