By now some of you may have heard the news that ACTS (Associated Canadian Theological Schools), of which Northwest Seminary is a part, is planning on moving the traditional course-based part of the seminary into a new Trinity Western School of Theology, effective May 2026.

Kaylie Arsenault joined the Immerse program in September 2020 and it quickly became apparent that she had an aptitude for scholarly work coupled with an intense desire to share the love of Jesus. Dr. Archie Spencer, Kaylie’s academic mentor, was so impressed with her work he encouraged her to go on to do a PhD!

Kaylie worked on her Immerse studies and applied herself in the practical implementation of what she was learning while employed at Village Church in a capacity of roles, including the start-up of a prison ministry at the Surrey Correctional facility and discipleship ministry at the Village Church Surrey campus. In all aspects of her role at Village Church, Kaylie’s leadership competencies and her love for sharing Jesus continued to grow. 

Every year-end, I expend a fair amount of time writing two-page, individual, personal letters to each of our Fellowship Pacific staff. I am unsure if it is a valuable use of time from their perspective, since the letters have a fairly unfiltered “stream-of-consciousness” style to them. On the other hand, I want each of them to end the year hearing how important they are to me and to the work we are striving to do together. The truth is that they are awesome people who are passionately committed to our churches and to the mission God has given us. More importantly, they are my coworkers with Jesus.

We are pleased to announce to all of our churches and agencies that Dan Cody resigned as the Team Leader for the Fellowship Pacific Resource Team, effective the end of 2023.

That sounds bad, doesn’t it? So, why are we pleased?

The Worship On Air Hybrid Worship Ministry commenced in 2016 when I began holding regular worship services in a hybrid format, both online and offline. During this time, I was serving as an Indigenous missionary and aimed to facilitate seamless communication with mission team members who were visiting the mission field. In late 2017, one family that had previously visited a mission field, relocated to Revelstoke and shared about how challenging it was to practice their faith in an area without a Korean church.

This circumstance presented the opportunity to explore hybrid church planting to assist them.

SouthRidge Fellowship was born out of a desire to introduce more people to Jesus Christ. Leaders of Cloverdale Baptist in Surrey believed that a daughter church in Langley would be the best way to accomplish this. In the fall of 1994, they invited everyone who was interested to join a church planting team. As we've grown over the years our passion to see people get to know Jesus Christ has grown and we've become a vibrant community of friends—a family of sorts—seeking and serving God together in the community of Langley.

"What's wrong with me?" Emma (not her real name) asked, her voice trembling with uncertainty. "I frequently forget what I am doing and where I am going. I've missed my bus stop several times and arrived late at work. I am not acting normal," she concluded, her eyes welling up with tears as she bravely narrated her harrowing experiences from the past week. Under the weight of stress, her mind often went blank, leaving her feeling painfully slow and overwhelmed, exacerbating the frustration of her coworkers. Emma’s self-confidence was at an all-time low; she was exhausted from restless nights and frequent panic attacks. Before me, with her head bowed low, sat a terrified woman grappling with the traumatic aftermath of domestic abuse.

When does a “next-gen” leader start leading?

The textbook definition of leadership tells us that leadership, in its simplest form, is influence. If this is true, then AJ Adlawan—at 8 years of age—is a leader!

AJ is a great kid who loves to read and play soccer. When he lists his favorite books, it's everything from Captain Underpants to “Little Visits with God!”

Until a recent move to Red Deer, Alberta, AJ and his family attended Immanuel Fellowship in Abbotsford. It was here where AJ connected with the Kids Club Program. Under the leadership of Mikey Pierson, director of Immanuel Kids, AJ was encouraged to invite his school friends to join him at Immanuel Kids Club…

As we embrace being BOLDLY FORWARD, NEVER ALONE as Fellowship Pacific, one of the key ways we live this out is through church planting and we are excited to share more stories from our church plants this year!

This month we want to introduce you to Maaqtusiis Community Church in Ahousaht, BC!

“Leave your nets and follow me!” Jesus said to a group of young men, and they did exactly that! Now, we expect to read about a bold move like that in the Scriptures, but we don’t always expect to see it in the context of British Columbia in 2023.

We think bold stories about following Jesus only happen in other places and times.

For sure this is too incredulous to happen in a small British Columbia town and certainly too out of the box for a Fellowship Baptist Church, right? Well, let us introduce you to Kyle, a young man in Quesnel, BC, who boldly said “yes!” to Jesus.

As we embrace being BOLDLY FORWARD, NEVER ALONE as Fellowship Pacific, one of the key ways we live this out is through church planting and we are excited to share more stories from our church plants this year!

This month we want to introduce you to Live Free Church in Kelowna, BC!

“Building into the next generation of leaders.”

In a vision statement this sounds great, but how does this translate into reality in the context of a church community?

At the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, the launch of Leverage Pods – a mentoring program designed to facilitate relationships – seemed like a risky move, and we were surprised when over 100 women signed up for the 14-month mentoring journey with a focus on leadership development.

Courtenay Fellowship was one of the churches that joined this province-wide movement, signing up twelve women, and when they came home from the retreat held in Parksville at the conclusion of that initial mentorship journey, they decided this needed to continue within their church and it needed to be for everyone.