Our DEXCOM Members

I grew up in Vancouver in a non-Christian home. While studying architecture in Winnipeg, I received Christ into my life at the age of 19. Shortly afterwards, I fell in love with Deb and we got married in 1987. We feel blessed to have a son. Since my calling to pastoral ministry in 2003, I have been trying to follow the Lord as best as I can. This has meant: discerning God’s will with my family, leaving my architectural career after 15 years, going back to school at 41 years of age for a seminary education, serving as a pastor at Fraser Lands Church since 2004, getting ordained in 2009, and being installed as the Senior Pastor in 2018.

The words of the Apostle Paul have become my life verse for ministry: “On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts” (1 Thess. 2:4). The Lord has placed in my heart a deep passion for “The Spiritual Practices of Church Renewal” and “Being a Loving Presence of Christ in Our Neighborhoods.” Aside from ministry, my favourite foods include crab and prime rib, preferably eaten at the same time! I love fishing, gardening, and hockey, and will remain a Canucks fan to the end. I also enjoy travelling and spending time with family and friends.

Mark has been married to Angela for 39 years, they have three married children: Laura and Jared, Anna and Dain, Matt and Cristina, and six grandchildren, Isoebella and Carter, James, Jude and Eddie and Andrew. He is a self-driven, people-focused entrepreneur and pastor with 38years of business leadership working in four countries.

Mark was theologically trained at Ripon and York St. John University in York, UK and was licensed in the Church of England in 1993. He was licensed with the Pacific District in 2003 and has served at Chilliwack Alliance as Administrator, Elder, Chair, and Interim Leader between Lead Pastors. Mark also served as an Executive Pastor for seven years.

Mark has served as the DEXCOM Treasurer for six years and a DEXCOM member since 2015.

Carmen lives in Vernon, BC with her husband of 17 years, Jeremy, and children Aria and Roscoe. She joined the team of Vernon Alliance Church in 2010, ministering as a children’s pastor for 10 years. She has also served in ministry in Quesnel, BC and Hinton, AB after completing her bachelor’s degree from Canadian Bible College in 2003. Her desire in ministry and life is to help others hear God’s voice and to experience the freedom and fullness of love found in knowing Jesus and living kingdom lives.

Carmen enjoys spending her time reading, writing, walking, and exploring the trails in the North Okanagan with family and friends and anticipates starting her masters studies in fall 2021. She loves theatre, playing soccer, travelling, and camping.

Janet is a member of Mission Creek Alliance Church in Kelowna. She and her spouse, Arnold, have been married for over 30 years and have two adult children.

She has a particularly keen interest in the areas of church governance, leadership, administration, and financial stewardship. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant and also has a master’s degree in Christian Studies from Trinity Western University and Seminary. In addition to significant formal education in these and other areas, Janet has extensive and multi-faceted practical experience and knowledge gained through many years of working and serving in her home church and with local, provincial, and national Christian and other non-profit organizations either as their professional advisor or through serving on boards and/or committees in various positions. This includes being a member on the Board of Directors for The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada from 2012-2018, including serving as Secretary (2012-2017) and Treasurer (2016-2018) and serving on multiple Board committees during that time.

Jeffrey was born and raised in Hong Kong in a non-Christian family and immigrated to Canada in 1989 after finishing his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering and graduate studies in Business Administration in the USA. Before entering full time pastoral ministry, he was a computer engineer and a management consultant for about 20 years, 14 of those years with SAP Canada as an Enterprise Resource Planning consultant.

Jeffrey and his wife Grace joined North Richmond Alliance Church (NRAC) in 1992 after moving from Toronto to Vancouver. He was as an elder there from 1998 to 2010, serving as Secretary of the Board and leading the Christian Education Ministry. After a long discernment process, God led him to Regent College in 2007 where he obtained an MDiv in 2010 and he has been serving as an Associate Pastor at NRAC since then. Jeffrey and Grace have been married for 30 years and it is a tremendous joy to see their two boys, Joshua and Jesse, growing up in the Lord.

Jeffery serves as the DEXCOM Secretary.

I am a blessed husband and father. My wife and I have been married for 20 years and have two beautiful children, Samuel (19) and Bethany (14). I received a call into ministry as a young adult and was ordained by the C&MA in 2012. I have had the privilege of serving in several ministry roles, including elder and four years as an International Worker with the C&MA in Mexico City.

Mark has been involved in pastoral ministry for 23 years, serving on the staff team at First Alliance Church (Calgary) and then as Lead Pastor at North Shore Alliance Church for 13 years.

Mark is passionate about Scripture and theology; he is particularly interested in the intersection between Christ and Culture. Mark is a strategic thinker and a collaborative leader who enjoys identifying, equipping, and empowering others.

Mark is married to Naomi and has two children, Luke (beginning university) and Anna (High School). Mark loves sports of all kinds (long distance running, soccer, tennis, and golf ) and he is also a woodturner in his free time.

My husband, Darcy, and I live in Squamish and co-pastor The River Church which we planted 15 years ago. We have four teen/young adult children. I grew up in Regina at Hillsdale Alliance and attended Canadian Bible College (CBC). I then worked at Bayridge Alliance, Kingston before attending Ontario Theological Seminary (now Tyndale) and graduating with my Master of Divinity counselling and am now a Registered Clinical Counsellor. While at seminary, I was the youth pastor at Ritson Rd. Alliance, Oshawa and volunteered at Valley View Alliance, Newmarket.

Following graduation, I became the residence director for women at CBC where we were married and started our family. Moving to North Shore Alliance I took a break from paid ministry until we moved to Squamish. Since coming to Squamish, I have become a trained Spiritual Director and have discovered through this practice a relationship with God that is deeper, more challenging, yet more intimate and real than ever before.

Long Truong grew up in a Christian family. He has been married and has four grown up children with their own families who are living in BC. He accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour when he was 16 years of age. In 1967, through a special preacher in a youth conference he heard the voice of God calling him to serve as a pastor. Since then, he has made a commitment to serve the Lord through a local church while being prepared for ministering.

Long served as a pastor of a C&MA church in Vietnam in the mid 1970s, and after emigrating to Canada in 1980, has served at the Edmonton Vietnamese Alliance Church, Victoria Vietnamese Alliance, Surrey Vietnamese Alliance, and now the Langley Vietnamese Alliance church. He also serves as a chaplain and is an executive of the Association of Vietnamese Alliance Churches in Canada (AVAC).

Kyla is a creative, driven, community-oriented pastor with a heart for people of all ages. She serves as the Senior Associate Pastor at Victoria Alliance Church, and enjoys the opportunity to lead and teach through both spoken and written word. A trained musician (BMus in Vocal Performance, University of Victoria), she brings an understanding of performance and the artistic to my work. A decisive leader, (Certificate in Leadership & Ministry, Ambrose Seminary) she draws upon a clear sense of the pragmatic to constantly move toward accomplishing goals.

An intentional mother and wife (married to Darren for 24 years, daughter Kelsey, and son Chase), she seeks to build up others by asking great questions and listening well. Most gratefully, a child of God, she grows through the gifts of story, song, and the simple act of gathering people together. Walks on Willows Beach, baking cookies in her kitchen at night, paddle boarding on Shawnigan Lake, and browsing in the children’s section of a bookstore are a few of her favourite things.