meet OUR TEAM

PAstoral staff

  • steve & debbie sparling

    senior/founding pastor

    Pastor Steve and his wife Debbie are the founding pastors of Family Worship & Outreach Centre. The church began in the Spring of 2000 with a handful of people and has grown to be a self-sustaining assembly. The church has a ministry focus to the serve the local community within the Durham, and beyond. Steve also presently serves The Eastern Ontario & Nunavut District (EOND) as the Men’s Ministry Director. Steve has a love for life and a passion to disciple all believers in the local church to impact the world for Christ.

  • nisha nathis

    next generation pastor

    Rev. Pastor Nisha Nathis completed her Masters in Theological Studies at Tyndale College and Seminary and is an Ordained Minister affiliated with the Pentecostal Association of Canada (PAOC). She desires to share the Word of God and Worship the Lord in Spirit and Truth. Her passion is to lead the next generation to experience God’s presence and train them for worship and ministry. Nisha is happily married to her husband, Nathis, and they both have two amazing sons, Jaydon and Jahvin.

  • dwight anderson

    worship pastor

    Pastor Dwight grew up in Pembroke, influenced by pastors who embraced revivalism and the Charismatic renewal of the 1970s. After graduating from EPBC/Master’s College and Seminary in 1985, he served congregations in Thunder Bay, Oshawa, and Cobourg for 12 years, believing in God’s greater plans. In 1996, he and his family moved to Ajax to serve Southside Worship Centre. Later, Dwight transitioned to corporate Human Resources, where he now works as a People & Culture leader in the not-for-profit sector supporting vulnerable populations across Canada. Alongside this, he and his wife Ruth remain devoted to worship and music ministry at Family Worship Centre, encouraging others to connect with God.

support staff


  • MONIQUE CANFIELD

    ADMINISTRATION/OUTREACH


    TRINITY WHITEHEAD

    NEXT GENERATION ASSISTANT


    DONNA KNIGHT

    SENIORS MINISTRY SUPPORT