Our Leadership

Doug Schneider | Senior Pastor

Pastor Doug, a graduate of Western Bible College in British Columbia, has been the Senior Pastor of The Embassy for over twenty five years. Together with his wife Judy and children, Andrea and Derek, he looks forward to what God has in store for The Embassy and the church of the Durham Region.

If you ask him about his priorities, he will tell you “prayer, prayer and more prayer!” He is passionate about prayer, worship, the study of the scriptures and small group ministry.

His vision for The Embassy is that the entire congregation will be equipped to do the work of the ministry including strengthening each other through strong relationships and making the person of Jesus Christ known to those who do not know Him.

Rick Busse | Adult Ministries

Rick serves The Embassy in the area of Sunday pulpit  ministry as well as giving leadership and oversight to various Adult  Ministries.

He desires to help the body of Christ mature into their full  inheritance as sons and daughters of God so that the person and power  of Jesus Christ would be revealed to the nation of Canada and the world.

Along with pursuing God’s call on his life, Rick enjoys sports,  coffee, home renovating and in particular spending time with the most  beautiful gift from God of all, his wife, Lisa. Lisa and Rick live in  Courtice, Ontario.

Check out Rick’s Blog at www.rickbusse.com

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Dennis Wiedrick | Intercession

A zeal for God’s house underscores 25 exciting years of  ministry that includes pastoring, teaching, intercession, and extensive overseas missions.

Touched significantly by renewal, Dennis brings a powerful message of reconciliation to pastors and leaders around the world. His life message highlights the priestly ministry of intercession as an absolute prerequisite to all other fruitful activity. His recently published book “A Royal Priesthood” is an effective tool to mobilize the church to pray.

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Laura Jones | Children's Ministry

Seeing children reached for the Kingdom is what it is all  about, in Pastor Laura’s mind. Since Laura was a teenager, she has felt  the call of God on her life for full time ministry.

Growing up in London, Ontario Laura had the privilege of attending a  dynamic church where she became actively involved in both the youth and  children’s ministries. After high school she went on to attend a  Discipleship and Ministry Training school at her home church, London  Gospel Temple. She volunteered in almost every area of the children’s  ministries and later joined the staff to assist the children’s pastor.

From London, the Lord directed Laura to Brampton where she was part of a church plant called Harvest Worship Centre. There she built  the children’s ministries from the ground up and saw God move in  amazing ways.

Later Laura went on to become the children’s pastor of Agincourt  Pentecostal Church where she ministered for over 8 years. It was during  her time at A.P.C. that she met and married her sweetheart Andrew. A  few years later they were blessed with the birth of a son, named Ethan and now have a second son, Elijah.

Over Laura’s years in ministry, God has opened doors for her to  share at many different P.A.O.C. camps including Braeside, Silver  Birches and Camp Evangeline. She has seen first hand what God can do  when His Holy Spirit is poured out into the lives of kids, including  hundreds of children being baptized with the Holy Spirit. She has seen  children praying over one another, being healed, and prophesying. Laura  still stands in amazement at what God desires to do in and through kids.

Each year as Pastor Laura ministers to children, her passion grows  stronger! It has been her privilege to minister to the “small but  mighty”.

In May of 2005, Pastor Laura and her husband Andrew Jones joined the  staff at The Embassy as children’s pastors. Laura believes in her heart  that God desires to pour out His Spirit in a fresh way in the kids  lives here at The Embassy. She also knows that God is going to use our  kids to make an eternal impact in their families, schools,  neighborhoods, and far beyond.

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Derek Schneider | This Generation

Derek gives vision and leadership direction to Embassy | this generation - our Young Adults Ministry.

His desire is to see young adults living a life of holiness before God  and man. Derek has seen hundreds of teenagers and young adults saved, healed, set free  from a life of sin and bathed in the glory of God. His life centers  around a belief in the demonstration of power, and the gifts of the  Holy Spirit.

As well, he has a vision to see true authority restored to the  church in North America. Derek is excited about what is happening at  Embassy and can’t wait to see what God has in store next.

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Craig Canning | Special Events

Pastor Craig Canning joined the staff of The Embassy in  September of 2002. Previous to that, he traveled full-time for six  years with Reality Outreach Ministries producing the well-known  evangelistic outreach, “Heaven’s Gates / Hell’s Flames”.

Married to his beautiful wife of over 20 years, Lisa, Craig is also blessed with two young adult sons: Chris and Matthew.

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Brian Devitt | Pastoral Care

Pastor Brian Devitt has served The Embassy as a part-time pastor for over 5 years. He provides leadership to Pastoral Care Ministries, and personal counseling.
Brian has served in several areas of pastoral ministry in other churches in Oshawa during the past 22 years. He has been ordained for 17 years and worked with many pastors of other churches on community-wide events and outreaches.

In addition to pastoral responsibilities, he has served the Region of Durham Health Department as the Director of Environmental Health from 1982 to 2000 when he retired.

Brian’s desire is to see people trained up to serve others effectively in whatever area they are gifted and interested. He has been married to Diane for 40 years and has two married daughters, two fine son-in-laws and 4 wonderful grandchildren.

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Randy Gill | Student Ministries

Pastor Randy Gill and his devoted wife Jen of 12 years, together share a heart and passion for seeing God touch the lives of the youth of our Nation. Pastor Randy, a graduate of Eastern Pentecostal Bible College entered his 10th year of ministry at The Embassy in 2008 and has had many years of Sr. & Jr. High ministry experience. Prior to coming to The Embassy he served as youth Pastor