MEET OUR PASTORS
Ian Crooks
Senior Pastor | Teaching Elder
Ian is an ordained minister who has been in full time pastoral ministry since 1990. Ian and his wife Rhoda have been married for 36 years and have three children and seven grandchildren. They moved from Ireland to Canada in August 2000 as church planters in Miramichi, New Brunswick. In 2005 they moved to Lethbridge, Alberta where Ian served as Lead Pastor at Westminster Chapel, PCA. From 2019 to 2023 they served in a work of church revitalization at Harbour Light Church in Sydney, Nova Scotia. In February 2023 Ian accepted the call to become lead pastor of Free Grace, Vernon where he began service in June.
David Bootsma
Associate Pastor | Teaching elder
Dave Bootsma is an ordained minister, and certified Life Coach with a Masters Of Theological Studies in Counselling, and has been in pastoral ministry since 1992. Dave is also a professional counsellor, registered with the Professional Association of Canadian Christian Counsellors. Dave and his wife Shari have lived in Vernon for over 25 years, and have three daughters.