Steering team

Mark has spent over 35 years investing in local church ministry through revitalization, multi-site churches, and church planting. He has served in lead pastor roles for over 25 years, in addition to 8 years with a national church planting organization, before joining the staff at Northview in 2019. Growing up in a church planting pastor's home, he caught the passion for church multiplication organically.

He and Karolyn have had the joy of working in both rural and urban churches, and God has given Mark a passion for preaching, prayer, and planting. The Burch’s have 3 adult children and 6 "grands". Mark carries a burden for the Canadian church, leadership development, and the health and vibrancy of the local congregation.

Brett Landry has been involved in church planting and the training of church planters since 2011. He has been a part of City to City Canada since the beginning and currently serves as the pastor of Austin Heights Church in Coquitlam, BC. He is passionate about gospel-centred preaching and supporting the development of new leaders in the church.

Brett has been married to Alison for over twenty years, and together they have been blessed with three daughters. He is grateful for the opportunity to serve alongside his family in both ministry and life.

Dwayne’s experience in the worlds of nonprofit, healthcare, and housing organizations spans nearly 30 years of service. Now, he uses those decades of experience to coach leaders and the orgs they serve in the pursuit of courageous, life-changing visions.

Dwayne Cline served as the lead pastor of James North Baptist Church (JNBC), in Hamilton, for 28 years.

Steve was born & raised in Newfoundland, married his childhood sweetheart Debbie and together they make their home in St John's Newfoundland.  He has been in ministry for over 25 years, having served for 15 years of pastoral ministry in Prince Edward Island. He has been the lead Elder of Calvary Baptist Church since 2015.

Steve started TGC Atlantic Canada http://www.tgcatlanticcanada.com/ and is a founding member of the TGC Canada Council. https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/

Steve is the Executive Director of Mile One Mission and is dedicated to planting Churches and seeing Newfoundlanders raised up to reach Canada’s most easterly province. 

Ben Jolliffe is an experienced church planter and church planting network leader. He was born and raised in Canada near Toronto. He planted Resurrection Church (Ottawa) which has planted daughter churches in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Christ Church Halifax) and Gatineau, Quebec (Grace Gatineau). He is ordained in the PCA and serves as a church planting coach and chair of Mission to North America committee of his presbytery.

Patrice, a native of Quebec, dedicated his life to Christ in 1980. Following the sale of their 20-year-old business in 1999, Patrice embarked on a journey of church planting in Switzerland, Manitoba, and the Montreal region. Patrice is married to Cindy, and they share three children and eight grandchildren.

In 2012, Patrice joined the C2C collective in Quebec. C2C provides church planting coaching and training to churches and church families. Presently, Patrice serves as the National Director of C2C. Additionally, he collaborates with City to City Africa to train church planters.