Tyndale President, Dr. Marjory Kerr, will be our speaker and offer an address to our community.

Gary is the Pastor of Adult Ministries and Finance Director at King Street Community Church in Oshawa, where he’s on the teaching team and leads the small group ministries and adult electives. He and his wife Maria have a vibrant household with five young children between the ages of 2 and 9. 

Tyndale President, Dr. Marjory Kerr, will be our speaker and offer an address to our community.

Pastor Henry has served for more than twenty-five years as a full-time pastor in a variety of areas from youth to young adult ministry through to being an associate and lead pastor.  Duane has been married to his wife Charlene for almost twenty-six years and they have two children. 

Dr. Han's message is entitled, "Love That Heals"  from Mark chapter two.

Pastor Nouhoum is originally from Mali and prior to arriving in Canada to study at Tyndale Seminary, he was an evangelist in his home country and the neighbouring nation of Senegal. Nouhoum is currently the pastor of English ministries at Zion Alliance Church in Markham and he and his wife, Dr. Karen Stel Coulibaly, and their six children live in Toronto.

Josh is an alumnus of Tyndale Seminary (MDiv, 2011) and worked for a number of years at Tyndale too. He and his wife Ruby live in Mississauga with their four young children.

Andrea Chang is from the Tyndale Intercultural Ministries (TIM) Centre and works part-time as an Assistant Intercultural Leadership Consultant who is certified in Intercultural Conflict Styles (ICS®) and certified with Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI®) as an Administrator and Coach. Her role with the TIM Centre also includes research where she works as a research assistant.

Vijay Krishnan (MTS ’20) is the Lead Pastor at The Well. He spent the first 11 years of his working life doing brand marketing for large Canadian and multi-national businesses. In 2009 he was privileged to become the lead pastor of the church which he and his wife Jennifer had helped start a few years earlier. The Well is one church with three congregations in the north GTA, working to see the unchurched, de-churched and post-everything people of the GTA come to know and love Jesus. Vijay, Jennifer and their 3 boys love being a part of what God is doing through the local church. In his spare time, Vijay enjoys listening to loud music, cooking, playing sports with his family and snowboarding the mountain-less hills of Ontario.

Zohrab Sarkisian is the President of the Tyndale University Seminary Student Association and a part-time student in the Master of Divinity in Pastoral Studies program. He lives in Pickering, Ontario and works full-time in his own printing shop, married and has two kids.

Ali represents Community Life at the Seminary and is the International Students Coordinator as part of Student Development at Tyndale University.

Leah Vetro is the Public Services Librarian at Tyndale University.

Clarke Kennedy is a qualifying Registered Psychotherapist who works in the Counselling department at Tyndale University.

Andrew, an Oji-Cree Canadian and proud member of Sachigo Lake First Nation in Treaty 9 Territory, is an advocate for reconciliation for the ministries, non-profits, and businesses within the private sector. He holds a BA from Horizon College and Seminary in Saskatchewan and an MBA from the University of Manitoba. Andrew has served as an executive pastor and provided leadership to Indigenous Missions initiatives for the PAOC within Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. He currently works in the private sector as the Director of Corporate Responsibility at The North West Company - the largest employer of Indigenous peoples in Canada. His role is to lead a corporate response and initiatives related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. For ministry, Andrew works with pastors and ministry leaders to assist them with their approach to reconciliation and ministry to Indigenous Peoples.

Andrew Mugford graduated from Tyndale University College in 2012, with a BA, Religious Studies. Previously, he obtained a diploma in Corporate Communication from Centennial College. He worked as an emergency medical dispatcher before returning to school.

He now works as the Digital Marketing Specialist at Tyndale University. He is married to Pam, another Tyndale graduate, and they have two marvellous children.

Dr. Ken Michell teaches Music and Worship Arts at Tyndale. Along with his work at Tyndale, Ken is the Worship Director at Bridlewood Presbyterian Church in Scarborough and serves as Vice President of the Christian Conservatory of Music, Canada. 

Dr. Witt at the undergraduate in the Biblical Studies and Theology department. His main area of focus is on the Old Testament, specializing in the book of Psalms. Dr. Witt is a recent addition to our core faculty, beginning his first year of full-time teaching. He taught a few courses for Tyndale as a part-time instructor in 2018-2019. Be on the lookout for his classes related to the Psalms, Old Testament Theology, and Biblical Hebrew.

He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, and completed most of his higher education in the States. He became a Christian in his first year of college and knows how formative these four years can be in your life. He has lived in Toronto since 2010. Hobbies include biking, photography, and hiking.

Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah is Robert B. Munger Professor of Evangelism at Fuller Theological Seminary and the author of The Next Evangelicalism (IVP Books, 2009); Many Colors (Moody, 2010); Prophetic Lament (IVP Books, 2015); co-author of Forgive Us (Zondervan, 2014); Return to Justice (Brazos, 2016); and Unsettling Truths (IVP Books, 2019).

Jennifer Chao is the Admission Coordinator at Tyndale University. 

Dr. Scott is an Associate Professor of Christian Ministries and Director of Modular Programs having previously served as Vice-President and Academic Dean. While Dean, he led the introduction of 8 Honours Bachelor of Arts programs, as well as the creation of the Bachelor of Education program certified by the Ontario College of Teachers.

Cheryl Haughton is Senior Director, Digital Marketing at one of Canada’s largest financial institutions, with responsibility for savings and investments. Previously, she was an award-winning journalist in Jamaica before emigrating to Canada in 1991. Cheryl is also co-founder and General Secretary of Help Beyond Borders, a not-for-profit organization that assists low-income individuals and families. An active member of her church community and holding several roles including Deacon and leader of a team of evangelical bloggers, Cheryl also is an online prayer host and small group leader. She is a proud mother of two adult children.

Dr. Wong has taught at Tyndale University since 2000. He taught preaching at Tyndale Seminary from 1997 to 2005. He had extensive pastoral experience at the Toronto Chinese Baptist Church in English ministry since 1982, and when the church expanded to two locations in 1986, he pastored at the Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church before assuming his current ministry at Tyndale. In 1986, he was ordained with the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec (now Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec). Dr. Wong has spoken at many churches and conferences in Canada and the United States. He is a member of the Academy of Homiletics, where he has presented papers. He is also a member of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. Dr. Wong’s research interests include preaching and culture, pastoral theology and practice and Christian spirituality.

Dr. Miriam Charter is a seasoned storyteller and describes herself as a woman of three passions:

1. Those in our world who, through no fault of their own, have never heard of Jesus
2. Those in our world who suffer intensely for their faith, because they are willing to be known as followers of Jesus
3. The next generation – equipping and mentoring those who will lead the Body of Christ in the next decades

In her retirement, Miriam is a mission practitioner, speaker, and mission mobilizer based in Calgary. She has a pronounced calling to the nations, which began with her birth in China under Communism. She continues to champion the local church, serves on the Global Impact Team at her local church, teaches Alpha and ESL to newcomers to Canada, mentors young adults, and has a special commitment to mentoring women in ministry.

This week's chapel features Debby Kumoi, a renowned community leader who has been involved in grassroots community work for years. She has collaborated with many great partners, including Toronto Carnival, and is a member of the Black Community Consultive Network Committee under Toronto Police. 

Becky Cripps is the Program Director at Muskoka Bible Centre.

Dr. Sarah Han considers herself to be a "third culture" Canadian-Korean-Chinese and her formative theology was shaped on the mission field abroad. She has provided leadership in the Canadian immigrant church context for over a decade and has diverse experience in the Canadian public and private sectors. Dr. Han's vocational commitment and theological passion are to critically observe and reflect on how ecclesiology shapes and informs missiology and her research focuses on an intercultural, intergenerational, missional ecclesiology for Canada. Sarah and her husband along with their three children live in the GTHA.

Lisa Oppitz started her Tyndale journey nine years ago this month. She completed her MDiv in Clinical Counselling in 2019 and has been with the Tyndale Wellness Centre since then working with both student and community clients, and now as an assistant supervisor with Tyndale intern therapists. Lisa remains deeply committed to the integration of theology, psychology and psychotherapy and will be speaking on the intersection of personal and relational gentleness as a response to anxiety.

Pastor Kevin White,  an alumnus of Tyndale Seminary (MDiv), is currently Pastor of Youth Ministries at Cornerstone Christian Community Church in Markham where he has served since 2007. He tells us that “I’ve loved being a Youth Pastor since 2000 and Lord willing will retire as a Youth Pastor”. Kevin is a talented and creative communicator and will speak to us about the influence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his life.

We hope that you’ll join us for Community Chapel this term and make a habit of taking time out of your week to join the community for corporate worship. 

Pastor Sawyer Bullock, an alumnus of Tyndale University (BA ’19), is currently an associate pastor at Bayview Glen Church near the Tyndale campus. While at Tyndale, Sawyer served in numerous student leadership capacities while continuing his side gig of entertaining young and old with his remarkable sleight-of-hand ability, deft card tricks, and stupefying illusions. Before beginning his work at Bayview Glen, Sawyer completed a Master’s degree in philosophy from Toronto Metropolitan University. Sawyer is husband to Rebekah, dog walker to Tommy, and patron to many downtown dumpling restaurants.

Elizabeth Reynolds grew up in Ohio as a PK and graduated with a Master’s degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts (where she met her husband Ben). After spending a season in Scotland, Lizzie and her family moved to Toronto to begin the family’s work at Tyndale. Along with her work here, Lizzie is a mother to three thriving and active boys and she loves to hosts gatherings of all sorts at their home. As a skillful and compassionate listener, who is in demand as a mentor, Lizzie offers students at Tyndale several ways to connect and grow via regular prayer times, weekly Bible studies, and two personal retreats every term. Lizzie is an enthusiastic contemplative and thrives by staying physically active, participating in the work of her local congregation, and spending time in silence and solitude.

The Reverend Paul Lam is passionate about the integration of discipleship and spiritual formation. He loves the church and longs for the people of God to flourish. For many years, he served in a local congregation in the GTA and is currently the Church Life and Leadership Associate for the CBOQ where he pastors ministers and cultivates a culture of discipleship in the denomination’s churches. He is a life-long learner and enjoys playing basketball. He is married to Lis, a Korean-American, who is a content creator and food blogger and together they have three girls.

Reverend Paul Woodburn grew up as the youngest member in a family of eleven.  After completing a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Divinity at Tyndale Seminary he and his wife have served in full-time pastoral ministry for just shy of 30 years. Last year Paul published his second book entitled *A Waste of Time: Journeying Towards Intimacy with God.* The book is designed to help individuals, families, and small groups grow deeper in their love of and relationship with God. Recently Paul and his wife returned to Toronto to serve at the First Alliance Church.

Professor Jesse Sudirgo is the Director of the Masters of Divinity Church in the City (In-Ministry) Program and Assistant Professor of Contextual Ministry at the Seminary. He has a diverse breadth of experience in multiple disciplines of ministry in both the church and non-profit sectors.

He is the former Director of Street-Involved Services at the YSM Evergreen Centre and continues to consult with churches in their engagement with poverty in the city. He brings to his work a conviction for interdisciplinary theological reflection that considers those most marginalized in society. His background in church planting in Boston Massachusetts has shaped his interests in missional lay leadership, community development, and urban poverty.

Dr. Jen Gilbertson joined the undergraduate faculty at Tyndale this past summer after a few years of teaching undergraduate and seminary courses in Saskatchewan. She takes great delight in helping students to grasp the big story of Scripture and to see their place in the story. Some of her current research interests include the implications of design, disability and neurodifference for biblical interpretation and church life.

Although a farm girl at heart, Jen is experiencing all that life in Toronto has to offer. She and her husband are discovering new trails in the GTA that they enjoy hiking with their two dogs.

James Robertson has been teaching at Tyndale since 2014 and brings the past and present together in order to equip the students of Tyndale for the future. Along with his academic work James also serves as the Director of Tyndale's Distributed Learning Department. In this role, he oversees the development of online content and pedagogy for the entire University.

James' research and publishing explores the Canadian context of the Christian faith. He works with church planting/missionary groups from around Canada and the United States highlighting the importance of historical awareness.

Shari Russell was born into the Yellow Quill First Nation, and she and two siblings were removed from their home on the reserve during the Sixties Scoop. Shari reunited with her family in 2002 and became actively involved in Indigenous ministry in 2004. She is the Salvation Army's Territorial Indigenous Ministries consultant and has served as Chair of the Board of Indigenous Pathways.

Pastor Carl Santos is the senior pastor of Redeemer Bible Church in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He is also a current D.Min. student at Tyndale in the Preaching and Communication stream. He and his wife Sara are parents of six wonderful and very busy kids. Carl has a passion to know and proclaim the Gospel in a clear, deep, and relevant way, in hopes that if Christ be lifted up, that He will draw all people to Himself.

Dr. Cyril Guerette is an Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology & Philosophy (Undergraduate) at Tyndale University.