Greg Bitgood

Pastor Greg has lived in Kelowna, BC, Canada since 1986. His wife, Christine, is the children's Pastor at Kelowna Christian Center and director of Heritage Christian Preschool. Their oldest son, Richard, is presently working towards a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia. He graduated from Heritage Christian School as a recipient of the BC Provincial Scholarship. He also is a graduate of the one year Discipleship program at the Ministry Training Institute. Their daughter, Christabelle, is preparing to graduate from Heritage where she served as the school's Student Counsel President. She plans to pursue an education and career in medicine after she completes a year in Bible school. Josiah hopes to study law and star on the HCS basketball team. Kenny, their youngest, also a basketball enthusiast, plans to go for an engineering degree. All four of our teens are actively involved in the youth and children's ministries of Kelowna Christian Center.

"On the front row of my church in 1983 while attending Bible college the Lord spoke very clearly to my heart and said, 'I want you to work with the children'. Ever since then my wife and I have poured our hearts and lives into ministering to and discipling children, youth and young adults. Jesus has mandated us to "go and make disciples of all the nations." We responded to this command by educating and training children to become agents of kingdom transformation. From early on in our work with children we began to see the pervasive influence of a "secular education" in their lives. Families would bring their children to us on Sunday for one hour of mentorship and take them to explicitly secular mentors for 30 hours a week. Is it no wonder why many of our children forsake a kingdom approach to life when they get older and leave the nest? Thus we began to involve ourselves with Christian education flowing from the two primary educational institutes; the home and the church-run school."