Coastal Regen

Fari was originally born in Iran and was brought up as a Muslim believer. It was first in Canada that him and his family were introduced to Christianity. In the year 2004 Fari put his faith in Christ and shortly after started studying at Christ College in Surrey. While still in Bible college Fari got married to Angela in 2006 and today they have two beautiful girls. In the year 2008 he graduated w...

Chris is the Pastor of Family Life at Coastal Church, directing and overseeing the Young Adult, Youth and Children’s Department. He loves that he gets to equip young people in a church he is crazy about! After miraculously escaping genocide in Rwanda, Africa, Chris arrived in Canada as a teenager, settling in Winnipeg before moving to Vancouver in 2011. Chris loves to speak about God’s power, love...

JOSH LOEVE Centre Church Josh is the pastor of Centre Church in Surrey, who is passionate about sharing the message of the gospel with the unchurched and seeing people transformed by Jesus.

SIMON GAU Broadway Church When Simon was 17 he co-founded the worldwide movement known as Youth Church. Making the lost a priority became the priority. A small team of dedicated, like-minded, youth along with their mentor set off to change their world. Simon pastored Youth Church Surrey for 10 years and to this day is still as passionate about reaching the lost as ever. For the last 5 years Simon...

James Fam joined the ministry team at Coastal Church after leaving a successful career as a professional engineer working at Translink.

LANDRY MCALLISTER Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship Landry was born and raised in Vancouver and has a huge heart for this city to know God in a real way. Him and his wife Abby met while serving with YWAM Perth in Australia and still love taking young people away on missions trips. Landry served with Coastal Church as their Youth Minister for 3 years and now works at Cariboo Road Christian Fellowsh...

BEN HILSON Village Church Ben is the Student Ministries Director at Village Church who is a missionary at heart, and champions prayer as the basis for ministry. He has been leading Youth and Young Adult Ministry for four years and loves his calling. He is passionate about following Jesus and works hard to preach and teach the gospel to anyone that will listen.

Jenn Ennis delivers a powerful message on overcoming stress, anxiety and depression.

Pastor Simon Gau is the Young Adults and Young Marrieds Director at Broadway Church.

Mike Bidell is the founding pastor of God’s Garden, a new church movement in Victoria, BC. Mike was involved in youth ministry in Langley, BC for many years, and then served as an associate pastor in Comox, BC for 4 years. In early 2012 he and his wife Laura followed a clear call from God to move to Victoria and plant a church (God’s Garden). They have been so thrilled to see God’s work spring to...

Listen to Todd Lueck Bring a powerful message of Wholeness in Jesus Christ.

Now the Lead Pastor of Restoration Church, Pastor Sergio Najarro first answered his call to serve in late 2004 after traveling to Latin America, where he felt God’s call to expand on the ministerial work of his father’s Spanish-speaking congregation. Restoration Church now operates independently as a church-plant, and purposes to shake the world with God’s presence, see a massive harvest of lives...

James Fam joined the ministry team at Coastal Church after leaving a successful career as a professional engineer working at Translink. James completed his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and Masters degree at UBC, and has been active in campus ministry for over a decade.

Shane and Rachel Johnston lead CLA Coquitlam campus with a vision to see those far from God find and follow Jesus. They are parents of a baby girl (Aviya) and expect to one day add to their family through adoption. Christian Life Assembly is a church that meets in multiple campuses around British Columbia. Their desire is to be a life-giving church where people can connect with God and experience...

Helen and John planted Victory Christian Centre (today called Relate Church) in 1986, after John left his prosperous dental practise to become a full-time pastor. Helen and John are passionate about building people and families, equipping the next generation to live life well. As a couple they host the television program Relate with John and Helen, an interactive magazine-format talk show that giv...

International rock artist Manafest (real name: Chris Greenwood) knows the saying well; his uphill climb began at age five when his father committed suicide. Years of childhood insecurity and fear gave way to a promising skateboarding career, but then an injury took that away, too. Music soon filled the void, and it would prove to be a perfect fit. Putting words to driving rhythms gave Chris a way...

Sarah Bessey is a blogger-turned-author whose newly released book, Jesus Feminist, critically analyzes the Scriptures and church practices that are still often used against gender equality, as well as advocates for more diverse experiences and female leadership positions to become part of the contemporary church.

Regen Speaker - August 13, 2014

Koby and his wife Jenna are Relate Kids & Relate Generations Pastors from Relate Church in Surrey. www.relatechurch.ca

Now the Lead Pastor of Restoration Church, Pastor Sergio Najarro first answered his call to serve in late 2004 after traveling to Latin America, where he felt God’s call to expand on the ministerial work of his father’s Spanish-speaking congregation. Restoration Church now operates independently as a church-plant, and purposes to shake the world with God’s presence, see a massive harvest of lives...

Jeremy King - Revolution, usually called “Rev”, is more than just a service, a worship ministry, a camp, or a conference; it is a generation of young people, ages 13-25, who have been radically transformed by a living relationship with Jesus Christ. We’re all about connecting our generation with the fun, love, and truth of God. We meet together in various locations over the lower mainland.

Week 2 Michael is currently pursuing a degree in pastoral leadership at Pacific Life Bible College. Prior to beginning these studies, he was a Youth Pastor at Youth Church. Michael is passionate about taking an active role in God’s redemptive story because he has seen the grace of Jesus transform lives.

The founder of Relevention Marketing, Braden Douglas, shares how the principle of branding can apply to our identity and value that should be found in Christ.