Dean of Students

Ed and Lisa Berk

Pastor Ed and Lisa attended GMTC in 1989. It was then that they were inspired not just to go to church but to be an active part of Kelowna Christian Center; beginning with greeting and later serving together in the youth and young adults ministry. Ed was ordained in 1997 and has since joined the pastoral staff of KCC. In 1994 Ed and Lisa were invited to oversee the Global Ministry Training Center where they have worked together in the administration and development of the school. They are directly involved in its day to day operation and in the lives of the students. Their heart is to see all who attend GMTC grow in the character and knowledge of God and given the opportunity to discover the gifts within them. Each year they are blessed to see how God touches and changes the lives of many students, realizing it’s not just the program, but the faith and desire that dwells within each one to respond to the Spirit of God.

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Kathleen Aylward

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Ed Berk

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Lisa Berk

Lisa has been serving the Lord for nearly twenty years and has a desire to see young people passionate and faithful to the Lord and his body. Her course ‘Life’s Listening’ brings an awareness of how we are one body in Christ and through communication and serving one another in love we will reveal to the world that we are His.

Christine Bitgood

Since 1991, Christine has given oversight to the children's ministries of KCC and Heritage Christian Preschool, which began in 1996. She is a certified teacher in the BC Independant School Branch and has been teaching children since the age of seventeen. Christine believes that children's ministy is the most important ministry of the church because we are commissioned to teach God's principles to our children. She teaches that if you can successfully reach a child with the Gospel, you can reach anyone.

Greg Bitgood

Greg is the Pastor of Christian Education; this means he gives leadership to all of the educational ministries of KCC, including GMTC, Heritage Christian Schools, and Heritage Christian Preschool. He also assists in giving leadership to administrative aspects of the Society. Pastor Greg graduated from Christian Center Bible Institute in 1983 and helped start Word of Life Bible School in Las Vegas soon after. He has been teaching at GMTC since 1988 and is a BC Certified Teach with the Independent Branch of the BC Ministry of Education. "Making Ministry Minded Disciples" and leaders is one of his life's calling and purposes. He desires to see an army of young people armed with the Word of God impact and influence our culture and the cultures of this world with the message and presence of the Lord Jesus Christ.

John Carlson

John Carlson is currently an active member of the church in prayer and support to the leadership. His rich experience comes from 43 years of full-time Pastoral Ministry. He has a great desire to help equip young people for ministry.

Krista Clement

Krista teaches Bible Research Methods for the full first year, assists in managing the Library, and teaches the World Religions and Christian Apologetics courses. Krista went through GMTC, School of Ministry then, in 1990/91, then later completed her Masters in Library and Information Studies at UBC in 1997, and continue to pursue further courses and continuing education in all subject areas. She believes the quality of the ministry people give depends on the quality of the people and the skills they bring to the ministry. She loves the Church, and she loves the hurting people of the world, and she wants to send out prepared, excellent, well established Christians to minister among them.

Brodie Kalamen

Brodie is an associate Pastor at Kelowna Christian Center ministering primarily to youth and young adults. He has three years of post-secondary education through OUC and have completed both the first and second year of GMTC. He sees that the students of GMTC are attending because they want to be a support and model of Jesus Christ to their local church body and their community. The instruction which they are given supports disciplines that are both personal and spiritual which ultimately assist them in reaching that desired goal.

David Kalamen

As an apostolic leader, Pastor David is responsible for the primary vision of KCC, and accountable to see that God's presence is passionately pursued and His purposes are implemented, for the city, nation and fields beyond. He has been teaching, discipling, and mentoring for 32 years in the ministry. David received his training as a graduate of Western Pentecostal Bible College, He has B.A. degrees in Religion and Political Science from Southern California College, and is a member of the international faculty of Wagner Leadership Institute. He considers it a privilege and a responsibility to pass on the knowledge of who God is, what He has done, and who He has done it through, to the next generation; and, an honor to be afforded the opportunity to sow the gift, the calling, the anointing, the character and the experience of what God has done to us, in us and through us, for the empowering of the emerging Church.

Dan Knorr

Currently, Dan's ministry in the KCC Society includes Associate Youth Pastor and Chaplain of both Heritage Christian Schools, campus and online. He graduated from Heritage Christian School and has since gone on to complete the full two year GMTC program as well as pastoral mentorship through KCC. He participates in teaching GMTC because he believes in and supports a bible school that trains people of all ages to grow and become more like Jesus Christ. He knows the staff and heart of this school, and has seen the depth it has brought to his wife's and his own relationship with God. He loves this school because it develops Christians to have expanding biblical knowledge, build relationships with other follower of Jesus, be trained to do the work of the ministry, and be more like Christ.

Rick Leibel

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Norm Sawyer

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Linda Wilkinson

Linda oversees Women’s Prayer Counseling, the House of Sharon Restoration Center, Lifegroups, Healing prayer teams, and the Connections Center at Kelowna Christian Center. Linda received her counseling training from the Elijah House Prayer Counseling School, Way Home to the Father Ministry, Teleios and Cornerstone Counseling Schools. Linda is a conqueror and she personally has overcome many trials with the strength of Jesus Christ and feels that it is crucial for future leaders to incorporate this training into their credentials. Linda’s main thrust of ministry in recent years has been in helping the Church to expose the darkness, diagnose bondages and wounds, and bring restoration to the body of Christ.

Wesley & Stacey Campbell

Stacey Campbell speaks with a prophetic voice to this generation and has a passion to teach believers to know how to hear the voice of God through sound teaching and strong values. She is the founder and facilitator of the Canadian Prophetic Council, and serves as an honorary member of the Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders, presided over by Dr. Peter Wagner and Cindy Jacobs. Stacey has been ordained by Dr. Bill Hammond. Wesley is on the apostolic team of Harvest International Ministries (H.I.M.) under Che Ahn, and is the founder of a mercy organization, Be A HERO. The Campbell’s bring over 25 years of ministry leadership experience, as pastors and international conference speakers. They are members of the teaching faculty of the Wagner Leadership Institute and are the International Directors for TheCALL with Lou Engle.

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