On Episode 15 of the More of Us podcast, Phil Bryant (Executive Director of Grace Fellowship Canada) talks about the changes happening in church planting and growth today and what he hopes for Canada as it struggles with rising secularism.
Phil Bryant grew up in Maine with 9 siblings, including his twin brother, Nathan. Following a tour with the U.S. Army Reserves, Philip attended Word of Life Bible Institute. As a student at Tennessee Temple University, he pastored a small church before transferring to Washington Bible College where he met his future wife, Beth. Philip served as intern-associate pastor at Waldorf Grace Church from 1994 to 1996. He and Beth became career missionaries with the Grace Brethren in 1997 and moved to an area outside of Toronto to serve in the church planting ministry of GBCanada USA. Philip served as part of the pastoral team that planted the first Charis Fellowship (formerly Grace Brethren) church in Canada in 1998. Several years later, he and Beth helped launch two more churches: Village Community Church in Milton, Ontario (now Renew Milton) and Community of Hope in Surrey, British Columbia. Starting in 2024, Philip serves primarily as the Executive Director of Grace Fellowship Canada.
The More of Us podcast highlights pastors within the Charis Fellowship as they give their perspectives on life, pastoral ministry, and walking with Jesus. We trust as you hear More of Us, you'll see Christ among us.
This podcast is sponsored by the Charis Fellowship and the Charis Collective Center for Thriving Leaders.
The Charis Fellowship is a family of more than 230 interdependent churches, campuses, and ministries in the United States and Canada who are passionate about Jesus in truth, relationship, and mission. In partnership with the Charis Fellowship, The Center for Thriving Leaders assists local churches to flourish by serving church planters and helping local churches renew and revitalize. The Charis Collective Center for Thriving Leaders is based in Winona Lake, Indiana at Grace Theological Seminary.
