Rev. Dr. Bill Allan became President of the Associated Gospel Churches in June 2018. Bill and his wife Michele served with World Team from 1990 - 2018 in various roles, beginning as church planters in Peru among the Naparuna Quechua people in the Peruvian Amazon region. They also served in the capital city of Lima in church planting and leadership development. While in Lima, Bill was an adjunct professor of Missiology and Leadership at the Lima Evangelical Seminary. Bill served as the Peru Field Director and later as the South America Ministries Director before being appointed as the Executive Director of World Team in Canada.  [Read more]

Before leaving for Peru, Bill was a pastoral intern at Grace Church in Newmarket, Ontario. Over the years he has been involved in local church ministry in preaching and teaching, as an adult Sunday school teacher, adult small group leader and Elder. He has also been involved over the years in men's, family, and outreach ministries.

Bill is a graduate of Prairie Bible College, Grace Theological Seminary, and holds a PhD from Columbia International University. He also attended the Toronto Institute of Linguistics and the Instituto de Lengua Española in San José, Costa Rica.

Bill and his wife Michele were members of Grace Church, Newmarket, ON, for over 30 years and now attend The Rock Bible Church in Woodstock, ON. They have three married daughters and ten grandchildren.

Rev. Rob Cochrane has served in pastoral ministry for over 36 years in Western AGC churches. He began his ministry in Vanderhoof BC where he served as youth pastor and then later as lead pastor for 15 years before moving to Swift Current SK, where he served as lead pastor from 1999-2020. Rob and his wife Wendy have three adult children and continue to reside in Swift Current SK. Rob & Wendy met at Briercrest Bible College from where they both graduated.  [Read more]

Rob’s ministry has been one characterized by an emphasis on expository preaching while mentoring and discipling numerous young pastors most of whom have now gone on to be lead pastors in their own churches. Missions has always been of great personal interest having visited numerous mission fields in Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Together Rob and Wendy have a heart to see God’s kingdom expand at home and abroad and to minister to pastors and wives serving in our Western Region churches. Rob has a wide variety of leadership experience serving in both National and Regional capacities of the AGC, Millar College of the Bible Board of directors, local ministerial boards and in advisory ways to governmental committee leaders.

Rev. Dr. Tom Lambshead has spent more than 25 years of caring for the spiritual needs of people by serving in pastoral roles in three churches. Also, he has been the Director of Professional Development for a faith-based NGO, developing Kingdom-building leaders for global ministry. His years of pastoral experience, history of strategic direction of multi-staff leadership teams, and a doctorate in leadership all combine to provide a strong foundation and preparation for his current role as the Regional Director for AGC East, and also as he resources and trains global ministry leaders.  [Read more]

Tom has been married to Karen for over 36 years and are the parents of three married children and one Chihuahua. They live in Waterdown, ON.

A minister of the Word of God for over 30 years, Virgil has served in Québec with Crossworld mission and the AGC since 2006. His ministry in Québec began in assisting Charles-Henri Coté, followed by ministry at Église Évangélique de Lachute, where he has served in a variety of roles. Virgil and his wife Toni met while attending the University of Pennsylvania and have been married for 34 years. They are the parents of 6 children and an increasing number of grandchildren.