Newly Credentialed Ministers

  • Aug31Thu

    Jeff McCrea, Provisional License

    August 31, 2023 by Jean Winker

    Jeff McCrea, approved for Provisional License, August 14, 2023

    Jeff graduated from Emmanuel Bible College in Kitchener, Ontario, with a Bachelor of Theology in Christian Ministries in 1987. He was employed for 32 years at Ray of Hope, a not-for-profit Christian ministry that provides a wide array of services to vulnerable men, women, families...

  • Aug31Thu

    Justin Fox, Provisional License

    August 31, 2023 by Jean Winker

    Justin Fox, approved for Provisional License, June 2, 2023

    Justin has served as Youth and Connections Director at Bonavista EMC in Calgary since the fall of 2019. Initially, he planned a career in Business, then changed to Communications, but neither path seemed quite right. He worked with adults with disabilities and later with teenage boys...

  • Aug31Thu

    Becky Timmons, Ordained Minister

    August 31, 2023 by Jean Winker

    Becky Timmons, approved for Ordained Minister, May 31, 2023

    After finishing her Bachelor in Arts and Church Music at Rocky Mountain College in Calgary in 2003, Becky was offered an Internship at Centre Street Church. Her answer was no, but it was not her final answer. Becky grew up in a Christian home with a Pentecostal background. "I was...

  • May31Wed

    Kevin Hegeman, Ordained Minister

    May 31, 2023 by Jean Winker

    Kevin Hegeman, approved for Recognition of Previous Ordination, March 16, 2023 

    People often told Kevin he should consider pastoral ministry, but he thought otherwise. He had finished his bachelor’s degree and was hard at work on the final step before medical school—a Master of Science Degree focusing on Molecular Endocrine...

  • May31Wed

    Katherine Milum, Licensed Minister

    May 31, 2023 by Jean Winker

    Katherine Milum, approved for Licensed Minister, March 21, 2023 

    “In 2004, I realized I wanted more in my life with God. I wanted to love Him, but even though I’d prayed a prayer when I was about eight and was baptized at 18 in an act of obedience, I didn’t feel love for God. I was struck by Ezekiel 36:26, where God says:...

  • May23Tue

    Paul Quantz, Ordained Minister

    May 23, 2023 by Jean Winker

    Paul Quantz, approved for Re-Instatement of EMCC OM, Feb 15, 2023

     Admitted to the Alberta Bar in June 1975 and first credentialled as an EMCC Ordained Minister in 2004, Paul has served Jesus in law firms, volunteer youth ministries, on a Guest Ranch for youth and adults, in pastorates and on boards. After retiring in 2020 from Quantz Law,...

  • May23Tue

    Kim Morrow, Provisional License

    May 23, 2023 by Jean Winker

    Kim Morrow, approved for Provisional License, March 1, 2023

    “Why not aim higher? I want to plant that thought in people’s hearts. There’s so much more God can have for you.” Kim’s pastor suggested she pursue the Provisional License credential. “I prayed and felt the Lord saying, ‘You are already doing...

  • May23Tue

    Adrianna Cote, Provisional License

    May 23, 2023 by Jean Winker

    Adrianna Cote, approved for Provisional License, Feb 22, 2023

    “In 2018, my husband, Yvan, and I picked five churches to try when we decided to go back to church. Lakeshore MC was first, and we never went anywhere else. With the pastor’s encouragement, I understood who Jesus is, became a follower, and was released from so much. Slowly...

  • Feb9Thu

    James Phanuel, Ordained Minister

    February 9, 2023 by Jean Winker

    James Phanuel, approved for Ordained Minister, Oct 4, 2022 

    “The journey that started in 2002 and continues until now has been a journey full of trials, hardship, tears, and great persecution for Christ’s sake, but through it all, God has remained faithful and has not failed his servant who has put his trust in Him. And God will...

  • Jan11Wed

    Alisha Durksen, Licensed Minister

    January 11, 2023 by Jean Winker

    Alisha Durksen, approved for Licensed Minister Oct 4, 2022 

    “When I was a teen, the Youth Pastor at our church saw potential in me and started giving me opportunities to lead. After a while, I was running youth events.” 

    Today, Alisha is Youth Pastor at the same church, Hillcrest EMC in Medicine Hat. When she began her role...