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 5 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.
Founder, Senior Pastor
David Koop
Founder, Senior Pastor
Cheryl Koop
Pastor of Campus Development
James Fam
Spanish & Ministry Discipleship Pastor
Karen Kepkay
Pastor of Family Life
Chris Karuhije
Director of Central Support
Lorraine Bartel
Director of Communications
Matthew Koop
HR Manager
Jen Dion
Ministerial Team
Assistant pastor
Brad Bergman
Children's Pastor
Jessica Chen
Small Groups Minister
Garret Dekker
Pitt meadows campus pastor
Kevan Dobsin
Richmond campus pastor
James Fam
commercial campus Minister
Abner Galvan
Yaletown Campus Pastor
Chris Karuhije
Assistant pastor / Eden Ministry
Fari Maghami
Youth Minister
Keith Nath
Worship / Regen (Maternity Leave)
Ale Policar
Assistant Pastor
Brian Taylor
North Van Campus Minister
David Trivino
Coastal Staff
Video Production
Daniela Alvarez
Office Manager
Charlotte Ash
DIrector of operations
Terry Ash
Leadership Development
Stuart Bishop
INSTE / Youth
Jacqui Bishop
Sr. Pastor Executive Assistant
Julianna Bouso
Operations/Youth
Jonathan Buhler
Operations/Youth
Calista Buhler
Finance manager
Carmelita Burnett
Social Media Admin (Maternity Leave)
Veronica Burnett
Video Production
Ericsson Chu
Leadership / Ministry Development
Liliana Di Luca
SPANISH MINISTRY / PUBLISHING
Jessica Galvan
Video Production
David Karuhije
Central Support / IT
Stanley Kwok
Operations Dept
Nich McLean
A/V Production Manager
Heath Parnell
Central Support (Maternity Leave)
Lin Power
A/v production
Austin Robinson
Video Production
Eri Sanchez
Worship Ministry Assistant
Jaylene Treadway
Children's Ministry Assistant
Jacquie Trivino
Design Administrator
Chelsea Watkins
Accounts Payable
Cynthia Wong
Eden Cafe Staff
Assistant cafe manager
Laura Perez
Eden cafe
Fernanda Raulino
Eden cafe manager
Kally Wong
Coastal Preschool
Preschool Director (Maternity Leave)
Leanna Jalali
Preschool instructor
Elsa Oakley
Pre-school director & instructor
Beth Stevens
Want to get it touch with someone from our team?
Call the church office: 604-684-8475