Meet The BOARD
Thomas Janzen
Chair
Thomas is a mechanical engineer focusing on agriculture and manufacturing. A willingness to serve leads him to be passionate about seeing the Word of the Lord spread throughout the nations and Christ’s name proclaimed to all.
deborah olthof
Secretary/Vice Chair
Deborah is a lawyer with a general solicitors practice in Leduc, Alberta. She is enthusiastic about the promotion of literacy and equipping local believers in the Church.
Shailene Caparas
Treasurer
Shailene is a CPA with an accounting firm serving churches and other charities. Compelled by the love of Christ and passion for spreading the Gospel, she founded a charity to support Christian ministries in the Philippines and Honduras.
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Blair Clark
Member
Retired, Blair has served in pastoral ministry in the GTA, spent eight years ministering in Indonesia, and dedicated 24 years to mission leadership. With experience in over 75 countries, he has witnessed firsthand the transformative power of Scripture in people’s heart language for evangelism, discipleship, and church growth.
Alex MAthew
Member
With over 30 years of involvement in the Bible translation movement, Alex currently serves as the Director for Oral Bible translation (OBT) with Faith Comes By Hearing. Alex is passionate about building capacity in oral language communities to translate God’s word in a medium they can use in their daily lives.