Church Staff
Pastor Dan Clark has been in full time ministry for over 30 years. He began his ministry as a youth care worker for Teen Challenge Ministries in downtown Toronto, after which he was a youth and children’s pastor for 8 years both in Toronto and Ottawa. He has been the senior pastor of Heron Park Baptist Church since the spring of 1999. Dan has a Master of Divinity degree from Tyndale Seminary, and spends most of his spare time with his nose in a book. When he’s not reading he spends his time with his wife, Anne. Pastor Dan loves the outdoors – gardening, camping and hiking. He and Anne have two sons, Andrew and Matthew.
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Pastor Greg Banik is excited to be working at Heron Park serving as the Assistant Pastor as of May, 2011. Previously, he was serving as the Pastoral Intern at Heron Park while completing his seminary studies in 2010. Greg completed his Masters of Divinity degree at Tyndale Seminary and graduated in 2011. After completing a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology at the University of Western Ontario, Greg began his studies at Tyndale in the fall of 2007 where he met his wife, Sue. In his free time, Greg loves movies, reading, board games and is an avid hockey fan. He and Sue have two sons, Jason and Liam.
Armine Shohdy, our Office Administrator, started working at Heron Park in April 2017. Previously for 8 years she was Office Assistant in her home country Armenia. She is happy to be in Canada (she came in 2014) and delighted to be working for such a lovely church and godly Pastoral Team. Armine is married to Daniel and they have 2 children, Esther and Joshua. She has big variety of interests - traveling, hiking, cooking, planting and playing worship songs on piano.
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