Our Leadership
Meet the pastors
Dave & Cheryl Koop
Founding Senior Pastors Dave Koop and his wife Cheryl, met attending bible college. They spent their early years pursuing further education, careers and raising a young family. Even though they were active in their local church and community outreaches, full time ministry wasn’t considered until they experienced the infilling of the Holy Spirit, followed by several divine moments where God confirmed His calling. Following much prayer, Dave left a successful career in the oil industry, and eventually, in an act of obedience, pioneered a new church plant in the core of downtown Vancouver, Canada in 1994 with their young family.
This call as a couple has enabled them to share the duties as Senior Pastors in this thriving city church and it’s campuses as well as contributing on other non profit organization boards. David completed his Doctorate in Ministry from Bakke Graduate University in 2010. They are proud parents of 4 grown children, 3 in-laws and 6 beautiful grandchildren.
Leads Team
Believers who invest their hearts, time, families, and finances in the building of a local church deserve to have confidence in church leadership. People are looking for leaders who conduct themselves with integrity and respect when making decisions that affect their lives.
The Coastal Church Leads Team is led by the Senior Pastor. This team oversees the day-to-day ministry and operations of the church.
David Koop
Founder, Senior Pastor
Cheryl Koop
Founder, Senior Pastor
James Fam
Pastor of Campus Development
Karen Kepkay
Spanish & Ministry Discipleship Pastor
Chris Karuhije
Pastor of Family Life
Lorraine Bartel
Director of Central Support
Matthew Koop
Director of Communications
Jen Dion
HR Manager
Ministerial Team
Brad Bergman
Assistant pastor
Jacqui Bishop
INSTE / Youth / church online
Allan Burnett
Yaletown Campus Pastor
Jessica Chen
Children's Pastor
Kevan Dobsin
Life Group / Pitt meadows pastor
Wanda Dobsin
Life Group Minister
James Fam
Richmond campus pastor
Payam Jalali
Burnaby campus Pastor
Chris Karuhije
North Vancouver Campus Pastor
Fari Maghami
Assistant pastor / Eden Ministry
Keith Nath
Youth Minister
Ale Policar
Worship Minister
Brian Taylor
Assistant Pastor
Bailey Tonn
Minister in Training
David Trivino
Commercial Campus Pastor
Coastal Staff
Carolina Acevedo
communications coordinator
Charlotte Ash
Office Manager
Terry Ash
DIrector of operations
Marilyn Bell
Sr. Pastor Executive Assistant
Stuart Bishop
Technical Production Manager
Carmelita Burnett
Finance manager
Nick Chaika
Video Production Assistant
Ericsson Chu
Video Production Manager
Cesar Da Silva
Operations
Sunnilee Davey
Operations
Vanessa Diaz
Administrative Assistant
Matthias Gugubauer
Ministry Production Assistant
Stanley Kwok
Central Support
Cynthia Mendoza
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Akane Nath
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY ASSISTANT
Mira Pasokhina
JR. CHILDREN’S MINISTRY ASSISTANT
Liz Pomare
Central Support Executive Assistant
Lin Power
Central Support
Sandra Rechsteiner
Senior Pastoral Support Director
Eri Sanchez
PASTORAL ANIMATOR
Jacquie Trivino
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY ASSISTANT
Jakus Van Staden
Finance Manager Associate
David Zambrano
worship ministry assistant
Eden Cafe Staff
Eden cafe manager
Kally Wong
Food & Beverage Supervisor
Julieta Fernandez
Coastal Preschool
Pre-school coordinator
James Fam
Pre-school director & instructor
Beth Stevens
Preschool admin & instructor (Maternity leave)
Leanna Jalali
Preschool ECE Assistant
Elsa Pacheco
Preeschool Administrator
Vanesa Diaz
Want to get it touch with someone from our team?
Call the church office: 604-684-8475