Clara King is an ordained priest in the Anglican Church of Canada (M.Div '08, Vancouver School of Theology), with experience in urban, suburban, rural, and regional ministry. Since 2018, Clara has taught leadership for clergy and lay leaders in a variety of denominations in Canada and the United States. She is a teacher and mentor in the Leader’s Way Program for clergy at Yale Divinity School, and a PhD candidate in Practical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. With her husband Michael, she has two adult step-daughters, two characterful horses, and a Border Terrier named Jonah. They live in Calgary.

Karis Thy Le (Lê Nguyễn Huyền Thy) is the pastor of the English-speaking congregation at Brampton Vietnamese Alliance Church. Originally from Vietnam, she now lives in the Greater Toronto Area with her husband, Hung, and their daughter, Anna. Karis has been serving in ministry since 2008, including two years in the mission field in Malaysia and eight years in Vietnam. Karis holds an MA in Pastoral Counseling from Singapore Bible College and an MDiv in Intercultural Ministries from Ambrose University. She loves preaching and teaching the Word of God and regularly serves as a guest speaker for churches and retreats. Her passion is to help people know God and experience a deeper relationship with the LORD God through Jesus Christ.

Gordon T Smith is the Executive Director for Christian Higher Education Canada (CHEC) and a Teaching Fellow at Regent College, Vancouver.   He is the author of a number of publications, including  Welcome Holy Spirit:  A Theological and Experiential Introduction (IVPress, 2021), Your Calling Here and Now:   Making Sense of Vocation (IVPress, 2022), and In the Meantime:   Living in Light of the Ascension (Cascade, 2025).  He has for many years had a particular interest in the question of vocation, work and career.   Gordon is married to Joella and together they have two adult sons and six grandchildren.

Amy Caswell Bratton is the Director of Operations & Publishing for the New Leaf Network and the project manager for the Canadian Multivocational Ministry Project and a chapter contributor to Tentmakers: Multivocational Ministry in Western Society, (2022). She lives in Saskatoon, SK, on Treaty 6 land, with her husband, Tim, and their sons, Oswald and Ira. She is a lay leader at Riversdale Neighbours church and an Adjunct Professor with Rocky Mountain College in the area of Spiritual Formation. She writes and speaks about the history of Christian spirituality, with a focus on the early Methodist understanding of Christian maturity known as “perfect love.” Read more from her in her book Witnesses of Perfect Love: Narratives of Christian Perfection in Early Methodism, (2014).

Rebecca Persaud serves as the Lead Pastor at Midland Alliance Church. She is married to Shawn, and they have three amazing sons. She is committed to preaching the gospel with relevance and is intentional about providing opportunities for the next generation to lead today. She is passionate about empowering and equipping newcomers to Canada to serve and use their gifts for the Kingdom. Rebecca brings to her pastoral ministry a background of leadership in the health care sector.