Our Team

Jason and Erin met at Intervarsity Christian Fellowship during their time at the University of Guelph. They were discipled by their campus pastor, and later by a faithful Ethnos couple as they served in their local church, raised 5 kids, and worked as a dairy farmer and teacher. They entered Emanate training in 2015, served in North Asia for two years, and have spent time on home staff in Durham. They are excited for their new ministry with the Establish Curriculum Development Team within the Church Engagement arm of Ethnos Canada, and can't wait to see what God has in store next!

Writer, Editor, Curriculum Developer, Administrator

My name is Kevin Goertzen and my passion for ministry started when I was 15 years old. It was a volunteer at our church who helped me understand what Jesus Christ did for me, and it was through the discipleship of another volunteer that helped me make a strong connection to my faith, the church, and the ministry of the gospel. Through his one-on-one ministry in my life, I saw the need for purposeful, one-on-one disciple-making ministry in the lives of all believers in every area of church life and ministry.

For generations believers young and old have been leaving the church because they haven’t made a true connection to the Scriptures, to Jesus Christ, or to the Church. And in the wake of this Covid pandemic, we see an incredible loss in personal relationships and attendance to the church because we struggled to respond appropriately. Believers have not discerned the times well and have either walked away from the faith, destroyed their faith, or destroyed relationships because what they believe is more important than unity, and serving one another.

I believe that now more than ever we need to re-establish a stronghold on our faith through the foundational teaching of God’s Word and purposeful accountability through intentional disciple-making in EVERY area of church life. Our kids, our families, our friends, and our neighbours need to hear the gospel taught foundationally and be discipled through it so that we all build deep relationships with God and one another. Developing our faith upon truth, precept upon precept, from the beginning, from the ground up, makes for a solid faith that will not fall.

Many years ago, I was exposed to Ethnos Canada’s foundational disciple-making strategy that seeks to bring all believers on a step-by-step journey that establishes them in Christ and empowers them to make more disciples. My heart’s desire is to share with the Canadian church Ethnos Canada’s step by step approach to building disciples who build churches, and leaders for the proclamation of the gospel, and the glory of God.

Writer, Editor, Curriculum Developer, Administrator, Discipler/Trainer

Terry and Rosie both grew up in Christian homes and in churches where missions was promoted. As a teen Rosie was challenged in her walk with God and was burdened for those around her. As she thought about her future career she knew that she wanted to do something that involved bringing souls to heaven. She went off to Bible school seeking direction in regards to how she could be involved in missions.

Terry was challenged to be involved in tribal missions as a young man when he saw the slideshow, “Each Stick had a Name” and realized that there were still places in the world that had no gospel witness or Bible in their language. He decided to go to Nipawin Bible College which is where he met Rosie!

Terry & Rosie were married in 1990 and began training with Ethnos Canada (founded in 1942 as New Tribes Mission) a few years later. They arrived in Papua New Guinea in January 1997 with their two children, Troy and Kara. Sharla was born and added to the family two years later. The Banmans lived and worked in the Wusuraambya People Group for 11 years along with their team mates and were involved in discipleship of the growing church.

After that they moved to the central area support centre to take care of new missionaries and were mentored into the leadership team. While serving in that capacity they discipled local believers, and took on many other responsibilities needed to support missionaries living in the remote language groups.

Terry & Rosie currently reside in Canada as part of the Ethnos Church Relations team, bringing awareness of the desperate needs of the least-reached people groups of the World and to make His name known among the nations (Ethnos)!

Part-Time Editor and Western Canada Representative for Ethnos Canada

I grew up in a Christian home under the teaching of my dad who clearly shared the gospel with me and helped me understand that I was lost, separated from God, and that salvation is a gift of God for all who trust in what Christ accomplished through the finished work of the cross. It was at eight years of age when I surrendered my life to Christ and received Him as my personal Lord and Saviour.

During my growing up years, I spent many hours under the discipleship of my Father searching the Scriptures, often late into the evening hours. My passion for God, His Word, and serving Him continued to grow throughout the years. God soon opened doors for me to serve in the local church teaching Sunday School, young adults, and small groups. It wasn't long and God opened up more opportunities for me, resulting in serving on the Board of Valley Christian Academy and numerous Christian ministries.

In the early years of my faith journey with the Lord, He impressed my heart a passion and desire too strong to ignore, that He was calling me to become a pastor. God provide for me to see that come to fruition. Together with my wife Anne as my greatest support, I had the privilege to pastor a few churches, of which the last twenty-five years were at Osler Mission Chapel.

During this time the church had two missionary couples, Dave & Judy Wright and Dan Theresa serving with, at that time New Tribes Missions, now Ethnos Canada in PNG. This is where my connection and relationship with Ethnos Canada grew and became very meaningful. We had the privilege of spending personal time with our missionary couples in PNG, an opportunity we will always cherish!

Later I had the privilege to serve on the Board of Directors for Ethnos Canada for a six-year term. My role with Ethnos has since changed to a volunteer position which I believe is God's leading.

My work with Establish now consists of editing the lessons for theological and doctrinal accuracy. May God bless the work making disciples who disciple others!

Part-Time Editor

Though I trusted in the Lord as a young child, I spent years not trusting His guidance and provision for my life. This led to ungodly decisions and a life outside the fullness of His blessing. Yet He continually drew me, and, in January 2001, He got hold of the whole of me — and there has been no looking back.

I have worked in Christian ministry as an editor and author since 2005, mostly with Everyday Publications (EPI, Port Colborne, ON), though I work remotely from northern Ontario. EPI equips missionaries and full-time workers worldwide with sound, easy-to-read biblical literature for the ongoing growth and maturation of the Church.

In 2020, I felt led through an Ethnos prayer update to offer myself to Ethnos as an editor, and I was soon welcomed onto the Establish team. Though Establish comes “wrapped in a different package” than EPI, its heart is the same, and I am now greatly blessed in having also been granted a share in this life-changing ministry.

I love that our material is established and built on the character of God and His relentless pursuit of mankind, and I love that the goal of our material is discipleship — inviting others into eternal relationship with our great God and Saviour, walking with them as they grow, and equipping them to walk alongside others. Our Lord is glorified as we allow Him to build His Church in His way.

Please pray with our team as we continue to develop this discipleship material. Pray for growing unity, discernment, clarity, and guidance. Please pray for my family — my husband Michael, our three adult children, and their families. The enemy would discourage and destroy, but — praise be to our great God — our Champion is the Victor! Might our lives and our work in Jesus’ name truly exalt and glorify Him who redeemed us to God by His own blood.

Loving God by serving others,

Eunice Free

Writer, Chief Editor, Curriculum Developer and Typesetter

Martin Lamb grew up on the mission field, in Papua New Guinea, with Ethnos. Since that time, God has continued to burn the passion in his heart for reaching unreached people groups.

After meeting his wife Tammy at Ethnos’s Bible school, EBI, in Jackson, Michigan, they were married in January 1993 and settled down in Southern Ontario. They soon started a family as they waited on the Lord’s leading for their future. It was during this time that the Lord led them to serve with another ministry called Gospel for Asia; helping to support national workers in church planting throughout the Indian subcontinent. After 14 years of serving as Development Director with GFA and seeing much growth in the work, the Lord has led them back to serve with Ethnos Canada to help with public relations and development. This life experience, together with his upbringing on the mission field, has given Martin a great sense of responsibility to challenge the Church here in Canada with the urgent cry of the unreached.

“Tammy and I believe it is our great privilege and responsibility to represent hundreds of unreached people groups that have no opportunity to hear the Gospel unless someone is willing to take it to them. It is our great desire to raise up more labourers for the harvest for Jesus himself said, “The harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few.”

Part-Time Editor and Director of Public Relations for Ethnos Canada