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2026 Summer Preaching Series

Lynn Green is passionate about inspiring in others a longing for God, a longing for mission and a longing for relationships through her ministry. She has a heart for the flourishing of women and younger leaders in particular and has served as General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain for over 12 years.

Lynn studied theology at Manchester University and trained for ministry at Regent's Park College, Oxford. Since 1994 she has served in local, regional and national roles. Lynn connects regularly with churches and leaders locally and globally and is so encouraged by all the ways she is seeing God at work.

Lynn is a seasoned leader and a wise, gracious and inspiring speaker who loves Scripture and seeks to bring prophetic insight when she shares. Her ministry has been enriched by her global connections, and she currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Baptist World Alliance.

Lynn is married to Stuart, and they have four children and two grandchildren. She enjoys reading, walking, baking and holidays in her caravan.

July 12
Rev. Dale Rose

The Rev. Dale Rose was the Minister of Pastoral Care at Yorkminster Park from 2012 to 2021. Prior to that, he pastored churches in Nova Scotia, Quebec and was the Senior Pastor at Lorne Park Baptist Church in Mississauga for 16 years. Dale retired from full time ministry in the fall of 2021 but continues to assist churches in transition as an interim pastor. In the spring of 2024, he completed three years as the interim pastor at Kingsway Baptist Church in Etobicoke. Dale is serving as the President of the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec for 2025-26. Dale and his wife Donna now reside in Burlington, Ontario where they enjoy spending time with their grandchildren and biking various trails around our province.

July 19
Rev. Dr. Sarah Han

The Rev. Dr. Sarah Han is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Director of the Tyndale Centre for Pastoral Imagination at Tyndale University Seminary and brings practical ministry experience as an ordained minister and theological expertise as an academic. Dr. Han considers herself to be "third culture" Canadian-Korean-Chinese and her formative theology was shaped on the mission field abroad. She has provided leadership in the Canadian immigrant church context for over a decade and has diverse experience in the Canadian public and private sectors. Dr. Han's vocational commitment and theological passion are to critically observe and reflect on how ecclesiology shapes and informs missiology and her research focuses on an intercultural, intergenerational, missional ecclesiology for Canada.

July 26
Rev. Dr. Mark Jefferson

The Rev. Dr. Mark Andrew Jefferson serves as the John Gladstone Chair of Preaching and the Dean of Sarah Daley Nickerson Chapel at Acadia Divinity College at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Mark has served churches in both Virginia and Georgia and more recently served on the faculty of Virginia Theological Seminary where he developed innovative courses in prophetic proclamation, homiletics, and leadership formation. His work explores the confluence of race, class, technology, contemporary cultural expressions and preaching. His forthcoming book, I, Too, Preach America: Race, Class and the Future of Christian Proclamation (Wipf & Stock, 2025) reexamines Black preaching through the perspectives of the Hip-Hop emcee and the folk preacher. His next project, The Algorithm and the Anointing: Proclamation at the edge of Surveillance and Spirit investigates the theological ramifications of preaching in an era dominated by digital algorithms. Dr. Jefferson has preached around the globe - in South Africa, Israel, the Caribbean, and throughout the United States. He is also a member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College. Whether in pulpits, classrooms, or digital platforms, Dr. Jefferson brings a theologically rigorous and culturally resonant vision for Gospel witness

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