Cindy 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.
Read MoreErik Freiburger is a blogger & podcaster at theinceptionofwonder.com. He & his wife Bonnie live in Calgary, Alberta. They enjoy barbecues with friends, neighbourhood wheels, & deep philosophical conversations about God, religion, spirituality, ethics, & community.
Read MoreHaving spent over 20 years of her life leading worship and studying the theology of worship (most recently during my MDiv at Regent College in Vancouver, BC), Stacey is on faculty at Columbia Bible College, in Abbotsford, BC as the Director of the Worship Arts Program.
Read MoreKatie Jamer Jewett lives with her husband and four boys in Douglas NB, on the banks of the beautiful and bountiful Wolastoq River. She is a student, a teacher, and a neighbourhood-builder who is still figuring out what it means to follow God in her corner of the world.
Read MoreBernard Tam is a coffee enthusiast, neighbourhood connector and one of the pastors at The Living Room Church in Midtown, Toronto. Regularly you can find Bernard at local specialty coffee shops learning to be present in the neighbourhood while enjoying every sip of local roasted coffee. He is also one of the cohost of the Canadian Asian Missional Podcast - a conversation that engages with the movements of the Canadian Asian Church.
Read MoreAndrew Stephens-Rennie is a writer, preacher, and church planter now serving as Missioner to Valhalla Parish in the Anglican Diocese of Kootenay. Before moving "temporarily" to the Kootenays in March 2020, Andrew was Director of Ministry Innovation at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver. Living so closely to family, and falling in love once again with the region, it didn't take them long to decide to stay.
Andrew is co-founder and contributing editor at www.empireremixed.com, and co-editor of "A Sort of Homecoming: Essays Honoring the Academic and Community Work of Brian Walsh" with Marcia Boniferro and Amanda Jagt.
Read MoreBob Hyatt is the Director of Equipping and Spiritual Formation, The Ecclesia Network. Bob has felt drawn to pastoral ministry since the 5th grade- he’s always known: this is what he wanted to do- helping people find relationship with God. This has worked itself out most clearly in planting the Evergreen Community in Portland, OR in 2004. This has now expanded to also include coaching church planters and other pastors. He is a graduate of Western Seminary and earned a D.Min from Portland Seminary. He’s also the co-author of Eldership & the Mission of God and Ministry Mantras from InterVarsity Press.
Read MoreLeanne Friesen has been the Lead Pastor of Mount Hamilton Baptist Church for sixteen years. She is also a writer and a frequent speaker at conferences and retreats around the country. Besides her general work at leannefriesen.com, Leanne also hosts the Instagram page "grieving.room" where she seeks to create space to process loss for grievers and those who want to support them.
Read MoreElle Pyke is the Director of Programs & Innovation for the New Leaf Network. Elle has served on the board of a number of organizations such as Women Powering Technology Global, TEDxWaterlooWomen and The Christian Entrepreneurial Leaders Organization. She is currently pursuing her MA in Theology and Culture from the Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice at St Stephen's University. She loves spending time with friends and family, the great outdoors and all things New Leaf.
Read MoreJared Siebert serves in many capacities in the Canadian Church. He founded an organization of missionary church leaders called the New Leaf Network and is one of Canada’s leading inter-denominational church planter trainers. But church planting isn’t the only kind of experience he has garnered. In his ministry roles Jared has had the opportunity to work with churches of all kinds from all over Canada. He has acted as a consultant in churches large and small, urban and rural, and new and long established. He has written a discipleship curriculum, a handbook on church planter training, and a Church Health workbook called the LifePlan. As a sought after speaker and consultant Jared is uniquely able to draw insight and inspiration from a variety of sources and bring that to the table as he helps churches move toward unity and the mission of God.
Read MoreAmy Bratton is the Director of Operations & Publishing for the New Leaf Network and the project manager for the Canadian Multivocational Ministry Project. She lives in Saskatoon, SK with her husband, Tim, and their two sons, Oswald and Ira. She is a lay leader at Riversdale Neighbours church and an Adjunct Professor with Rocky Mountain College in the area of Spiritual Formation. She writes and speaks about the history of Christian spirituality, with a focus on the early Methodist understanding of Christian maturity known as “perfect love.” Read more from her in her book Witnesses of Perfect Love: Narratives of Christian Perfection in Early Methodism.
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