Kathy Stock is a professional singer-songwriter, public speaker, and author. Her book, Moms of Toddlers, Devotions To Go, was published in 2010 and her debut album, Overcome, was released in September 2019. Kathy and her husband, Jason, live in St. John’s, Newfoundland with their two sons, Caden and Preston, and their two cats, Spidercat and Princess Moo Moo
Read MoreAlanna provides communications & systems support for the New Leaf Network. Alanna brings a wide-ranging background to the table; from biomedical research to pastoral care in the areas of spiritual and creative formation. She recently finished an M.Div. in Clinical Counselling at Tyndale and is now working in community mental health.
Read MoreAlicia Wilson lives in community with her sister, brother-in-law and nephew in Hamilton, Ontario. She is the founder of Restoration Project, a non-profit that teaches woodworking to adults with developmental disabilities. She is also the co-founder of a new housing movement called In My Backyard (IMBY for short). Alicia studied at McMaster Divinity College, where she finished her MTS.
Read MoreRohadi is a thought leader on building diverse organizations and communities, church planting, and decolonizing and deconstructing Christianity. He lives in Canada, on Treaty 7 Lands, otherwise known as Calgary. He holds a Business Certificate from Mount Royal College, a BA in Economics from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Divinity from Canadian Theological Seminary.
In the areas of church planting, missional thinking, and church revitalization, he is both a practitioner and thought leader. He has planted two churches including an inner-city multi-ethnic expression called Cypher Church. He has written extensively in the areas of missions and church leadership, calling for new thinking and practices. Some of those ideas can be found in his book, Thrive. Ideas to lead the church in post-Christendom. Discover Rohadi’s latest book, When We Belong. Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins from Herald Press.
His experience includes non-profit work in both governance and organizational development. He is the past-chair of ACT Alberta, one of the largest anti-human trafficking NGOs in Canada. He’s also a director with Mosaic Ministries. Find him online - Website: www.rohadi.com, on Twitter: @rohadi, & Instagram: @rohadi.nagassar
Read MoreDavid, his wife Sarah, and their three beautiful daughters Cassidy (20), Aislinn (18), and Maeve (13) moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in January 2014. David took up the Lead Pastor role at Northview Community Church (FMCiC) where he has been focused on developing a robust discipleship community committed to the mission of God in Argyle Park and surrounding areas. David has a Masters of Divinity from Tyndale Seminary and is currently working on a D.Min at Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, NY.
Read MoreKevin Makins is the founding pastor of Eucharist Church in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. Kevin also performs one-man shows in bars and makes videos for thousands on YouTube. His audience includes the faithful and the skeptical, those hungry to learn, and those who just want to hear a good story. He lives in an old house downtown with his wife, kids, and housemates. Kevin's first book, "Why Would Anyone Go to Church?" released in June 2020.
Read MoreBrandon Laird, MDes RGD, Design Thinker and Innovator. Interested in working with all types of Christ-followers to co-create the present and future church.
Read MoreJason Tripp lives in Sudbury with his beautiful wife Sylvie and their two energetic children Levi and Michaela. He is the Lead Pastor of Valleyview Community Church, an intergenerational, missional faith community exploring what faithfulness to Jesus looks like in post-Christian Canadian suburbia.
Read MoreJana Koh is the pastor and planter of Ecclesia Church in Oshawa, Ontario. She’s been in Oshawa for one year; previously, she worked with a church plant in Seattle, Washington. She is passionate about helping the church connect with the neighbourhood, and empowering believers to love and serve those with whom they live, work, and play. Jana loves music, photography, and baking, and she is wife to Jeremy, and mama to Norah and Rowan.
Read MoreThe Rev. Rob Crosby-Shearer is an Anglican minister - and a church planter with the neo-monastic Emmaus Community and the related Abbey Church in Victoria, BC – as well as Conference Minister with BC Conference of the United Church overseeing new communities where Christian faith is nourished and discipleship practiced.
Read MoreJon Hand is the Leadership Development Pastor for a multi-site church in southern Ontario called The Meeting House. He also is on the launch team for Jesus Collective a new network of like-minded Anabaptish churches and leaders seeking to keep Jesus at the Centre of theology, church, and practice in Post Christian North America. Jon is founding partner in Transformational Coaching hosted by New Leaf Network and has served on the Advisory Council for New Leaf Network. Jon’s passion is helping leaders lead from their own transformation.
Read MoreBeth Carlson-Malena (she/her/hers) and her friend Mark are the founding co-pastors of Open Way, a 2-year-old Vancouver church. Beth also serves as co-Director of Community at Generous Space Ministries, a Canadian non-profit dedicated to dismantling fear, division, and hostility at the intersection of faith, gender, and sexuality. She enjoys science fiction, root beer, and seeing shows with her wife Danice.
Read MoreKeitha Ogbogu is the lead pastor at West Springs Church in Calgary, Alberta. A former teacher, she is passionate about the power of mentorship and especially enjoys encouraging young men and women who are called to preach, to speak and to lead. Her pastoral work has affirmed her love for the nations, her pursuit of justice and, of course, her call to preach. She believes that the church holds the potential to participate in the transformation of neighbourhoods, cities and individuals when we get it right. She is married to Cyril and together they are raising three black princes, Samuel, Emmanuel and Ezra.
Read MoreKristen Loney is a third-year undergrad student at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, BC. She works as a part-time barista at a local cafe and loves learning new things whenever she can.
Read MoreCindy Wallace teaches courses on women writers, religion and literature, and postcolonial literature at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan. She is married to Josh and mama to Miriam and Pilgram, and she writes very (very) occasionally at lafleurepuisee.blogspot.com.
Read MoreErin Wildsmith is a lover of Jesus, words and finding beauty in unexpected places. She is the Pastor of Highview Community Church, a nondenominational faith community in Kitchener Ontario, though currently on maternity leave. She and her husband Dave are the parents of three boys: Eli 7, Micah 4 and Kharis, born November 17, 2020. Erin blogs sporadically at https://trustthemystery.wordpress.com
Read MoreRev Cid Latty served in pastoral ministry for over 15 years with the Baptist Union of Great Britain before joining Canadian Baptist of Ontario and Quebec as the Congregational Development Associate. He co-founded the Cafechurch Network which helped to start more than a hundred café churches in high street coffee shops all over the UK. He is married to Alison and they have two children.
Read MoreRyan Siemens is executive minister of Mennonite Church Saskatchewan, a community of 27 Mennonite congregations from across the province of Saskatchewan who have covenanted together to be Christ-Centred and Sent. Ryan and his wife Sandra Sinnaeve live in Langham, SK, where they attend Langham Mennonite Fellowship and enjoy life with their three boys, Isaiah (7), Elliott (5), and Bennett (3).
Read MoreAaron Gerrard, his wife, and three kids call Ancaster, Ontario, home (Treaty 3 1792, Dish with One Spoon). Aaron is the pastor of Ancaster Village Church, a church which he, his family, and a few other crazy dreamers planted in 2012. He shares the story of that church planting journey in his new book from New Leaf Press, Quit Pastoring Your Church. The story of a small church making Jesus their pastor.
Read MoreDarryl Dozlaw is a self-identifying BiVoc. When he is not using a ukulele to try to inspire a love for music in community school kids, he is serving as the neighbourhood pastor who leads Riversdale Neighbours, a Free Methodist church plant in Saskatoon, SK that seeks to bring salt and light into its community through meaningful partnerships and participation in community life. The most important thing he’s ever written is a song of truth and reconciliation in response to the TRC Summary report.
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