He entered full time ministry in 1978 with Campus for Christ International of Côte d’Ivoire. Six years later he accepted the role as Senior Pastor of the Alliance Church Bouaké-Air France (1984-1987). Since then, he has served, taught and led Alliance Institutes in Yakro and Abidjan, in Côte d’Ivoire while continuing his ministry and leadership with Campus for Christ.

Célestin has been married to Geneviève since 1977. They have three children and three grandchildren.

In 1992, Ken commenced ministry at the National Office of the C&MA Australia and has been a part of the Australian National Board since then, serving as treasurer, secretary and now as president. Ken served on the Regional Coordinating Committee of the Asia Pacific Region from 2015-2021. He serves on various boards of interdenominational ministries including the Australia College of Ministry, the International Training Alliance (ITA) and the NSW Council of Churches.

Since 2015 Ken has served as president of the C&MA Australia, directing Australian Churches and International Workers in many countries.

Ken and Merle have three sons - Robert (married to Justine), Rev. Peter (married to Liz) and Mark (married to Ellen). They have ten grandchildren.

Rev. Munther has extensive work experience as a pastor, accountant, and counselor. As an accountant, he worked in the Jordanian army, in the Financial Department, and in the Housing Bank, Jordan, as a banker. As a counselor, he has worked in various organizations and entities, in Jordan and abroad, helping people recover from vices and addictions. He has also worked as a trauma counselor trainer in the SALT organization and is involved in Trauma Counselling Ministries in the whole Middle East region, providing professional trauma counseling and training. Currently, he works as a professional trauma consultant with Open Doors – Netherlands office since 2008, helping establish a trauma support ministry to the persecuted churches in the Middle East and North Africa region. He has also been working as a professional trauma consultant with the Jordan Bible Society since 2014.

Rev. Munther has been heavily involved in the ministry of the C&MA church in Jordan since 1990. In 2007, he began serving as the associate pastor at Second Circle C&MA church in Amman, being ordained in 2011. He has served as a national executive committee member, treasurer and vice president of the national C&MA church from 1994-2003 and from 2007-2017.

David is the senior pastor of the Central Alliance Church in Milagro, with 15 congregations in 15 communities and a ministry team of 18 full-time employees. The church emphasizes aggressive evangelism, intensive discipleship and cross-cultural missionary work.

In 2006, David took over the leadership of the World Missions Department of the Ecuadorian C&MA and in November 2008 he became president of the Christian and Missionary Alliance of Ecuador where he will continue to serve until February 2023.

David is married to Isabel and they have three children: Keila Mishelle (married), Génesis Isabel and Josué David, and a grandson Emmanuel.

He married Donna in 1982 and together they served at Rockyview Alliance Church in Calgary for four years. After seminary, the Frentz family began their overseas ministry in Indonesia from 1989-1999 where Brem taught at the Pontianak Theological School on the island of Borneo, Bandung Alliance School on Java and pastored the Bandung International Church. In 1998, Brem and Donna were also appointed to pioneer the Asian Spice Region for C&MA Canada and oversee the development of Canadian global personnel in the Asian context, working among least-reached people groups to “bring access to Jesus where few or none have heard” and launching church-planting initiatives.

His passion for pioneering missions emerged out of his clear cross-cultural call from God in 1980. He approaches ministry as a pastor, peacemaker, pioneer within a framework of being an agent for change, utilizing the spiritual gifts of apostolic leadership, shepherding, faith, and wisdom. His personal interests are all things related to sports, the outdoors, culture food and travel.

Brem and Donna have four children: Terri-Lynn (married to Jonathan), Jeremy (married to Jana), Brandon, and Danae, as well as five amazing grandchildren: Jenna, Owen, Sam, Etta, and Mandy.