Elle Pyke

Elle is a Founding Member of The New Leaf Network and a Lay Minister with the Free Methodist Church of Canada. Elle’s entrepreneurial work includes serving as a Founding Member & Director of Marketing for a Sales & Marketing Firm in the tech sector, curating & organizing TEDxWaterlooWomen and serving as a coach for startups…

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Mark & Charmaine Balmer

Charmaine Balmer is married to Mark, who is the Lead Pastor of Park Hills Church in Freeport, Illinois. They struggled with infertility for four years before deciding to adopt, domestically. After adopting, they got pregnant with two children, a son and daughter and then later, chose to adopt 2 children from Ghana, Africa. They currently…

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Reverend Dr. Stacey Edwards-Dunn

Rev. Dr. Stacey L. Edwards-Dunn is an ordained minister, fertility coach, counselor, and writer. In addition, she is the Executive Minister of Community Engagement and Transformation at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, and Founder of Fertility for Colored Girls (FFCG), NFP, a national organization with multiple U.S. locations and a global presence…

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Sheridan Voysey

Sheridan Voysey is an author, speaker and broadcaster with a keen interest on makes life deeply worthwhile. He is the author of eight books, including Reflect with Sheridan, The Making of Us: Who We Can Become When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned, Resurrection Year: Turning Broken Dreams into New Beginnings, and the award-winning Unseen Footprints. His writing has been…

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Andrew Rienstra

A graduate of Calvin University, Andrew Rienstra works as a Church Relations Representative for World Renew, the international development arm of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Adopted as an infant in Costa Rica by Dutch American Missionaries from the CRCNA, Andrew was eventually brought to Michigan at the age of ten. Andrew is passionate…

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Paul Estabrooks

Paul Estabrooks is a storyteller, broadcaster, missionary. He has authored five books for Open Doors International, Brother Andrew’s ministry to persecuted Christians, where he worked for 38 years. In 1981, he coordinated Project Pearl – the clandestine delivery of one million Chinese Bibles (232 tons) in one night on a beach in southern China. He…

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Tori Petersen

photo © toripetersen.com Tori’s experience in foster care as a former foster youth, foster care advocate, & foster mom fuels her life’s passion to raise up & nurture her own family, as well as advocate for the restoration of family. Her heart is burdened for the foster care community, foster youth, vulnerable youth, & suffering…

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Dr. Marjory Kerr

Dr. Marjory Kerr began her term as President and Vice Chancellor of Tyndale University on July 1, 2020. She came to this role having previously served for seven years at Booth University College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, including four years as President and Vice Chancellor, following a three-year term as Vice President Academic and Dean. Dr.…

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Marci Ien

Marci Ien is a Canadian politician serving as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Toronto Centre. Previously, she was a broadcast journalist for CTV. She co-hosted the CTV daytime talk show The Social from 2017 until 2020. Previously, she was a reporter for CTV News and a co-anchor on the CTV morning program Canada AM.

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