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
Jessica Chen
Children's Pastor
Kevan Dobsin
Life Group / Pitt meadows pastor
Wanda Dobsin
Life Group Minister
James Fam
Richmond campus pastor
Abner Galvan
commercial campus Minister
Payam Jalali
Burnaby campus Minister
Chris Karuhije
Yaletown Campus Pastor
Fari Maghami
Assistant pastor / Eden Ministry
Keith Nath
Youth Minister
Ale Policar
Worship Minister / Regen
Brian Taylor
Assistant Pastor
David Trivino
North Van Campus Minister
Coastal Staff
Charlotte Ash
Office Manager
Terry Ash
DIrector of operations
Marilyn Bell
Sr. Pastor Executive Assistant
Stuart Bishop
Technical Production Manager
Calista Buhler
Receptionist
Carmelita Burnett
Finance manager
Veronica Burnett
Digital Communications Coordinator
Keenan Cairns
Live Event Editor
Nick Chaika
Video Production Assistant
Ericsson Chu
Video Production Manager
Cesar Da Silva
Operations
Liliana Di Luca
Leadership / Ministry Development
Jessica Galvan
SPANISH MINISTRY / PUBLISHING
Matthias Gugubauer
Audio/Visual Technician
Stanley Kwok
Central Support / IT
Akane Nath
Children’s Ministry Assistant
Lin Power
Central Support
Eri Sanchez
VIdeographer
Jacquie Trivino
Children's Ministry Assistant
Cynthia Wong
Accounts Payable
Eden Cafe Staff
Assistant cafe manager
Laura Perez
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