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The Gospel Coalition Atlantic Canada's goal is to reach all of the Atlantic provinces and beyond for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

It's this desire that has led us to bring a council together that represents as much of the Atlantic provinces as possible. Below are the current council members for the TGC Atlantic Canada in alphabetical order.

	Andy Ardern Andy currently serves as Director of TGC Atlantic. He is also the resident for Resident for Church Planting & church Revitalization at PAXnorth Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He previously served in pastoral ministry in New Brunswick. Andy is married to Kayla and they have three children. He holds a Master of Theological Studies in Church History from Reformed Baptist Seminary.
	Stephen Bray Steve is the Lead Elder of Calvary Baptist Church and the Executive Director of Mile One Mission dedicated to planting Churches and seeing indigenous Newfoundlanders raised up to reach Canada’s most easterly province. Their goal and vision is to see 10 Churches planted by 2030. Steve is the blessed husband of Debbie, his childhood sweetheart and proud father of 3 beautiful children, Brandon, Jordan and Abigail.
	Kent Compton Kent has pastored the Free Church of Scotland in the congregations of Desable and Cape Traverse on Prince Edward Island, since 2001. He is married to Isobel and they have three children, Annie, Rachel and Alasdair.
	Jeff Eastwood Jeff is a graduate of Northland International University (B.A.). He has been in pastoral ministry since 2003, serving in both Independent and Fellowship Baptist churches in Waterloo, Ontario and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He presently serves as the Lead Pastor here at Grace Baptist Church. Jeff is the blessed husband of Melanie and the proud daddy of 4 beautiful children, Esther, Titus, Elias, and Lydia.
	Ross Morrison Ross hails from Margaree Valley, Cape Breton. He has been the Pastor of Alberton Baptist Church in Alberton, Prince Edward Island since 1997. He is married to Wendy and they have four adult children and one delightful grandson.
	Aristide Nyounai Aristide has been in pastoral ministry at Providence Christian Church since 2011 originally joining a team of elders and subsequently leading as senior pastor since the end of 2016. He also works as a Pension Expert at the Government of Canada Pension Centre. Born in Douala, Cameroon, Aristide arrived in Moncton, NB to complete his post-secondary education. He holds a B.B.A. degree in Finance from Université de Moncton and a Master of Divinity in Leadership from Liberty University. A passionate student of Scripture, Aristide is known for his in-depth and practical teaching style and an exhortational approach to ministry. Unsurprisingly, discipleship plays a central role in his ministry. He and his wife, Cadeau, have been married since 2002 and are proud homeschoolers of their eight children.
	Jeff Woodcock Jeff became the pastor of Bridgewater Open Bible Church in the fall of 2006. Since then, they have added four little girls and one boy to their family - Rachel, Jesse, Jordan, Piper and Silas. When Jeff isn't doing what he loves most, studying, visiting, or preaching, he can't wait to hit the weights, lace up the skates, tee up the ball, or fire up the saw. Jeff's sole mission in life is to ignite passion in the followers of Christ through the proclamation of God 's word.