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The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada is the national association of evangelical Christians in Canada. It gathers Evangelicals together for impact, influence, and identity in ministry and public witness. Since 1964, the EFC has provided a national forum for Evangelicals and a constructive voice for biblical principles in life and society. The EFC affiliates include denominations, ministry organizations, educational institutions, and individual congregations who uphold a common statement of faith. The EFC also has more than 15,000 supporting individuals.

Michel Bell was named an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow in 1975 and is a Fellow of the Chartered Certified Accountants of the U.K. He holds a Master of Science in management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

In the early 1990s, while working for the Alcan Inc. Group, Michel began presenting Bible-based approaches to handling finances to individuals, couples, and groups. In 1997, he began a private Christian organization called Managing God's Money. Five years later, after a 32-year career with Alcan, he left his position as vice president of business planning to become full-time president of Managing God's Money.

Since then, he has presented seminars on Managing God's Money and Managing God's Time in Canada and internationally. He has also authored five books, four on money management and one on time management.

Between 2001 and 2006, he partnered with Focus on the Family Canada to present specific time and money seminars. He is a frequent guest on radio and TV and has appeared several times on CTS TV's 100 Huntley Street. Michel has also been on a Focus on the Family radio broadcast, and as an itinerant preacher, Michel preaches God's Word at various churches worldwide by request.

In 2007, as a visiting faculty member at Briercrest College and Seminary, Michel developed and taught a course called Time, Life, and Project Management that is based on his book Managing God's Time.

Marty's 20 years of involvement in Bible translation ministry have allowed him to live out his love for other languages and cultures. He has been married to his wife, Jo-Anna , since 1985, and they have three children.

Marty serves as the editor of the Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament series. He has written three volumes for the series himself, Acts (with Mikeal C. Parsons), I, II, II John, and Luke (with Mikeal Parsons and Joshua J. Stigall). He is currently working on a book on the book of Revelation intended for a broad reading audience. He continues to be regularly involved in a variety of overseas ministries as well as preaching frequently in his local church.

Kevin was raised in a Christian home and was baptized at Rosemont Park Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Much later, he became a Bible major at Hardin-Simmons University. He returned to Fort Worth to attend seminary and married Myra.

He then pastored a small congregation in Arkansas while he finished his Ph.D. Afterward, he and Myra began to look for a place on the mission field. They ended up at the Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary. He and Myra taught at PBTS from June 2001 to March 2006. Although his primary teaching responsibilities were in the areas of theology and church history, he also taught philosophy of religion, New Testament, Greek, ethics, and preaching. They also enjoyed mentoring the students in discipleship contexts in their home and local churches.

While they were serving as the Missionaries-in-Residence at Oklahoma Baptist University, God called them to Briercrest College and Seminary, where they have been serving for two years.

Alan's interest in the history of Islam is based in large measure on the four years he lived in Pakistan from 1988 to 1992 while serving as a missionary with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Upon returning from Pakistan, he pursued academic studies at the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal, completing both his graduate degrees there.

The focus of his research has been the historical development of the Muslim community in British India in the late 19th century as well as the interaction of Muslims with Christian missionaries in that time period. His involvement in Mennonite, Plymouth Brethren, and, most recently, Free Methodist churches has also stimulated him to research in their histories and become involved in their historical societies. Since 2005, he has had the opportunity to teach courses not only on the history of Islam, but also on the history of Christianity more broadly at Briercrest College and Seminary in his home province of Saskatchewan.

Cal is an Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology at Briercrest College and Seminary, where he also serves as the college chaplain. He has been teaching at Briercrest since 1986, and for the past number of years, his teaching has focused on spiritual formation. Cal's keen interest in the spiritual formation of young people is expressed in a variety of ways: He serves as an adjunct lecturer at Wycliffe College in Toronto, where he teaches a course on adolescent spirituality; he has been highly involved in Youth Quake, serving as its director for three years; and, in addition to his teaching and pastoral care, he offers spiritual direction and leads retreats for a variety of national youth organizations and events. He is an ordained Anglican priest.

Paul has been engaged in leadership roles and leadership instruction within and beyond the Christian higher education community for over four decades. Much of that time was spent at Briercrest, and after his time here, he served in two churches and later as the R.J. Bernardo Family Chair of Leadership at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. He has also served the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada in various volunteer roles for over 25 years, most recently as the chairman of their board. He returned to Briercrest in August 2008 to take up his new role in the seminary.

He continues to be passionate about leadership, communication, and executive and ministry coaching that equips, empowers, and enables the next generation's leaders for the church and the marketplace.

Scott has instructed students of all ages and backgrounds ranging from the university setting in Philadelphia and Tucson to the elementary and secondary educational environments of Atlanta and Chicago. He was appointed to serve as the director of choral activities at Wheaton Academy in West Chicago, Ill. from 2000-05. In this position, Scott conducted over 250 singers each year and instructed students who now are studying at The Julliard School of Music and Northwestern University. His students and colleagues have consistently regarded him for his integrity, his love for music, and his contagious passion for the wonder of life-long learning.

Throughout his life, Scott has consistently ministered with music in the church. For four years, he served as the Director of Music at Rincon Mountain Presbyterian Church, where the musician population tripled. He cultivated an active children's music ministry and adult choir that sang weekly for regular services and festivals. He joined Briercrest College and Seminary's faculty in the fall of 2009.

Merle has been teaching at Briercrest College and Seminary since 2001. In addition to preparing students for ministry, he serves in music and worship at Westhill Park Baptist Church in Regina, Sask. When he's not teaching, he enjoys photography and fishing.

Keith Molberg is originally from Alberta, and he joined the Worship Arts faculty at Briercrest College and Seminary in 2003. After completing a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Alberta, he studied for three years at Arizona State University, where he received his Master of Music.

As a pianist, Keith has performed numerous solo and chamber music recitals and has appeared with several orchestras either as soloist or as orchestral musician. Keith has been active for many years as a worship leader and member of worship teams both in local churches and in the context of university ministries. As program coordinator for the Worship Leadership emphasis, he coordinates the chapel worship teams at Briercrest and teaches Music Theory, Recording Arts, and private piano.

Dr. Jacqueline Ottmann is originally from Fishing Lake First Nation, a Saulteaux community in Saskatchewan. After years of elementary and secondary teaching in public, separate, and private systems in Saskatchewan and Alberta, she entered graduate school at the University of Saskatchewan. She received a M.Ed. degree in 2000 after completing her thesis, "First Nations Leadership and Spirituality within the context of the royal commission on Aboriginal peoples: A Saskatchewan perspective." Her doctoral study was titled "First Nations leadership development within a Saskatchewan context."

Dr. Ottmann has assisted in numerous school-effectiveness reviews throughout Saskatchewan, presented at educational conferences in Canada and the U.S., and written a chapter in Sharing our Success: Ten Case Studies in Aboriginal Schooling. In November 2004, she joined the Faculty of Education in Calgary as an assistant professor.

Currently, she is conducting research on Aboriginal language and literacy in Alberta and assessment practices on Aboriginal children. Her research interests include First Nations and Indigenous leadership and governance, First Nations leadership development, First Nations education, organizational culture, and change.

Dr. Pullman has been at Briercrest College and Seminary for 29 years. He is married to Marlene and has three daughters and two sons-in-law. He holds an M.A. in Counselling Psychology from Talbot Graduate School and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from BIOLA University. He has been involved in a number of administrative and teaching roles at Briercrest and currently teaches full-time in the areas of developmental psychology, counselling, and educational studies. He is a past president of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. He has also participated in a number of church and camping ministries in both Canada and the United States.

Dr. Pullman has been involved with public education at both the local and provincial levels. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Saskatchewan.