The Roddams

Dr. John Roddam

Dr. John Roddam was born and grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada. After graduating with honours from Pictou Academy, he attended Acadia University in Wolfville, NS where he earned a B.Sc., majoring in Chemistry. John’s conversion came in 1978 and he immediately felt a call to ministry. After earning an M.Div. from Acadia Divinity College, John studied at SCUPE (Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education) in Chicago. He later received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA. (1997)

John served in 4 parishes in Nova Scotia (1983 to 1994) where he ministered in rural, town and urban settings. The Roddams moved to the West Coast in 1994 where John served at St. David’s, Tsawwassen in Greater Vancouver, BC (1994-2000). From 2000 to 2010, John and Holly served at St. Luke’s, Seattle, the Mother Church of the Charismatic Renewal Movement.

In 2011, John & Holly moved back to Maritime (Eastern) Canada. John began mentoring church leaders, church planters, and marketplace leaders. He also began convening regional meetings of leaders interested in the Five-Fold Ministry. While in the Maritimes, John & Holly spoke at conferences, led retreats, and supported the founding of the Atlantic House of Prayer and the Halifax Healing Rooms.

After exploring a move to the West Coast to be closer to their grown children and four granddaughters, the Roddams felt called to stay on the East Coast to give support to Holly’s Mom, Mary, who was dealing with Alzheimer’s. After Mary’s, death, John was appointed Rector of St. James Anglican Church, Kentville, Nova Scotia in late 2017.

In December 2019, John retired from Parish Ministry and the Roddams returned to the West Coast to be closer to their children and granddaughters. They live in a Retirement Community in Richmond, BC part of Greater Vancouver.

John mentors leaders in Europe, North America and Asia. He is active with several ministries –

Release Ministries (Canada) – (https://releaseministries.ca/) as a Ministry Partner.

Christian Ministers’ Association (Canada) – (CMA – https://canadacma.org/) as an active member.

Resurrection Apostolic Ministries – (RAIN – https://rainministries.org/), commissioned as an Apostle within this Network

Order of St. Luke – (OSL – https://osltoday.org/), serving as the Chair of the Theological Cttee., the Chaplains’ Cadre “Coach” and Region 12 Director for BC, Yukon, NWT & Nunavut.

Camps Farthest Out – (CFO – https://cfonorthamerica.org/) serving as a Speaker and Facilitator for Online Courses (ENGAGE & COMPASS)

John has a passion for Revival/Spiritual Awakening.

Holly (Nana Holly) and John (Papa John) are thrilled to be grandparents of four awesome young ladies!!

At the Easter Vigil (2022), John was received into the Roman Catholic Church and serves on the Vancouver Catholic Archdiocesan Ecumenical & Interfaith Commission.

Holly Roddam

Holly (White) Roddam comes from a musical family in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As part of “The White Family”, she gave Christian concerts around the Maritime Provinces for 9 years until moving to the West Coast in 1994. She has been a soloist and worship leader for most of her life.

Starting as a youth leader in the Baptist church since she was 16. Holly served on the AUBYPC (Baptist Youth Convention) for 5 years then on the Baptist Federation of Canada (BFC) National Council for 4 years.

After marrying John, she began to work within the Anglican Church mainly in worship and teaching. She served as a Board Member for Anglican Renewal Ministries (ARM) for 4 years, a Provincial Board Member in for the Diocese of New Westminster, BC for one term and a member of the Commission on Ministries in the Diocese of Olympia, WA for 5 years.

While in Seattle, she served as the Office Administrator for The International Fellowship of Miistries and traveled to Britain, Europe and Asia and throughout North America to touch base with members of the Fellowship and strengthen ties.

Holly taught the Teacher’s Training Course for the Bethel Bible Series in 2 of their 4 Canadian parishes and has also been a speaker at retreats and conferences. On Mar 8, 2023 she was the first International Guest Speaker at the International Women’s Day conference in Biratnagar, Nepal.

One of the highlights of Holly’s life and ministry was being one of the first leaders in Canada for March For Jesus (MFJ) working on both the East and West Coasts. She was instrumental in writing the 1995 March, “Jesus Healer of Our Land” during the year of the Quebec Referendum. We believe our prayer was heard when Quebec’s vote was 49.5% to leave vs 50.5% to stay. Quebec is still part of Canada. Thank You, Jesus!

Holly is a writer and has began to learn to paint so she can eventually illustrate her own books. She has published 5 children’s books (see below), was published in the Valley Harvester, Everyone Has Their Own Race To Run and has a blog (Holly’s Blog).

She believes that children are never too young to learn about Jesus and the importance of knowing and living for Him. Her books seek to help children understand how to walk out the Christian life from childhood to adulthood.

Always expressing her creativity, Holly has also has a line of 11 different greeting cards for babies which can be viewed and read (see the “comments” for each picture) on her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153240657132489&type=3).

Her books and cards can be purchased from her directly. Write to hollyroddam@gmail.com or text her at 425-205-7889.

Here is a sample of some of her paintings and posters.

An avid knitter, Holly is quite often seen with busy needles in hand, almost everywhere she goes.

Holly’s books, cards, and crafts are all available for purchase. You can email her at hollyroddam@hotmail.com for cost and ordering information.

Roddam Family

Pictured above from left to right – Chris, Papa John, Nana Holly, Rebekah, Lori & Nick

As of 2023:

Nick, the eldest, is the Service Manager at a car dealership on Vancouver Island. He and his wife Ali have two daughters – Mikayla (age 15) and Dylan (age 11).

Lori, the older daughter has travelled to over 50 countries with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and is based in Kona, HI. Lori loves travelling and studying and recently earned a Master’s in Christian Formation.

Rebekah lives in Belton, TX with her husband, Anthony Rivisto and 2 daughters, Amariah (age 9) and Ester (Hebrew spelling – age 4). She owns My Loving Nanny a nanny agency operating in Seattle and Spokane, WA and Austin, TX.

Chris, the youngest, lives in Lynnwood, WA, north of Seattle. He has been working in the IT field (Information Technology) and has been a great support to his Mom and Dad since their return to the West Coast.