Daniel Avitan has been involved in church ministry for close to a decade, serving in the local church. Daniel was ordained in the Spring of 2019 in the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC). He is a graduate of Ryle Theological Seminary (Ottawa, ON). Daniel is happily married to Christine. They live in the neighbourhood with their 3 young children.

Jeremy Graham is the Rector of King's Cross, an Anglican Diocese of Canada church plant in Vancouver launched in 2023. After graduating from Regent College and finishing his Artizo apprenticeship, Jeremy served for ten years as family minister at St. John's Vancouver where he worked as part of a team to develop the God's Big Story curriculum which is used by Anglican churches in many dioceses. He's passionate about building and growing gospel centred intergenerational communities and contextualizing the good news about Jesus in a way that connects with his unchurched neighbours. King's Cross is thrilled to be a training church for three Artizo apprentices.

Stephen is the Rector of Christ the King Edmonton. He is married to Angie and they have five children between the ages of 0 to 11. Stephen has been at Christ the King since 2014, was ordained to the Presbyterate in 2019, and has been serving as Rector since late 2020. Discipleship and training for ministry is a part of parish ministry that Stephen is passionate about and is excited to have the opportunity to continue sharing my experience and helping, in whatever small way, to raise up the next generation of biblically grounded pastors.

Sean serves as Rector at St. John's Richmond Church in Richmond, B.C., which he planted 20 years ago with a dedicated group of families. He is an Archdeacon in the Diocese of Canada, assisting with clergy care in B.C., and also the Diocesan Ordination Chaplain, shepherding people through the process to become ordained as ministers in the Anglican Communion. He is a Vancouverite by birth and lived in New Mexico for nine years where he was a youth minister and High School teacher. Sean returned to Vancouver in 2002 and completed his MDiv at Regent College, as well as an apprenticeship with Artizo. He is married to Penny and has three sons, Graham, Thomas (married to Audrey), and Dylan. Sean is ambitious that Christ is proclaimed, and that Christ's church grow in maturity: with healthy doctrine, devotion, duty, and delight.

David is a native Vancouverite, a graduate of Regent College, an Artizo alumnus, and rector of Saint Matthew’s Anglican Church. David met his wife, Kjersti, on the mission field, and together they have two adult children, Aidan (married to Elysha) and Emma.

Phill has extensive experience in many different education settings. Phill’s own education started with a bachelor’s degree in religious education and Christian studies from Heritage Bible College in Ontario in 2012. From there, Phill became lead pastor at the Embassy Student Church at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, recruiting and developing volunteer leaders, while preaching weekly and partnering with local churches. In 2014, Phill joined Nexus Church in Kitchener and participated in the Preacher’s Guild, critiquing sermons and encouraging others. After moving west, Phill spent seven years leading, training and mentoring in a very different environment at a major restaurant chain. Then, in 2023, Phill became associate pastor and ministry director at St. Peter’s Fireside Church in Vancouver. Phill oversaw the development of Artizo apprentices there and his enthusiasm has resulted in St. Peter’s becoming a strong supporter of Artizo training. Phill was ordained in 2025.

George studied at the undergraduate and graduate level at Carleton University where he received a degree in Sociology with a minor in Philosophy. He studied Theology and Pastoral Counselling at St. Paul University where he completed an MA in Pastoral Studies. George was ordained in 1985. For 22 years he served in the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC). In 2008, his church was the second church in the country to separate from the ACoC and join the Anglican Network in Canada – now called the Anglican Diocese of Canada (ADoC). George has served in a suburban and in a rural “multi-point” church. George is blessed to have been married to Louise since 1981. They have 9 children and lots of sons and daughters-in-law and grandchildren.

Aaron Roberts – St. John's Vancouver

Dan Taylor is Pastor of Family Ministries at St. George’s Anglican Church, Burlington, and the Designated Trainer for its 2026 Artizo cohort.

Dan came to faith at seventeen, out of a family that did not believe, and was brought up in the faith by a Pentecostal church. A hunger for deeper teaching in the Word followed, and by God’s providence brought him to St. George’s. He has come to love the robustness of liturgical worship, expository preaching, and singing God’s praise loudly with a church of many generations and backgrounds.

He spent his working life in sales before stepping part time into ministry in September 2020, and was called in time to serve full time less than one year later. He was ordained to the diaconate in early 2026. He oversees youth, kids ministry and nursery across both Sunday services and leads the parish’s safeguarding work, and he has valued preaching and leading worship as he grows in his calling and discernment. He and his wife Victoria have a daughter, and they enjoy a quiet life outside the city.

He now trains three young men, two Artizo apprentices and one St. George’s ministry intern. Training up the next generation is an honour and a responsibility Dan does not take lightly. He looks forward to being used by God, and to seeing much fruit as they grow together.

Mark Tubbs – St. Timothy's

Ben was an Artizo apprentice from 2005-2007, while serving at St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Ottawa under the leadership of Eric Thurston (Aritzo director) and George Sinclair (Rector of St. Alban’s). Artizo was a formative part of his development. The combination of practical training with a cohort of other apprentices, opportunities to teach and preach in the context of parish life, regular feedback from seasoned clergy and lay leaders, all helped form Ben’s understanding and practice of gospel ministry today. After Artizo training, Ben went on to do an MDiv at Regent College, served for eight years as the pastor of Lakefield Baptist Church, completed a doctorate in Spiritual Formation at Tyndale University, served as a curate and is now the rector of St Peter & St Paul’s Anglican Church in Ottawa. Ben is married to Carolyn andhas four children: Hannah, Noah, Gabriel and Joshua. He eenjoys reading, painting, the outdoors, running, basketball, and early morning crossfit workouts.