The highest functioning authority of our church is the Board of Elders.

Elders are elected by church members. Along with the Lead Pastor, they provide oversight of the ministry and operation of Grande Prairie Alliance Church. Their serve terms are in brackets.

• Elder: John Mayer (1st term: 2022-2025)
• Elder: Dallas Wooden (1st term: 2022-2025)
• Elder: Scott Zacharias (1st term: 2022-2025)
• Elder: Patrick Bueckert (1st term: 2023-2026)
• Elder: Barry Schmidt (2nd term: 2023-2026)
• Elder: Jon Dick (1st term: 2024-2027)
• Elder: Rick Friesen (1st term: 2024-2027)
• Elder: Loren Schultz (1st term: 2024-2027)
• Elder: Adam Zylstra (term coverage: 2024-2026)

"I have a great desire to see people come to Christ and know Him as their Lord and Saviour and to be discipled to full maturity in Jesus. This will bring honour and glory to Jesus."

John has lived in Grande Prairie all of his life. He is married to Judy, accepted Christ in 1975, and has attended GPAC for over 45 years. His personal ministry callings include leading baptism classes and discipling other men.

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"When I was five years old I realized that if I died I would go to hell. So I asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins and to come and live in my heart. It has been a journey with Him ever since. Some valleys and some mountain tops with key people along the way to encourage and challenge me to continue to walk with Him."

Dallas has lived in Grande Prairie for over 23 years and has attended GPAC for over 20. One of his ministry callings include GPAC Youth, which he has served with weekly for over 19 years.

His dream for GPAC?

"That we continue to be a friendly outreaching church that helps people take one more step closer to Jesus."

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Scott accepted Christ as his Lord and Saviour at the age of 10 years old. He and his wife Ramona have been attenders of the Alliance Church since 1989. They have been involved in the Junior High ministry, Team 2:52 as youth leaders, have led young adults groups, and Ramona has been involved with Women’s Ministry for the past 10 or so years.

His dream for GPAC?

"That we will remain faithful and be a leader in Grande Prairie on what it looks like to be faithful to the Word of God and outreach in the community."

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Patrick accepted Jesus at 6 years old with the help of his mother. He has lived in Grande Prairie since 1998 when he moved to attend PRBI. He and his wife enjoy being life group leaders as well as being involved in other ministries.

"I pray that every individual that steps through the front doors experiences the love of Jesus as they walk into the building, that strongholds are broken, that the Spirit would fill them up. I believe that God is going to be doing amazing things in and through GPAC so I pray that each of us would surrender to His will and follow His leading."

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Barry became a follower of Jesus Christ in August of 1979. He has attended Grande Prairie Alliance Church for 41 years. Barry volunteers on Sunday mornings with our First Impressions team.

His dream for GPAC?

"A place where the simple gospel of Jesus Christ alone is preached, believed in and relied upon solely from the start of the Christian life to the end. That GPAC would embrace a culture of Jesus + Nothing = Everything. "

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Jon received Christ at an early age. He and his wife moved to Grande Prairie in 2018, and he serves the church through leading a life group.

"My dream for GPAC parallels that of Ephesians 4:12-15: 'to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head Christ'."

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Rick accepted Christ in 1978. He has lived in the Grande Prairie area since 1997, and serves through a men's discipleship group and Alpha.

What is his dream for GPAC? 

"Discipleship. My dream is to see people in our church discipling each other. Making Jesus Known in our church and community."

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Loren became a Jesus follower at age 10 and was baptized at 17. He has been attending GPAC for over 50 years, and is currently part of a Sunday morning worship team, assist with the Young At Heart 2.0 events, and helps organize the annual Father's Day Show & Shine.

"My prayer would be that all GPAC attenders would be drawn to a relationship with the Saviour and grow in their understanding of and experience Jesus Christ."

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Adam received Christ around age 7-8. He has lived in Grande Prairie his whole life and has served the church through teaching classes, leading a life group, and giving time and resources when the opportunity arises.

His dream for GPAC?

"I would like GPAC to be known for its love for Jesus and for its love for others. In that order."