Our Team

Brad has served as lead pastor at Jericho Ridge since its inception in 2005.  

After having been on staff at North Langley Community Church for seven years and having obtained his M.A. in Church Ministries from ACTS, Brad's passion for seeing people take the next steps in their faith journey led him to move to Willoughby.

Brad and his wife Meg have two wonderful kids, Jared and Sophie, with whom he loves to wrestle, read stories, and generally goof around with. Some of Brad's pre-JRCC vocational history includes time spent in door-to-door sales (don't ask!), two years in the wine industry, and six years working at the Keg in Oakville, ON.

Mike joined our staff team as our student ministries director in April 2015. He oversees our youth programs: Fusion, Small Groups, and Source.
 
Mike is currently working on obtaining his B.A. of Biblical Studies at Columbia Bible College and hopes to one day get a Masters Degree. Previous to his role at Jericho, he considered himself a professional intern, volunteering in a young adults ministry in Kelowna for four years. He has also worked at Sportchek selling shoes for seven years and therefore has heard many, many Al Bundy references (although he’s never seen the show).
 
Mike and his wife, Katelyn, have been married for three years and since they do not have kids yet they spend most of their free time reading or watching Netflix.

He has acquired many new nicknames upon arriving at Jericho including: New Mike, Mike 2.0, and 90's Mike.

Ruth Ellen joined the staff team in May 2009 as the Children's Ministry Director. Native to San Jose, California, Ruth Ellen came to Langley to study at Trinity Western University. Ruth Ellen and her husband Jared began attending JRCC shortly before they were married in the summer of 2008. Since then, they have been engaged in a number of ministry areas. They welcomed their first child, Anthony in 2014 and are expecting their second child in October 2016.

Ruth Ellen's inviting enthusiasm, creative talents, and love for the church have provided the Kids @ the Ridge program with great strength and ingenuity.

Wally and his family are not new to JRCC. Having previously attended JRCC between pastorates, he now joins the staff team with 16 years of pastoral experience and two M.A. Degrees (Church Ministry, Theology) from MBBS, Fresno, CA.

Wally and Sylvia, along with their two children, Joel and Savana, enjoy living in the Sullivan neighbourhood of Surrey. Their home has a “strict” drop-in-any-time policy that comes with refrigerator-rights for repeat visitors to their kitchen (if you want clarification, just drop in anytime and ask). Nickel family activities are known to include Friday night games around the kitchen table, sunny days at Crescent Beach, bike riding, swimming and camping. Wally also loves to go fishing, likes to run (at least that’s what I keep telling myself), is an avid sports fan who loves the Canucks, and a collector of sports memorabilia and racing die-cast. His “love languages” include Starbucks and chocolate.

A little known fact: Wally’s given name is not Walter. It’s actually a Germanised version of the Slavonic name Vladimir, which means “renowned ruler”. If you figure it out and pronounce it correctly, he’ll buy you a cup of coffee!

Tammy and her family began attending JRCC in the summer of 2010 and she joined the staff team as the Administrative Coordinator in May 2011. In addition to managing most of the details around the JRCC office, she also co-leads our short term missions trip to Guatemala each spring and provides administrative support to all of our ministry areas.

Tammy has worked for a veterinary hospital and she’s also managed retail stores (she blames her love of shoes on this job). She and her husband Dave have been married since 2002 and they have two daughters, Hannah and Victoria.

Known for her contagious enthusiasm and infectious smile, Tammy has a lesser known quality that’s appreciated by all: she’s a woman of great wisdom (but only because she had to have five wisdom teeth removed!).