General Executive
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David Wells, General Superintendent
David Hazzard, Assistant Superintendent for Fellowship Resources
Murray Cornelius, Assistant Superintendent for International Missions
David Boyd
Craig Burton
Stephen Chaloner
Michel Bisaillon
Lillian Douglass
Fred Fulford
Lorrie Gibbons
Ken Russell
Tom Goss
James Guskjolen
Carlene Hornby-Allen
Lyman Kulathungam
Don Mann
Peter McIntosh
Doug Moore
Stephen Osmond
James Poirier
Dwight Schapansky
Kenneth Solbrekken
Rev. Craig Burton
District Superintendent, Eastern Ontario
Craig has been serving as the District Superintendent of the Eastern Ontario District since May 2005. Craig graduated from Trent University in Peterborough in 1984 and worked at Canada Permanent Trust Company and Canada Trust. He graduated from Eastern Pentecostal Bible College in 1989.
He served as a youth and assistant pastor at Richmond Hill Pentecostal Church from 1987 to 1991. He also served as the young adults pastor, outreach pastor and church administrator at Agincourt Pentecostal Church from 1991 to 1995. Before being appointed to his current post, he served as the lead pastor at Malvern Christian Assembly for ten years.
Pastor Craig has a desire to see ministers, churches and related ministries across Eastern Ontario strengthened and encouraged. He is committed to establishing strong and meaningful relationships among credential holders and churches and believes that the shared values of our cooperative fellowship provide significant opportunities for Kingdom purpose and advancement in these challenging days.
He and his wife, Wendy, have three children, Laura, Scott and Emily and make their home in Whitby, Ontario.
Rev. Stephen Chaloner
Regional Director, Africa
Born in England, Stephen is the Africa Regional Director for PAOC missions. After nine years of pastoral ministry in Canada, he and his wife, Heather, ministered in Brazil for 17 years and in Mozambique for five years. Steve has dedicated himself to leadership development and has served as principal of three Bible colleges.
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Steve heads PAOC's team of over 90 missionaries deployed in Africa in the areas of evangelism, church-planting, leadership development, education, health, community development and emergency relief. Steve's mandate is to facilitate the healthy development of PAOC initiatives in Africa and its network of African churches known as the Pentecostal Assemblies of Africa.
Steve's formal education includes two theological degrees, and a graduate studies in leadership and counseling. He speaks Portuguese and Changaan, and is currently studying Swahili.
Stephen and his wife, Heather, have three adult children.
Rev. Murray Cornelius
Assistant Superintendent for International Missions
Murray was elected to serve as the Assistant Superintendent for International Missions at General Conference 2006. Murray was born in Kenya to Bill and Lillian Cornelius, long-term PAOC missionaries.
Murray graduated from Carleton University with a degree in biology in 1979 and from Regent College in 1982 with a Master's degree in Christian Studies. In 1987, he and his wife Cindy moved to Harare, Zimbabwe to pastor Upper Room Fellowship. Murray served as academic dean of Trans Africa Theological College in Kitwe, Zambia from 1992 to 1994, and was appointed Southern Africa Regional Director for PAOC in 1995. While serving in this role, he and Cindy planted and pastored Hope Community Church and Jubilee Christian Centre in Zimbabwe. He was an adjunct faculty at Pan Africa Christian College, Harare, equipping pastors to serve in the region. Responding to the needs of children in Africa, Murray and Cindy were instrumental in the establishment of the first Village of Hope in Kitwe, Zambia, the second in Harare, Zimbabwe, and the third location in Lilongwe, Malawi.
They now live in Canada as Murray serves in his new role. His passion and strategic focus is on reaching the lost wherever they are, developing leaders and missionaries and caring for the poor and oppressed.
Dr. Lillian Douglass
Lillian was first elected to the General Executive as a lay member in 2001, while associate dean of nursing at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. She is currently adjunct associate professor at the university.
Lillian is a graduate of the Universities of Western Ontario, McGill, and Arizona. Her Canadian and international professional involvements have provided opportunities to work with missionaries, students, and other faith communities sharing the gospel message.
Lillian maintains an active presence at Southside Pentecostal Assembly, Edmonton, serves on the PAOC Alberta & NWT District Credential Committee and continues to sit on professional and government-appointed Boards.
Rev. Fred Fulford
Fred was born in WInnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in parsonages (mostly attached to churches) in small Manitoba towns. During studies at McGill University in Quebec, he responded to God's call to pastoral ministry. Upon graduation, he served as Eric Hornby's assistant pastor in Glad Tidings Church in Victoria, British Columbia. He became the first PAOC national youth director, serving under Rev. James Montgomery from 1967 to 1971. Fred did post-graduate studies at Wycliffe College in Toronto, Ontario, Regent College in Vancouver and Briercrest Biblical Seminary in Saskatchewan.
Fred met his wife, Micki, at Eastern Pentecostal Bible College and together they accepted the call to pioneer Mississauga Gospel Temple (now the PORTICO) in Ontario. After 14 years, they moved to BC to pastor Evangel Church in Kelowna where they served for 12 years. For the last 11 years, Fred has served as the director of the Pastoral Theology Program at Summit Pacific College in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Micki is currently the dean of women at the college. They have two unmarried young adults, JP and Rachelle.
Fred has been a member of the General Executive since 1986. He currently serves on the BC District Leadership Team and looks forward to a month of teaching theology in East Africa every summer.
Rev Lorrie H Gibbons
Regional Director – Southeast Region
Western Ontario District of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Lorrie has been serving as Regional Director – Southeast, of the Western Ontario District since 1998. Lorrie graduated from Eastern Pentecostal Bible College in 1976.
He served as assistant pastor at Evangel Pentecostal Church in Brantford from 1976 to 1980. He was the senior pastor at Grimsby Pentecostal Church, now Lakemount Worship Centre, from 1980 to 1981. Lorrie served the District Youth Ministries Director for the Western Ontario District from 1981 to 1986. He also served as Assistant Superintendent for the Western Ontario District for two terms.
He planted New Life Assembly in Brantford, ON and served there from 1986 to 1998.
Lorrie and his wife Debbie have three boys. Matthew attends teacher's college in Burlington. Todd attends McMaster University in Hamilton and plays for the McMaster Marauders. Benton is in Grade 12 and plays Quarterback for BCI Mustangs from Brantford.
James Guskjolen
James has served the PAOC as pastor, church planter and missionary. He currently serves as Regional Director of Missions in Latin America and Caribbean.
He has served on a variety of national committees and has held several elected offices. Most recently, he served as District Superintendent of the Saskatchewan District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada for six years.
James has traveled extensively to teach and strengthen ministry leaders. James is a frequent camp, retreat and conference speaker. He has been a regular contributor to the Pastoral Theology course at Horizon College and Seminary.
James is a visionary with a pastor's heart and is passionate about developing leaders and their ministries. He gets rush out of visioning, coaching and team building. His thrill is to see people rise to a higher level in their ministries than they thought possible.
He and his wife Colleen, both graduates of Horizon College and Seminary have one son, Joshua (Tyla), and one grand-daughter (Taija-Lynn). They make their home in Panama City Panama.
Rev. David Hazzard
Assistant Superintendent for Fellowship Resources
David Hazzard was first elected the General Executive of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada in 1996, while serving as the Senior Pastor of Queensway Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario. He was later elected as an Executive Officer in 2000, serving first as the Assistant Superintendent for Ministerial Services and curre
ntly as the Assistant Superintendent for Fellowship Resources.
David is a graduate of Eastern Pentecostal Bible College, Emmanuel Bible College, and Ontario Theological Seminary (now Tyndale Seminary). Following graduation from EPBC, he served on the pastoral staff of Kitchener Gospel Temple and Pickering Pentecostal Church. David then spent three years with the World Missions Division of the PAOC, teaching at Pan Africa Christian College in Nairobi, Kenya, also involved on the Leadership Team of Nairobi Pentecostal Church.
Returning to Canada in 1988, he accepted the position of Senior Pastor of Evangel Assembly, Edmonton, Alberta. In 1994 he was invited as Senior Pastor of Queensway Cathedral. As Assistant Superintendent for Fellowship Resources, David now oversees all financial aspects of the PAOC International Office, including the annual budget, the Pension Fund and the Certificate Mortgage Program.
He also oversees various other responsibilities including the credentialing of ministers, church chartering and the constitutions of the Fellowship.
Carlene Hornby-Allen
Carlene was first elected to the General Executive of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada in 2006, while involved with Broadway Church in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is also serving as a trustee of the PAOC Pension Plan.
Carlene is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. She is also a Tax Partner at KPMG where she is responsible for the Financial Institutions and Real Estate Tax Practice. Carlene has also led the Not-For-Profit Tax Services Practice.
Throughout her life, Carlene has been involved in ministry in numerous areas. She currently serves as a member of the Church Audit Committee, a board member of the Broadway Foundation, a Sunday school teacher and Bible study leader. In addition, she is involved with various music ministries. Carlene and her husband, Ross, are also involved with numerous hospitality ministries. Carlene has also co-prepared and taught several courses on the Biblical Principals of Financial Planning and has been a speaker at a variety of conferences.
Rev. Peter D. McIntosh
Regional Director, Southeast Asia
Peter has been serving as Regional Director for Southeast Asia since August 2005.
Peter graduated from Eastern Pentecostal Bible College (1983), Emmanuel Bible College (1989), McMaster Divinity College (1991) and did doctoral studies at King's College, University of London, England.
He served as pastor of youth/music at Windsor Pentecostal Church, Windsor, Newfoundland (1983-85), pastor of youth/music at Woodstock Pentecostal Church, Woodstock, Ontario (1985-87), young adult and assistant pastor at Bethel Gospel Tabernacle, Hamilton, Ontario (1989-91) and music and assistant pastor at Kennedy Road Tabernacle, Brampton, Ontario (1994-97). Before being appointed to his current post, Peter served as the lead pastor at Kennedy Road Tabernacle for 7 1/2 years.
Peter earnestly desires that the lost everywhere would come to Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit and that the Kingdom of God grow exponentially. He is committed to empowering and releasing believers in every context and culture to achieve their maximum in Christ.
He and his beautiful wife, Sandra, have one child, Ashton, and make their home in Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Lyman Kulathungam
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yman Kulathungam, Dean Emeritus of Master’s College and Seminary, holds a B.A. (Sri Lanka), B.A. Hons. (London, U.K.), M.A. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (McMaster) and a diploma in Journalism.
At the University of Sri Lanka, he lectured on Hinduism to Hindus and Buddhism to Buddhists. While at the university he was involved in pastoral and evangelistic work.
Since 1985 he has been a professor and part of the administration at Master’s College and Seminary, including roles as Head of the Department of General Studies and Dean of Master’s Intercultural Bible College. He was also visiting professor at the Universities of Trent and McMaster. As Intercultural Dean he gave leadership to the establishment of a model of theological education for various cultural groups including the deaf. He has been involved in missions conventions, intervarsity conferences and pastors’ seminars in Canada and internationally (Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, and U.S.A.). At the invitation of the Ukraine Council of Churches, he spoke on Christianity and National Aspirations at a conference attended by Ukrainian Ministers of State. He was the keynote speaker, presenting the Christian view on relief and development at a CIDA conference in Ottawa which was chaired by Prince Hassan of Jordan.
After 9/11, Promise Keepers have circulated his seminar talks on Islam. He is kept busy counselling pioneer pastors as a consultant for cultural churches in Western Ontario District. Lyman has been published in the areas of Theology, Philosophy, and Religions in journals and denominational publications. At the request of his students and pastors, he is currently working on a book on Christ and the human religious quest.
He and his wife Saro have been focused on work with outreach ministries in both Canada and Eastern Europe. They have been blessed with two sons—Niran, who is married to Loria, and Jonathan, who is married to Lilani. Four grandchildren keep Lyman and Saro acrobatic!
Rev. Don Mann
For more than 13 years, Don has had the privilege of pastoring Evangel Pentecostal Church, a vibrant, multicultural church in the downtown core of Montreal. Previously, he was the church ministries director for Eastern Ontario and Quebec.
Most recently, Don and his wife Marie-José have been approved as PAOC missionaries to develop a new ministry called "Reinventing the Church" (RTC). The vision of RTC is to "equip church leaders worldwide to transition to next level effectiveness for the 21st century."
Don's journey includes numerous missions trips to different parts of the world, and terms on the district executives of both the Eastern Ontario and Quebec Districts as well as Master's College & Seminary board of Governors. Presently, he serves on the General Executive of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.
With a passion for preaching the Word of God, his desire is to see people become agents of change in their local church and community. Don has been invited to preach at churches, camps and conferences both in Canada and around the world.
Marie-José and his children Stéphanie and Jonathan are a constant source of encouragement in his life and ministry.
Rev. Doug Moore
District Superintendent, Maritimes
Doug is a graduate of Zion Bible College in Rhode Island, and Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. He also completed further educational studies at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Following college graduation he and his wife, Marie, taught with The Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland. Their pastoral ministry with the Assemblies of God took them to New York City, Syracuse, New York, and Carlisle, Pennsylvania before coming to Canada in 1989. At that time, they worked with the Maritime District on a church plant in Quispamsis, New Brunswick.
Doug was first elected to the General Executive of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada when serving as the Assistant Superintendent of the Maritime District (PAOC) and senior pastor of Kings Way Assembly in Quispamsis, New Brunswick. He was elected as District Superintendent of the Maritime District in 2003.
Doug was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and his wife, Marie (Cappello), was born in New York. They have four adult children, Rob, Ruth, Rebecca and Sam.
Rev. James Poirier
District Superintendent, Manitoba & N.W. Ontario District
Jim was elected District Superintendent of the Manitoba Northwest Ontario
District in the spring of 2007.
Since graduating from Central Pentecostal College in 1983,
Jim has been involved in ministry in diverse arenas. Having served in the Saskatchewan, B.C. and Manitoba districts, he has been involved in church planting, served as a lead pastor in a variety of settings, and also served on the staff of some of our larger churches. The last church he pastored was Christian Life Assembly in Winnipeg, MB.
Before being elected as District Superintendent, Jim served on the District Executive and has also volunteered in a variety of capacities, serving both his local PAOC districts as well as the wider community. His main focus as Superintendent is casting vision, giving leadership and caring for the
pastors he has been called to serve. Church planting, revitalization of struggling assemblies and support for local congregations are some of his priorities.
Jim is married to his best friend Joanne. Together they have three sons that love and serve the Lord.
Rev. Ken Russell
District Superintendent, British Columbia and Yukon
Ken Russell was born in Karachi, Pakistan and immigrated to Canada with his family at age ten. He attended the University of Victoria after graduating from High School in Powell River, and then began a career in Business Administration, specializing in advertising, marketing and public relations. He has been married to Brenda (nee - Hollands) for 26 years and they have two daughters Carlee (20), son-in-law Chris (Brown) and Sydnee (16). Ken and Brenda began pastoral ministry in 1986 serving as youth pastors at Duncan Pentecostal Assembly. Ken has served as a pastor in Port Moody, Port Kells, Summerland and Surrey. In addition to pastoral ministry, Ken has also served as a director of our district’s Social Concerns Ministry and a member of the Credentials Committee. Ken served as Assistant Superintendent for the BC/Yukon District, PAOC from April 2007 to September 2008 when he was elected as District Superintendent.
District Superintendent, Saskatchewan
Dwight has been serving as the District Superintendent of the Saskatchewan District since July 2007. Dwight graduated from Western Pentecostal College (Summit Pacific) in 1989. He has served as assistant pastor at Cloverdale Pentecostal Church (Westwinds Community Church), in Surrey, British Columbia from 1988 - 1991. He and his family then moved to Saskatchewan where he has been serving ever since. He has pastored in Melville, Saskatoon and Parkside. Before his current role, he planted a church in Moose Jaw as well as served on the District Executive.
Pastor Dwight believes that when leaders and their families are healthy, then the church will be as well. Part of that health includes time spent with the Father - lots of time! He is committed to seeing leaders released in their giftings to further the Kingdom of God. There is much work to be done.
He and his wife, Dawn, along with their three children, Sarah, Nicole and Stephanie, continue to make Moose Jaw their home.
Rev. Kenneth Solbrekken
District Superintendent, Alberta & NWT
Ken Solbrekken has been serving as the District Superintendent of the Alberta and North-West Territories District since April 2007. Prior to his election, Ken served this District for nine years as Secretary/Treasurer & Director of Pastoral Care and then as the Assistant Superintendent.
Ken and his wife, Lena, met in the United States, and after graduating from Bible College they were married in Sweden in 1984. After working with youth in a Pentecostal church for close to one year, they moved to Edmonton where they raised their three daughters, Louise, Angeline and Linette. Over the last 24 years, they have pastored in churches, traveled in itinerate ministry and given leadership through the District Office.
In 2004, while in the District Office, Ken and Lena, together with a fine team of leaders, planted City Centre Church. The vision to be "a church plant that plants churches" was the driving force behind this dream. In three short years, City Centre Church as assisted a church plant in Slovakia and planted another church in Edmonton called Urban Bridge Church. Plans are underway for yet another church to begin next fall. At the heart of this vision is the desire to raise up the next generation of Christian leaders and to see a great harvest of Canadians reached with the life-changing and life-giving message of Jesus Christ.
Rev. David Wells
General Superintendent
David (Dave) has been serving as the District Superintendent of the BC/Ykon District of the PAOC since June 2001, and was elected General Superintendent at General Conference in May 2008 in Toronto, ON. He has an MA in Christian Ministry from Briercrest Seminary, Saskatchewan. He served as senior associate pastor at Broadway Church, Vancouver from 1994 to 1999, where he developed an urban and multicultural ministry model with a number of partner ministries. He previously pastored in Hamilton, Ontario, Calgary, Alberta and Red Deer, Alberta. Dave also served as the Divisional Director of Ministries for The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. This division coordinated and facilitated church ministries and the specialized outreaches of the PAOC within Canada.
Dave has served as a chaplain for Canada's Olympic and Commonwealth Games teams and is currently a board member for the Vancouver-Whistler Games Network, now preparing for the Christian churches witness and service at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. He also serves as Chair of the Board for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.
Dave and his wife, Susan, have three children: Shannon (Eric), Jonathan (Melissa) and Jordan and currently make their home in Delta, British Columbia.