Staff & Leaders

Paul was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. A graduate of NBBI and Heritage College and Theological Seminary, Paul has spent over 25 years in pastoral ministry in Ontario and Saskatchewan. He also drove transport trucks for five years with his wife Denise, logging over a million miles. The DeGraafs have the joy of two grown children (Amie and Josh) and six grandchildren. As associate pastor, Paul is primarily involved in pastoral care at CBC. His other roles include participation…

After spending 3 years working for Hydro One, Dave pursued studies at Word of Life, Owen Sound, and Baptist Bible Seminary. A summer intern at Fellowship Baptist Church, Cornwall, and a Word of Life missionary to Poland, Dave arrived as a pastoral intern at CBC in November 2016. Having a heart for youth, discipleship, and biblical counselling, Dave is now our full-time youth pastor with his primary responsibility to shepherd and lead our High School ministry. He participates in CBC’s…

Naomi has been actively involved in children’s ministry for as long as she can remember. Growing up on the east coast in a Christian home, she was involved in children’s church, camp ministry and summer missions teams. A graduate of NBBI and Kingswood University, Naomi moved to Ontario where she met and married her husband, Jonny, while working as a children’s ministry director at Temple Baptist Church, Cambridge. Moving to Pembroke in the fall of 2017 with the dream of…