Good News Stories

Dr. Kent Anderson is President of Providence University College and Theological Seminary, located in Otterburne, Manitoba. Prior to this, however, he was both President and Professor of Homiletics at Northwest Baptist Seminary, in Langley, British Columbia (on the campus of Trinity Western University), which is a part of ACTS Seminaries. He is on the board of directors of the Association of Theological Schools as well as the Fellowship of Evangelical Seminary Presidents. Dr. Anderson completed his Ph.D. at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Steven Abraham has served in various ministry roles over the past 25 years. He and his wife, Shinnie graduated from a Bible School in 1996 (affiliated with Salt and Light Ministries), before serving as pastor over two city churches in South Asia. As a bi-vocational minister, he has also worked as a senior leadership and organization development specialist in the secular marketplace. His passion and calling are to equip the church and see God’s kingdom extend into the community.

Dr. Felicia Wu Song is a Professor of Sociology and Interim Chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. Having trained at Yale and Northwestern, and the University of Virginia, she particularly studies cultural sociology, exploring the rapidly evolving technology industry and how the adoption of social media and digital devices fundamentally alters the landscapes of family, community, and organizations life.

Michele Regehr is one of the coolest nurses you will know, having served for more than 20 years in critical care roles in Canada and the U.S. In following God’s call to the next chapter of life, she is retiring this summer of 2022 as the Director of Health Services at Trinity Western University.

Aliya Coy is a 5’6” defender on Trinity Western University’s women’s soccer team, representing Calgary. With plans to graduate in the fall of 2022, she is a corporate communications major who desires to become a humanitarian journalist. Aliya is passionate about Jesus and drawing a wide circle of diverse friends and experiences to help her remain humble, inquisitive, caring, and balanced.

Melissa Au is Trinity Western University’s Senior Marketing Manager. She has been here for about three years and before that worked primarily in secular spaces around marketing, branding, and business development.

Rev. Dr. Toran Scott is the lead pastor of The Local Church, a congregation he began with a small group of believers in 2017 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a pretty cool dude and with tattoos to prove it! Dr. Scott has over 20 years’ experience serving in various pastoral roles, having completed his bachelor’s degree at Cedarville University, master’s degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Ph.D. in educational leadership at Western Michigan University.

Harold Gutierrez is an ordained minister with experience in multicultural ministry, who is presently serving as the International and Indigenous Ministries Director of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada’s (PAOC) British Columbia and Yukon District (BCYD), based in Langley, British Columbia. In recent years, he was the Senior Pastor of Iglesia Evangelica Pentecostal Emmanuel. Harold holds degrees from Oral Roberts University and Florida Atlantic University.

Winnie Lui is Trinity Western University’s Director of Public Relations. She is also a TWU graduate, with a bachelor’s degree in International Studies, having had the opportunity to study at the Laurentian Leadership Center (LLC) in Ottawa and the Chinese Studies Program at Xiamen University in China. Winnie is working to tentatively complete her master’s degree in Christian Studies in 2022 at ACTS Seminaries.

Rev. Dr. Rhonda Britton has been the Pastor of New Horizons Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) since 2007. From Florida originally, she in due time found herself in the New Jersey/New York region, amassing a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College and master’s degrees at Rutgers University and Princeton Theological Seminary. Dr. Britton also has a Doctor of Ministry degree from Acadia University. Prior to vocational ministry, she worked in the corporate and government sectors, but left it behind in 1999 to follow God’s call to seminary and pastoral work.