Meet Northwest’s Board Chair
Larry Nelson
Larry is a member of South Delta Baptist Church. CA; Financial Business; Coquitlam School Board Trustee; former Baptist Housing CEO, CCCC Board Chair; TWU School of Business Advisory Board Member; Fellowship Baptist Stewardship Services Society Chair
Board Members
Paul Beckett
Paul is from Albion Fellowship. He is a medical doctor with BC Corrections.
Dale Beckman
Dr. M. Dale Beckman is Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria. He was formerly Head of International Programs for the Faculty of Business. He has extensive academic and business experience and has traveled widely in Asia, Europe, and the South Pacific establishing partnerships with other universities. Much of his academic practice has involved innovation and start-up activities. He was one of the founding professors of the Faculty of Business, and was responsible for building the successful International Business Program. He has served as visiting professor in various overseas assignments in Britain, New Zealand, China and Australia.
His work has been published in various academic journals and he has written seven different books on business.
His business experience includes advertising and marketing management, as well as consulting for various firms and associations.
Dr. Beckman has served on many different church boards over the years.
Gord Burton
Gord is the FEBBC/Y representative to the Board of Governors. He is the Board Chair at Central Baptist Church, Victoria.
Julia Denis
Julia is a member of Northwest Langley Baptist Church. RN, 25 years nursing; MTSc, ACTS; Christian Counselor for 17 yrs; previously served on the Northwest board.
Merv Loewen
Merv has been an educator/administrator for most of his adult life. He is the owner of a construction/development company. He is/has been on numerous boards and committees. Merv and his wife Joan have two adult children.
Colin McKenzie
Colin is from Ladner Baptist Church. He is the manager of accounting for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Harvey Peters
Harvey came to Christ at Marpole Baptist Church in May 1959 and that fall started at Northwest. Upon graduation with his BTh he married his sweetheart Beth Reeve, the daughter of his professors Norma and the late Grahame Reeve. They are the proud parents of 3 grown sons, and 7 grandchildren.
In 1963 he accepted the challenge to pioneer a Home Missions church in Squamish. Under his leadership the church was organized, and their current property purchased.
He obtained his BA Hon from SFU in 1970 and for 3 years was a Probation Officer for BC Corrections.
Following probation, he pastored and led in 3 major building programs -Emmanuel, Vernon, First Baptist Lloydminster SK. and Centennial Baptist in Markham ON. He has served as chaplain at the London Detention Centre for Youth, pastor at Pinery Baptist Church, and assisted the Komoka Mennonite Brethren church after it was levelled by a tornado. He has been ‘home’ in BC ministering as a chaplain for BC Corrections since 1991and has now retired.
Harvey has served on the Northwest Board and in BC & National Fellowship Home Missions. He has been Chairman of the Okanagan Association, Chairman of FEBCAST, has directed Fellowship camps, has been on the National Finance Board and has served on numerous other church boards. He has been actively involved in community associations such as the Crisis Pregnancy Association and the local Restorative Justice Committee.
Ken Robson
Ken was with the Bank of Montreal for 39 years, 11 years as an Executive Officer, serving in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. However, work assignments included locations from coast to coast, the US and Europe. He is a Fellow, Institute of Canadian Bankers.
He has been actively involved for many years in a variety of roles in churches across the country, especially in the area of Finance/Administration, including various church Boards and Committees. Ken and his wife Doreen are members of Central Baptist Church, Victoria where he has served as Treasurer and as a member of the Board.
Brian Truman
Brian is a recently retired professor of management accounting and finance at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario.. Throughout his lengthy teaching career, he also taught at McMaster University School of Adult Education, the University of Glamorgan in Wales and in the professional program of the Certified General Accountants of Canada. As a Business Administration graduate and a professional accountant, he led Flamborough Baptist Church through a building program and served as the church administrator. Upon retirement he movedto Vancouver Island where he served as an adult bible teacher at Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church.
Dennis Wasyliw
Dennis is a member of Maple Ridge Baptist Church.