Elizabeth Charlotte Baker

Elizabeth Charlotte (Ayers) Baker was born and raised in Kamloops B.C. Mom felt the call to the ministry at a young age and wrote her first sermon at age 13, using an old apple crate as her pulpit. As a young woman she moved to North Vancouver, British Columbia where she met her husband John. They married on July 8, 1944 and celebrated 58 years of marriage until John passed away in November of 2002. In 1954, Charlotte, John and Juanita moved to Bellingham, Washington, where Charlotte pastored her first church. During this time their second daughter Tammy was born.

In 1963 the family of 4 moved to Seattle where Charlotte established The King's Temple. She pastored there for many years before returning to Canada to retire with John. During her time in Seattle, she traveled the world, touching many lives through her years of ministry. She helped establish a Bible school in Ghana, trained people to be missionaries and helped establish many churches.

Although very busy with the “ministry” part of her life, she still found time and energy to create a happy home for her family. She will always be remembered as a good wife, mother and grandmother to her family. Family gatherings were always very important to mom. We were very privileged to have had Mom and Dad for as many years as we did.

Charlotte leaves behind two daughters, Juanita (Terry) Scarrow, Tammy (Dana) Harken, 4 grandchildren; Matthew Scarrow, Douglas (Lara) Scarrow, Brynn (Andrew) Jacobson, Jenna Harken, 5 great grandchildren; Nikko, Teara, Levi, Hannah and Benjamin.

Arrangements under the direction of Woodlawn Funeral Home, Abbotsford, BC.