Paul has been serving in pastoral ministry since 2002. He currently serves as Lead Pastor of Grace Valley Church in Dundas, which he and his wife, Jessica, planted in 2016. Paul and Jessica have four adult children.

Dwayne Cline served as the Lead Pastor of James North Baptist Church, in downtown Hamilton, for 28 years. He is the part-time interim Executive Director for TGC Canada as well as the board chair for City to City Canada. Dwayne and Aimee have been blessed with four children. He is currently assisting organizations think through matters of governance, strategic planning, team building and fundraising.

Ewan C. Goligher MD PhD is a physician and scientist at the University of Toronto. In the context of his practice of intensive care medicine, he often cares for patients at the end of their life. He serves as a ruling elder at Christ Church Toronto. His forthcoming book on a Christian response to physician-assisted death with Lexham Press, How Should We Then Die?, is due in print in Spring 2024.

Stephanie serves as Director of Women’s Groups at Hope Bible Church Oakville. She is passionate about multi-generational discipleship in the local church, and cares deeply about how biblical and theological truth transforms us to live as Great Commission-people. She is a learner, currently working on a Masters in Theology.  She is grateful to be a wife of 20 years, and mom to two teens.

Ian J. Vaillancourt (PhD, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto) serves as Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew and Director of Distance Learning at Heritage Theological Seminary, in Cambridge, ON. He is the author of several books, including Treasuring the Psalms: How to Read the Songs that Shape the Soul of the Church (IVP, 2023); The Dawning of Redemption: The Story of the Pentateuch and the Hope of the Gospel (Crossway, 2022); and the forthcoming Unfolding Redemption: The Heart of the Gospel in the Story of Old Testament History (IVP, March 24, 2026).

For many years, Dr. Steve West has faithfully taught and mentored students at Heritage, teaching courses in theology, philosophy, ethics, and apologetics. In addition, West has had an international ministry, preaching, lecturing, and teaching courses in multiple countries on five continents around the world. West has also served his entire adult life as a pastor in the local church. Recently he has pastored at Crestwicke Baptist Church in Guelph, Ontario, and now is at Madoc Baptist Church.

Kimberley McGibbon is the Ministry Centre Director of Send Relief Hamilton, where she leads efforts to care for refugees and vulnerable neighbours in the heart of the city. A pastor’s wife and ministry leader, Kimberley stepped into this role with a desire to see the love of Christ expressed through practical compassion. When the Centre launched in January 2023, it began in a 10×20 office serving just one family. Today, it operates from a larger space and serves over 250 refugees and vulnerable individuals with gospel-rooted care. Kimberley is passionate about hospitality, justice, and equipping the church to meet needs in Jesus’ name. A mother of four adult children, she longs to see Isaiah 61:1–4 lived out in her city and across Canada, bringing good news, healing, and restoration through Christ. 

George is rector of Church of the Messiah in Ottawa, ON and our Canon for Church Planting. He also serves as our leader for the Biblically Grounded Priority.

George studied at the undergraduate and graduate level at Carleton University where he received a degree in Sociology with a minor in Philosophy. He studied Theology and Pastoral Counselling at St. Paul University where he completed an MA in Pastoral Studies.

George was ordained in 1985. For 22 years he served in the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC). In 2008 his church was the second church in the country to separate from the ACoC and join the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC). George has served in a suburban and in a rural “multi-point” church.

George is blessed to have been married to Louise since 1981. They have 9 children and lots of sons and daughters-in-law and grandchildren.

Jon Cleland (PhD, Knox College, University of Toronto) is Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Heritage College and Seminary and Associate Pastor of Young Adults at Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener. Jon is married to Laura, and they have two kids, Anna and Judah.

Joshua Tong serves as the Senior Pastor at Sovereign Grace Church in Bradford, Ontario. Before entering full-time ministry, he worked as a criminal defence lawyer in Toronto. Josh also serves as a teacher at Innova Academy in Newmarket and a Council Member with The Gospel Coalition Canada. He and his wife Nina have six wonderful children together.

Jamie Strickland serves as Lead Pastor at West Highland Baptist Church in Hamilton, ON. He is married to Vanessa, and together they have four sons, one of whom is in heaven. He likes to play sports and video games with his sons, and cheer on the Toronto Maple Leafs and Manchester United.

Vanessa is a wife and mom with a heart for walking alongside women, especially in seasons of grief and suffering. After enduring the pain of multiple miscarriages and the heartbreaking loss of her 11-year-old son, Jude, in 2020, she now seeks to encourage others with the hope and comfort found only in Jesus Christ. Vanessa and her husband, Jamie—who serves as the Lead Pastor at West Highland Church in Hamilton—are raising three sons and are deeply committed to their church community. She’s an avid hiker and a devoted coffee enthusiast.

Wendy has spent the last years raising kids in Toronto with her husband, Kiernan, and making disciples with her local church. At Grace Toronto, she wrote curriculum, taught, and led small communities that walked with one another toward Christ and toward others. She resigned from this work to study and to do other fantastic things like being a Nana, gardening, and writing about terrible passages in the bible that magnify the God who collects our tears, writes our tossings in His book, and transforms the broken-hearted.