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District Conference is the biennial meeting for licensed workers, local church delegates, and district members of the Christian and Missionary Alliance – Canadian Pacific District (CPD).

In the past, District Conference has been a two-day event with the first day offering a time of connection and learning for those attending. The second day has been the business meeting for the CPD, which has included the Annual General Meeting. We recognize that moving to a fully virtual one-day event is a significant shift and have done so out of a desire to reduce the cost to host and attend District Conference, increase accessibility to District Conference for all delegates, including those serving overseas, and increase engagement and participation in District Conference.

We value the learning and connections that have taken place at District Conference in past, and these times will continue to take place through Regional Gatherings beginning in fall 2025. More information on Regional Gatherings will be coming!

We encourage you to join District Conference and participate in this important meeting.

Date: May 14, 2025

Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm (business may conclude earlier)

Cost: $10 per person

Location: Online
Attendees will be sent the Zoom meeting link the week prior to District Conference.

To register, please click on the registration tab above.

 

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Society of the Christian and Missionary Alliance – Canadian Pacific District will take place as part of District Conference 2025. This meeting will be held virtually on May 14, 2025, and all district members are welcome to attend.

Voting Information

Voting delegates are specified in the Policy on District Organization.

Churches may appoint lay delegates which affords voting rights. For more information on eligibility and requirements, please see the District Conference Registration and Financial Policy.

Attendees who are voting delegates will be sent their voting credentials on May 7, 2025, and an online voter training session will be held at 11:00am that day for those interested.

We recommend that voters participate in District Conference using one device (ex. computer) and have a second device for voting (ex. cell phone).

Partial Report of the Committee on Nominations

In preparation for District Conference and the Annual General Meeting, the Partial Report of the District Committee on Nominations is now available. The final report will be included in the District Conference 2025 Report which will be available no later than May 1, 2025. 

Additional nominations to the District Executive Committee (DEXCOM) can be made using the prescribed form and by submitting the requirements noted on page 3 of the Partial Report to Keith Whitaker, Chair of the District Committee on Nominations. Additional nominations will be accepted until April 29, 2025.

Special Resolution

A Decision Profile is coming to the Annual General Meeting that includes the following special resolution:

THAT editorial revisions, amendments, and additions to the following clauses of the Bylaws of the Christian and Missionary Alliance – Canadian Pacific District be adopted:

  • Editorial:
    • Update all references of himself/herself to “themself” and “his/her” to “their”.
    • Update all references “shall” to an imperative verb.
    • Consistent use of “DEXCOM” throughout.
    • 4.3 f) – Revise “on death” to “upon their death.”
    • 5.4 and 5.16 – Add a hyphen to correct “Board Appointed” to “Board-Appointed” in each instance.
  • Amendments:
    • Preamble
    • Definitions and Interpretation – Definitions of “Conflict of Interest”, “Family Member”, and “Special Resolution”.
    • Clauses 1.3, 3.3 a), 3.3 d), 3.4, 3.13, 3.17, 4.2 b), 4.3 a), 4.8, 4.9, 5.1, 5.3, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16
  • Additions:
    • 4.9, 4.10, 5.17, 6.7

The Decision Profile and details for each proposed edit, amendment, or addition will be included in the District Conference Report.

Please register for District Conference using this form.

Please read the District Conference Registration and Financial Policy before registering.

Registration Categories

There are two registration categories:

  1. Voting Delegates
    • All officers and Official Workers licensed by the Canadian Pacific District (CPD)
    • Local church delegates as follows:
      • Churches that have adopted the Local Church Constitution of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada (C&MA) may be represented by two lay delegates appointed by the Board of Elders. If active membership is 150 or more, another lay delegate may be appointed for each additional 100 members or fraction thereof.
      • Churches that have adopted the Constitution for Developing Churches of the C&MA may be represented by one lay delegate appointed by the District Superintendent after consultation with the Advisory Committee.
    • Lay members of the District Executive Committee (DEXCOM)
    • Lay leaders of CPD ministries appointed by the DEXCOM
    • Members of the C&MA Board of Directors residing in the CPD
    • A representative of the C&MA appointed by the President
    • A representative of each official post-secondary school of the C&MA appointed by the chief officer of that institution
    • Official Workers licensed by the President residing in the CPD
  2. Non-Voting Delegates
    • Members of C&MA churches attending District Conference
    • CPD Emeritus Workers

Registration closes May 9, 2025.

For any registration questions, please contact Sarah Parker at sarahp@pacificdistrict.ca.

Carmen Kinniburgh

District Children’s Ministry Partner

Children’s ministry involves developing leaders, discipling children and families, exercising creativity, with an emphasis on fun and building relationships that help others to experience God’s love as they are loved by people who know God’s love. Carmen has served in children’s ministries as a volunteer, coordinator, curriculum writer, camp speaker, and pastor. Her desire in ministry and life is to help others (whether they be children, youth, or adults) to hear God’s voice and to experience the freedom and fullness of love found in knowing Jesus and living kingdom lives. Whether your children’s ministry is led by volunteers or a pastoral leader, Carmen would love to connect, build networks, support, resource, pray with, and provide care in whatever areas are needed.

Carmen lives in Vernon with her husband, Jeremy, and their two teenage kids. She loves playing soccer, hiking, camping, and theatre. She and Jeremy have founded two new ministries called Threshold Initiatives and Contributing Pastor.

Terry Ann Opperman

Official Worker

David has served at Lakewood Alliance Church since the fall of 2002, first as an associate, then as Lead Pastor starting in November 2005. David has been on various committees including DEXCOM, District Nominating Committee, a few General Assembly Committees, and the Rules Committee for District Conference. David has an interest in church governance and seeing healthy leaders serving on healthy boards in order to better equip and serve the church.

David and Tara are in the process of launching their three young adult sons and enjoy seeing the trajectories their lives are taking. David enjoys woodwork and getting out cross-country skiing in the winter.

Steve Schneider

Lay Person

Steve is a layperson and a member of Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey. He has been married to his wife Brenda since 1984. They have two adult daughters. He is an engineer by background and holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University. He works in the paper industry and is also the President of SGS Consulting Ltd. He has recently become a licensed worker in the CPD.

Steve has served in varied ways over the years but has more recently been focussed on church board work. He served on his first church board 36 years ago. Since that time, he has served on four different church boards and the District Executive Committee of the CPD. Over the last 12 years Steve has actively been teaching and consulting with church and not-for-profit boards within and outside of The Alliance Canada to help them develop healthy governance practices.

Keith Cheung

English Lead Pastor at Burnaby Alliance Church

Keith was also an active member at Westside Calgary Chinese Alliance Church before moving to Vancouver to begin full-time pastoral ministry. After a brief stint pastoring in a church from another denomination, Keith began serving as the English Lead Pastor at Burnaby Alliance Church in 2017 where he continues to serve today.

Keith is married to Cecelia (20 years this year!) and they are raising 2 beautiful daughters (11 and 6) who they adopted from Taiwan and Korea respectively. He loves, in no particular order, cooking and eating and conversations, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, road cycling, family reunions, and good movies and music.

Carol Goh

District Chaplains Committee Chair

carol@mycac.ca

Carol Goh has chaired the District Chaplains Committee and served on the Association for Alliance Chaplains (AAC) National Committee since 2018. She completed her Masters degree in Chaplaincy in Spiritual Care from Trinity Western Seminary and is the Neighborhood Chaplain and Pastor for Seniors at Chilliwack Alliance. As a chaplain, Carol invests in the neighborhood (parish) around the church through connecting with those who live, work, and go to school there. She intentionally supports the local public elementary school and other local organizations so that together they can weave together the fabric of care for the inhabitants. The Goh household includes her husband Andrew, their three teenage sons, Andrew’s mother, and their golden doodle.

David Driedger

Board Leadership Training Partner

dave@lakewoodalliance.com

David has served at Lakewood Alliance Church since the fall of 2002, first as an associate, then as Lead Pastor starting in November 2005. David has been on various committees including DEXCOM, District Nominating Committee, a few General Assembly Committees, and the Rules Committee for District Conference. David has an interest in church governance and seeing healthy leaders serving on healthy boards in order to better equip and serve the church.

David and Tara are in the process of launching their three young adult sons and enjoy seeing the trajectories their lives are taking. David enjoys woodwork and getting out cross-country skiing in the winter.

Daren Wride

Transitional Pastors Network Coordinator

dwride@shaw.ca

Daren Wride has been serving in transitional roles since 2011. He has been on the ground as Transitional Pastor in multiple churches around the province and has engaged as a Transitional Coach with several other churches. Prior to his transitional work, Daren pastored three churches in Alberta and BC for a total of nearly 20 years. Daren has also spent time in the professional speaking and internet marketing worlds and usually has a related project on the go.

Geoff Stewart

District Youth Ministry Partner

geoffs@peaceportalalliance.com

Youth ministry is among the most demanding ministries in the church from a relational standpoint, serving young people who are defining the ever changing culture we live in. Leading in youth ministry is best not done alone, and Geoff desires to help our youth pastors serve and encourage one another through the sharing of resources, wisdom, experience, and perspective. In the ever-changing world of today’s high school student, it is vital for us as youth pastors to be changing with them to understand the world they are navigating and share with them the life changing truth of the Gospel.

Geoff has been a youth pastor for 6 years at Peace Portal Alliance Church and volunteered for 10 years before that in the same church. He is passionate about seeing young people transformed by Jesus and becoming leaders in their school and community. He and his wife Lavonne live in South Surrey with their cats Norman and Puff Daddy.

Andy Lambkin

Team Lead - Property Development & Nest Housing Society

andy.lambkin@gmail.com

Andy wears two hats in the Canadian Pacific District. He serves as our New Venture implementer, helping new communities of faith emerge across our province, and he also leads the Nest housing Society, a non-profit affordable housing society working with local churches to utilize their land for social good while fulfilling critical ministry priorities. If you have questions about either of these areas, please reach out.

Personally, Andy is married to Jolie and they have four kids. Residing in North Vancouver, they call simplechurches, a network of house churches, their church home.

Carmen Kinniburgh

District Children’s Ministry Partner

cekinniburgh@gmail.com

Children’s ministry involves developing leaders, discipling children and families, exercising creativity, with an emphasis on fun and building relationships that help others to experience God’s love as they are loved by people who know God’s love. Carmen has served in children’s ministries as a volunteer, coordinator, curriculum writer, camp speaker, and pastor. Her desire in ministry and life is to help others (whether they be children, youth, or adults) to hear God’s voice and to experience the freedom and fullness of love found in knowing Jesus and living kingdom lives. Whether your children’s ministry is led by volunteers or a pastoral leader, Carmen would love to connect, build networks, support, resource, pray with, and provide care in whatever areas are needed.

Carmen lives in Vernon with her husband, Jeremy, and their two teenage kids. She loves playing soccer, hiking, camping, and theatre. She and Jeremy have founded two new ministries called Threshold Initiatives and Contributing Pastor.