Faculty

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     Dr. Jim Lucas, President

     

    Jim's passion is to help leaders grow healthy and effective churches. He has been Pastoring in the Vancouver area for about 30 years. He has served as a Youth, Associate and Lead Pastor and currently leads a church he and his family planted in 1992. Christian Life Community is pastored by a team of full and part time staff members that serve a church of about 500 people. 

     

    His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science from UBC, a Masters Degree from Regent College and a Doctor of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. While Pastoring he has taught for a dozen years at Summit Pacific College and since 1997 has served as the Dean and now the President of Canadian Pentecostal Seminary.  His intention in working with the seminary is to help equip articulate and Spirit empowered leaders who will penetrate our world with the Gospel.

     

    Click on titles to read articles from the President:            

                                                                                                                      The Ideal Pentecostal Church

                                                                                                                       Improving Our Preaching

                                                                                                                       Evangelism

                                                                                                                       The Lost and the Disoriented Found

                                                                                                                       Defragging the Pastoral Mind

                                                                                                                       Tough Bioethical Questions for Pastors

  • Dr. Joanne Pepper, Dean

     

    Dr. Joanne Pepper has served as Dean of CPS since Fall 2004. Having lived and worked in numerous missionary contexts, she brings expertise in biblical studies and contextualized theology, missiology, world faiths, English as a Second Language teaching and training, plus a variety of cross-cultural experience to the Seminary. Joanne’s heart is that individuals with a vocational calling would share a concern for presenting the biblical Christ to all peoples, embracing cultural diversity as a God-given opportunity for varied and significant ministries to arise from within the local church to reach friends and neighbours—and ultimately, the world-at-large.

    Joanne began her studies at Western Pentecostal Bible College (now Summit Pacific College), then went on to obtain a Master’s degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Further studies at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and fieldwork in Pernambuco, Brazil, led to the completion of her Ph.D. from the University of Warwick, in Great Britian.

    During and following the completion of her studies, Joanne spent terms of ministry in Latin America and in the former Soviet Union. As well, she has served on the faculty of Summit Pacific College and Trinity Western University. Joanne is married to Slava Petlitsa, who shares her heart for celebrating all cultures. Together they have been involved in ministry in Eastern Europe and Central America, and serve in a local Spanish congregation in Abbotsford BC.

    Click here to read articles from the office of the Dean




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