Meet the Board

Gene Enns grew up in Steinbach and has a heart to help churches and charities flourish in the ministries God has called them to. Since 2020, he has served as the President of Clearwater College of Biblical Studies in Caroline, Alberta, Canada. Gene was involved with Bridges Beyond from it’s very beginnings and presently serves as the board chair. Gene and his wife, Marla, have six children and as a family they love to be about the Father’s business in His Kingdom.

Irma Vogt-Dyck joins Bridges Beyond this year in the role of bookkeeper and board member.  Her previous work experience include sales and data entry as well as serving on her church’s children’s ministry team .Irma and her husband Jim live in Steinbach and are long time attendees of Calvary Church.

Between Irma’s ministry duties and their nine grandchildren she has lots of opportunities to demonstrate her love of children!

A favourite quote “We are all faced with a series of opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” Charles Swindoll

Andrew McDonald is married to Tracy McDonald and has 4 wonderful kids.  He works in the financial industry at the Royal Bank of Canada and serves Calvary Church in the capacity of Young Adults leader as well as being on the worship team. He has known Dave and Lynn since 2003 and has been on the Bridges Beyond board for the past year.

Ron MacLean has been the lead pastor of Gateway Christian Community in Winnipeg since 1980.  He is a prayer warrior and has a passion both to teach people to pray and to see churches mobilized in this calling. He also works with Salt & Light Ministries which serves a family of churches around North America. Ron has traveled abroad to India, Africa, UK, and Mongolia, where God uses him to encourage the saints and to strengthen leadership.  Ron is married has four daughters.

Before accepting the call to pastor The Pas Christian Fellowship Jason Foster spent 12 years running his construction business. He served in the church as a board member, worship leader, home group leader, associate pastor, ushering, and kids ministry.

He and his wife, Sylvia, have been in The Pas for 2 years as lead pastor of The Pas Christian Fellowship. Together, and with their 2 adult sons, they founded Axis Youth ministry for Gr 7-12 and Crave (Young adults ministry).

Scripture says go and make disciples. I like that we are partnering with that and helping build the Kingdom alongside Dave & Lynn by supporting them however we can.

Dave Kehler has been married to Lynn (Campbell) since 1974 and has 2 children and 3 grandchildren.  He spent most of his adult years in business and left that to join the Pastoral staff at Calvary Chapel in 2003 and retired from that position in Oct. 2017. He is passionate about God's Word, about the Church, and about relationships. He loves to empower others into their purposes for the Lord. In his off time you might find him fishing with his good friend or going for walks and bike rides around Steinbach. 

Lynn has been a counsellor with Crocus Counselling Centre since 1994 which has been very fulfilling. She has enjoyed mentoring young women, and has been the Women's Group leader for several years. In 2011 Lynn and Dave began their mission trips to Rwanda, training the leaders of The Pentecostal Church of Rwanda (ADEPR). In 2013, Lynn was asked to write a training manual and has trained over 360 women in Peer Counselling.