Prior to his appointment as National Director, Elton served in the role of Provincial Executive Director for the Mennonite Brethren Churches of Manitoba (MBCM) for 8 years. Elton has been a church planter and pastor and has a formal education background in business and economics.

Elton is married to Ana and they have 2 adult daughters and a son in high school. Elton and his family reside in Winnipeg.

During his tenure as the Administrative Bishop, Larry has also maintained his position as the Lead Pastor of the Church of God-Moose Jaw where he has pastored since 1996.

Larry is passionate about pastoring, planting churches, helping established churches thrive, and assisting pastors and others in ministry to excel in leadership and life.

Bishop Larry has served on several denominational board and committees and presently serves on the Church of God Canadian National Executive Committee and the USA Missions Church Planting & Revitalization Task Force Board.

Bishop Larry and his wife, Connie, currently live in Moose Jaw, SK and have two adult children, Brandon and Maddison.

Pastorally, he has served in both British Columbia and Saskatchewan. His book, The Heart of the Gospel, is required reading for ordination with the Alliance internationally.

Bernie is ordained with the Alliance in Canada and has served as the Chair of its Board of Directors. Until recently, he was also the Chairman of the International Commission for Theological Education of the Alliance World Fellowship.

Bernie and his wife, Colleen (a Certified Public Accountant), have two grown sons, Ken and David (who is married to Hannah and are expecting their first child!) Bernie and Colleen were both born and raised in Saskatchewan.

Dave Wells has served as general superintendent of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) since May 2008. He was appointed general superintendent at General Conference 2008 after serving as the district superintendent of the BC/Yukon District. The PAOC has close to 1,200 affiliated churches, satellites and church plants, 3,700 credentialed ministers and a constituency of close to 265,000 people across Canada. Internationally, the organization has over 300 global workers serving in more than 50 nations.

Dave completed his undergraduate studies in theology at Vanguard College in Edmonton, Alberta, and has a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry from Briercrest Seminary, Saskatchewan. In May 2013, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by McMaster Divinity College. In April 2014, he was
awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Briercrest College and Seminary and in July 2017 an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Pentecostal Bible and Leadership Institute, Malawi.

Dave served as senior associate pastor at Broadway Church in Vancouver, BC from 1994 to 1999, and previously pastored in Hamilton, ON, Calgary, AB, and Red Deer, AB.

Dave has served as Canadian chaplain for the Olympic Games (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2016), Pan Am Games (2011 and 2015), and Commonwealth Games (1990, 1994, 2002, 2014 and 2018). He was chair of the Vancouver-Whistler Olympic organization’s multi-faith committee which organized chaplaincy at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He also co-ordinated the Christian chaplaincy at the Vancouver 2010 games. He served in the same roles for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games and at the Invictus Games Toronto 2017. He has also served on the executive boards that co-
ordinated the Christian community for service at the Vancouver 2010 and Toronto 2015 Games.

Dave and his wife, Susan, live in Burlington, Ontario. They have three children—Shannon (Eric), Jonathan (Melissa) and Jordan (Justine)—and eight grandchildren, one of whom is in heaven.