Canadian Small Church Ministry Centre
Resourcing Small Churches
Calvin Andringa is the pastor of Tofield Alliance Church, a small church just outside of Edmonton, Alberta. He has served the church for the last 30 years and has learned some valuable lessons. Calvin shares these thoughts with humility, vision and passion.
Rick Heimstra and Lindsay Callaway have just completed the final report on the Canadian Evangelical Small Church Survey taken over these past few years. There findings are both predictable and unseen. In this episode we discuss a number of those findings.
David Bradford has been pastor at the Brooks Alliance church since 2011. One of his great loves is seeing the church reach into their community. David offers practical advice along with principles that will steer a small church into community outreach
Kevin Driver is a pastor in Banff, Alberta – one of the most diverse towns in Canada. He speaks to working with newcomers to Canada, integrating cultures into church life, and generally being the church to all nations.
Rod Wilson has pastored churches, served as President of Regent College, worked in the area of psychology, been a father and husband. His years of experience have led him to forsee personal and institutional relational health – using three phrases: Thank you, I’m sorry, and Tell me more.
Dr. James Robertson is a professor of history at Tyndale University while also serving a two point ministerial charge in Ontario. He has recently written a book titled: Overlooked: The forgotten origin stories of Canadian Christianity published by New Leaf Press
Mark Reece has been involved with refugee resettlement in the Maritimes for over a decade. As a pastor he has navigated the work needed to bring refugees to Canada, has worked with steering teams that provided the ground work, and has seen the love and compassion of the church and community reach out to refugees.
Jeremiah Thomas is a church planter in Brampton, Ontario. His family immigrated to Canada in 2009 from Kuwait. His own journey has taken through a philosophy degree, work in the legal profession and into a co-vocational pastorate.
Tim Perry is currently the Dean of Providence Seminary and professor of Theology. He has recently published a book on funerals and the care of souls. He has lived the pastoral life and knows small churches.
Heather Malnick is currently the Pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church in Bracebridge, Ontario. She speaks passionately of the opportunity to serve with others in the process of combining three small churches into a cluster and regional model of ministry.