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Dave Marttunen – Senior Pastor

Dave says that “Loving God and loving people is the focus of the Bible and Jesus makes this not only possible, but achievable!”  He enjoys the opportunity and the challenge of leading a city church that he believes can influence Victoria and change the spiritual landscape of the city.  Dave and his wife Donna’s international ministry have taken them to interesting corners of the world; 3 months in Pakistan, a year in South Africa, and weeks at a time in most of the places in which our Church association works.  As parents of two grown daughters, Dave and Donna enjoy seeing families, friendships and relationships form in which faith can be discovered, explored and developed.  They believe that the Church is God’s plan for our day and want to do all they can to make it thrive.

David Dawson – Associate Pastor

David has been Associate Pastor at Central since May 2006.  Before then he worked at Courtney Fellowship Baptist for 6 1⁄2 years.   David has a BBA from SFU and an MDiv from Regent College.  As Associate Pastor, David is involved in a variety of ministries from children to adults. He loves the opportunities to think creatively about ministry and his passion is to see lives transformed as people come into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. David has been married to Julia since 1996 and has two young boys, Andrew and Matthew. Outside of work, he enjoys playing games with family and friends as well as other activities like softball, hockey and tennis.

Byron Phillips – Minister to Youth

Byron has worked at Central since June 1999. He has a BA in Music (voice major) and an MDiv with a focus on youth and family ministry. Byron loves working with great staff and volunteers at Central in shaping lives for Christ. His passion is to see people living as true Christ followers who desire to grow in their relationship with Christ and demonstrate Christ’s love to others. Byron has been married to Jodi for 12 years and has two young children, Caleb and Bekah. Outside of work, he loves doing fun things with his family, such as swimming, skating, skiing, biking, going to the park or beach, or playing a game. He also spends time hanging out with his friends playing sports (ice hockey, basketball, softball, and tennis) and games (Settlers of Catan, cities and knights, Carcassone, etc.)

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