Mike’s a devoted husband to his wonderful wife, Sara, and the proud father of two amazing children, Hope (7), and Theo (5). For the past 13 years, Mike has been actively involved in youth ministry, starting as an intern at Forward Church Cambridge during his undergraduate studies at Heritage College. He later served as a Youth Pastor at Maple Avenue Baptist Church for two years before dedicating the last nine years to discipling the youth at Willow Creek Baptist Church. Mike has also been a core team member of FEB Youth for the past nine years and currently serves as the Next Gen Catalyst for FEB Central.

Derek grew up in Burlington, where God saved him in grade nine. He currently lives in Hamilton with his wife Fiona and their three kids. He has served as the Youth Pastor at James North Baptist Church for six years and enjoys sports, theatre, music, comedy, and basically anything else you can think of.

Jen has been involved in youth ministry for 18 years, and has been serving as the Youth Director for Fusion Youth in Ottawa for the last decade. Fusion is a unique youth ministry partnership, serving four different congregations in the Ottawa area, two of which are FEB churches. Additionally, she has also held ministry lead roles in children’s ministry and adult LifeGroups. Jen and her husband have been married for 23 years and have two amazing young adult daughters. She believes that kayaking on a calm summer evening is the closest thing to paradise this side of heaven!

Greg brings over 8 years of experience in Youth Ministry to his role as Youth Pastor at Faith Church in St. Thomas. Previously, he dedicated 7 years of his ministry journey to Springvale Church in Stouffville. Greg holds a Bachelor of Science in Religion from Liberty University and is deeply enthusiastic about fostering discipleship. Beyond his ministry work, he enjoys fishing, playing pick-up hockey, and cherishing moments with his wife, Amy.

Kyle Rolph has over 30 years of experience working with children and youth in a variety of venues. Kyle joined the Elgin County YFC/Youth Unlimited team in May of 2012. Kyle is involved with several students in St. Thomas schools as a mentor and coach, and runs The Upper Room which is an emergency overnight support ministry open on an on-call, emergency basis to give young people in need of a safe, warm place to crash, somewhere to go for the night. Kyle also provides trusteeship support to several local youth at any given time. Kyle is trained in ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training), safeTALK, ASK (Assessing for Suicide in Kids), Mental Health First Aid, and Crisis Prevention and Intervention. He also holds a Certificate in Leadership Training from the University of Waterloo, a Bachelor’s Degree from, what is now, Heritage College in Cambridge ON, and a Master’s Degree from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana.

Dave joined the Emmanuel Barrie staff in 2009. Dave met his wife Joanne at the Emmanuel Youth Group and served as a youth leader for a number of years, completing an internship. Dave has career experience providing family therapy, skill training and counselling to youth and their families, and after serving as a Youth director in St. Catherines, he returned to Emmanuel as Pastor of Junior High Ministry and now oversees Student Ministries. Dave’s high energy and enthusiasm for life and living for God is contagious. He loves his family (2 wonderful kids), the outdoors and recreation.

Nathan Karas has overseen the youth ministries at Richmond Hill Baptist Church for the last 12 years. His favourite activities include spending time with his wife, having breakdance parties with their two-year-old daughter, discipling students, and of course, playing dodgeball.

Matthew Jones is the Campus Outreach & 7-8 Student Ministries Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church Oshawa. He has been on staff at Calvary since July 2016. He is passionate for seeing youth, young adults, and campus students realize the truth of Jesus Christ and embrace an intimately personal relationship with Him. Matthew was raised in a church going home but not a Christian home. By God’s grace, Matthew was saved on October 4, 2009 after living a lifestyle of drug dealing and violence for 10 years (age 15-25). Matthew is married to Rebekah since January 2016 and they have three boys: Micah (6), Ethan (4), and Zavier (2). They consider their children bundles of joy and handfuls of “personal growth opportunities”. When not fulfilling his pastoral role at Calvary, you can find Matthew spending time outdoors including camping family vacations. He’s an early to bed, early to rise kind of guy, and loves a good book with a big ‘ol cup of coffee by his side.

Andrew Noble serves at Grandview Church in Kitchener and co-hosts a podcast called What Would Jesus Tech. He started a Bible study at the University of Waterloo in 2008 and hasn’t stopped sharing the gospel since then. Andrew has been married for twelve years and has two children. For five years of his life, he worked at a technology company named after a fruit.

Luke is a global nomad, having grown up in Chiang Mai, Thailand, studied Christian Formation and Religion at Houghton University in the United States, and completing a Masters in Theological Studies at Heritage Seminary. After six years of Sr. High Youth Ministry, Luke stepped into the role of Pastor of Outreach and Missions at Emmanuel Barrie in 2022. Luke is easily bribed with anything chocolate chip cookie dough, loves playing a variety of sports, traveling, and hosting the Kingdoms Podcast. He and his lovely wife, Emily, have one son, Judah.

Has been leading in youth ministry for the last 10 years and is currently the youth and Young adults Pastor at The Peoples Church in Toronto where he has been serving for the past 8 years. He is married to his beautiful wife, Ana, and together they love anything to do with travelling, missions, and coffee!

Tom grew up in a Christian home, around the church as a part of various ministries, and was active in the youth group.  He was a national level rugby player in high school.  The turning point in his journey came when an injury forced him to re-evaluate his priorities and the Lord revealed to him that his identity was found solely in Christ.  At that point, Tom made the decision not just to profess Jesus, but to live only for Him.

Tom graduated Summa Cum Laude with an Honours in Psychology from York University.  Having been accepted into Law School, Tom nonetheless felt a call to ministry and pursued it.  He is completed his M. Th and M.Div. at Tyndale Seminary with a concentration in both Theology and Clinical Psychotherapy (counselling) and is a registered psychotherapist.

Tom has also worked full time ministering to children and families in marginalized communities, serving in both not-for-profit organizations and churches at a staff (Youth Pastor) and volunteer level.  He has balanced budgets, managed social media platforms, led Sunday Services, preached, led Bible studies, and ran youth events.

Tom’s passion for ministry is based on the conviction that discipleship is about creating relationships with people and walking with them on their faith journey. Tom also enjoys playing sports, walking his dogs Thor and Nala and coffee he really likes coffee.