Pastor Brett Swope

Delivering the Gospel to Vancouver, British Columbia

Pastor Brett Swope:

I was not raised in a Christian home, but I was always taught to value the Bible and respect it. We believed that we were Christians because we believed in God, but we did not go to church or attempt to draw near to God at all.

During my teenage years I lived life as if there was no God, but could never escape His reality. Because my family professed to know Him I also knew the Gospel, and on June 4th 1998 the guilt of sin was to strong, and the Lord saw fit to show me the Saviour. I trusted in the Lord on that day and followed the Lord in baptism a few weeks later.

The day I was saved the Lord gave me a strong burden for change, I have always believed that if someone was a Christian that they were supposed to serve God! It was this burden that the Lord used to lead me to West Coast Baptist College where He called me to preach in my first semester and to the foreign field on Oct. 11th 1999.

The Lord allowed me to spend my missions internship in British Columbia Canada and used that trip to lead me back here to serve Him. While in Canada I became acquainted with someone who would share in God’s calling with me, but the Lord did not let me in on this secret until after I had surrendered to return to Canada.

I graduated from WCBC in May 2002 and came straight to the field unsupported, as the Lord has allowed opportunity I have returned to raise my support a little bit at a time. I married my best friend on June 4th 2004 and she joined me in reaching out to this very needy area.

Dianna Swope:

I was born in the Philippines and grew up in a very devoted catholic home. All we knew was that if we were good enough and prayed to the idols then we could go to heaven.

One day my mom’s best friend sat down with us and told us that we should try to have a bible study with her pastor. So on July 24th 1993 she and her pastor came to show us the Gospel. It opened my parents eyes to the truth of the Word of God, and they trusted Christ that day.

I was only 10 at the time and told myself that I didn’t want to go to hell so I prayed with them. Well 2 years later, my family and I moved to Canada and immediately found a Baptist church to attend.

We faithfully served Him but something was missing, I began to think about my salvation and couldn’t sleep at night as the doubt overwhelmed me. Finally, on Nov. 28th 1998 God saved my soul and I surrendered to go to Bible college.

I went to West Coast Baptist College and soon after the Lord broke my heart for missions. I had a burden to go back to my home church which is a missions work, but I determined to follow God’s will wherever it would lead me.

Toward the end of my freshmen year God called Brett to Canada and he began to show an interest in me, I think that God was just waiting for me to surrender to Him before He allowed me to have the desire of my heart. We were married on June 4th 2004 and praise God for the opportunity to serve Him in Canada.

Together:

Most recent news is that God has seen fit to give us a baby! and Dianna should be due sometime in early November.

"For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying I have sent thee to be a light of the gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth."
Acts 13:47