OUR TEAM
Rob Good
Lead Pastor
Rob planted Promise Church in 2018 and now serves as the Lead and Teaching Pastor. He has pastored for more than ten years and received his Master of Divinity in 2018. Rob currently lives in Bradford with his wife Valerie and their two daughters Aliyah and Avagail.
Jon Binder
Executive Pastor
Jon serves as the Executive Pastor of Promise Church overseeing its general management, operations, and administration. He has served in ministry for more than ten years and received his Bachelor of Theology in 2012. Jon currently lives in Bradford and has huge passion for technology, connection ministry, and board games.
Devin Straatsma
Worship Pastor
Devin serves as the Worship Pastor of Promise Church overseeing its worship ministry, marketing, social media, and web development. After completing a Bachelor of Media Communications (specializing in web development and graphic design), Devin married his wife Michaela in 2016 before completing his Bachelor of Religious Education in 2018.
Victoria Maxmen
Children’s Pastor
Victoria serves as the Children’s Pastor of Promise Church overseeing its Sunday morning children’s ministry from infants to grade 6. Victoria’s passion for children is clear, as she faithfully serves Promise Church on a part-time basis while also working as a full-time teacher for York Region.
OUR VALUES
We Value God
Expressed in the trinity; His presence in worship; His revelation of Himself in scripture.
We Value Community
All people; church community; local community; organized mission empowered by the Holy Spirit.
We Value Growth
Transformation towards Christlikeness; equipping the saints for the work of God’s mission; seeking a greater understanding of God’s revelation.
OUR STORY
In 2013 Pastor Rob was given a challenge based on one question, “What would a church look like in today’s culture if the church did not have its years of tradition?” This challenge inspired him to find out what fresh thing God desired for Bradford. Promise Church is the result. The five-year prayer and study journey showed that God wants Christians to grow together in community, He wants Christians to serve together side by side, and He wants to foreshadow the fulfillment of His promises in our town and the surrounding areas through the church. As time grew nearer for the launch of Promise Church, families and other churches started to join and offer their support to this vision. Today we meet every Sunday morning to journey together towards the goals that God has set out for us.
The name Promise Church comes from the idea that God has made two outstanding promises that are yet to be completely fulfilled. First, He promises to live with humanity, and second, He promises to remove all the evil in the world and make all things right. Our vision as a church is to foreshadow what things will look like when those promises are fulfilled.
STAYING CONNECTED
In order to help you get connected at Promise Church, we have provided you with some helpful links! The first one is a link to our Community Portal. This is what we use to help you engage with our weekly services. From it you can ask questions, read notes and texts related to the messages, give, find out details about upcoming events, and much more! This Community Portal is accessible not only on your phone and computer, but also on every table, at every table in our Sunday Morning services available for you to use!
If you are looking for ways to get involved in our church, please follow the link to our Community Portal and fill out the yellow “Get Connected” section at the top of the page, or talk to one of our pastors directly. This will help us get you plugged in to our growing community.