Upcoming Speakers

Sunday, February 5

Paul Johansen at the 11 am and 5 pm service.

Paul Johansen has been a congregational pastor in the GTA for 22 years. Most recently, he served as a Lead/Teaching Pastor at Chartwell Baptist Church in Oakville. Prior to that, Paul was a pastor at Good Shepherd Community Church in Scarborough for 16 years (13 years as Senior Minister) where he was ordained to pastoral ministry. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Karen, to whom he has been married for 25 years, and their two children, Sam and Kate. Paul studied religion, scripture and theology at the University of Toronto and went on to pursue these passions through graduate studies at Tyndale Seminary (Pastoral Ministry) and Wheaton Graduate School (Historical/Systematic Theology). For several years, he served as adjunct faculty at Tyndale, teaching courses in scripture, church history and spirituality. Paul continues to teach, lead retreats and provide spiritual direction/pastoral counsel in various settings, while maintaining strong interests in the areas of theology, literature, spiritual formation and creative writing. He remains committed to understanding the life and mission of the church of Jesus Christ in complex and challenging times. He is currently working on two writing projects in the areas of preaching and the theology of community. Paul enjoys a long-time relationship with Muskoka Woods, a Canadian youth development ministry, based in Toronto and Muskoka. Paul loves living in Toronto.