Senior Pastor

Chris Cormack has pastored our church since May of 1989, having previously served for over eight years as Associate / Youth Pastor on Vancouver Island at Queen's Avenue Apostolic Church (now called Victoria Full Gospel Fellowship). Chris is a native Victorian and attended St. Philip's Anglican Church in Oak Bay while a student at Oak Bay High School. He graduated from the Full Gospel Bible Institute at Eston, Saskatchewan in 1979, and is an ordained minister with The Apostolic Church of Pentecost.

Youth Worker

Stephen Severn (also known as Sevio) has come on Staff working with our youth program as of Aug 1st 2009. He has a heart for discipleship and mentoring and is very enthusiastic about community outreach. His top priority is to bring the youth of Salt Spring Island to a closer relationship to God. Sevio is a Graduate of Gulf Island Secondary School as well as completing “Lifeteams”, a Youth Worker training program run by Greater Vancouver Youth for Christ.

The Community Gospel Chapel is a family oriented church. Chris and his wife Marlene balance their pastoral duties with the day to day demands of raising an active family (consisting of their children, Kimberly, Carmen and David as well as assorted cats). Marlene is also a graduate of the Full Gospel Bible Institute with majors in music and Christian education