Pastor Ted was raised in Western Canada in the home of a pastor. In 1971, Pastor Ted and Gloria, along with his brother Paul and family, answered the call of God to pioneer a church. Daring to believe God for great things, Pastor Ted and Gloria, together with a half dozen families, took up the challenge to build Rock Church, which was the first Full Gospel church located in Lower Sackville. Reaching across denominational barriers, Rock Church experienced phenomenal growth in its early years, both numerically and spiritually, during the Charismatic Renewal. Rock Church continues to be a growing and passionate family of believers with godly influence, locally and throughout the world.
In 2009, after 38 years as the Lead Pastor of Rock Church, Pastor Ted transitioned the mantle of church leadership to Pastor Russ Conway, who has served as an Associate Pastor, most recently as the Senior Associate, here at Rock for 11 years. Pastor Ted will continue to function as part of the leadership of our church, primarily as chief advisor to Pastor Russ. The family at Rock will also sow Pastor Ted to the nations in an ambassadorial role. Recognizing and obeying the apostolic call on his life, Pastor Ted has now stepped into the role of a spiritual father to the nations to see the global body of Christ strengthened and edified. He is giving his life to the encouragement of pastors and church leaders in North America and around the world. Pastor Ted is passionate to see a renewed hunger for the Holy Spirit to empower the church to become all that God intended it to be.
Pastor Ted has a prophetic and exhortative gift to call the church to repentance and to inspire believers to fulfill their God-given destiny in Christ. His messages are dramatic and vivid and his illustrative preaching style deals directly with the issues of the day. Pastor Ted’s stability, insight and godly wisdom are sought out by pastors and church leaders throughout the world. This has brought invitations to speak at conferences and seminars around the world.
Pastor Ted and Gloria have one son, Tim. Tim and his wife Marni reside in Halifax with their two children, Liberty and Lincoln.
