Our Leadership

David Matthess, Minister

Rev. Matthess was installed as minister in the congregation on December 4, 2024. David was trained for the ministry at Westminster Seminary UK, in Newcastle Upon Tyne, and served as an associate pastor for Bury St. Edmunds Presbyterian Church for a year before emigrating to British Columbia to take up the pastorate amongst us.

Vince Ward, Interim Elder

Rev. Vince ward serves as the Church planting minister of Beckwith Reformed Presbyterian Church in Ontario, and also serves our congregation from a distance. God has used Vince for many years in Africa to plant and establish Churches there, and he is still active in worldwide Mission work through Reformed Presbyterian Global Missions.

Scott Wilkinson, Interim Elder

Rev. Scott Wilkinson is the founding pastor of New Creation Reformed Presbyterian Church in Kitchener, Ontario. Previously, he was pastor of the Walton Reformed Presbyterian Church in New York from 1995-2001. Rev. Wilkinson received his B.A. from Arizona State University in 1992, and his M.Div. from the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is married to Elineke, and has six children.

John Smid, Interim Elder

Mr. John Smid is a ruling elder at New Creation Reformed Presbyterian Church in Kitchener, Ontario. John is a mechanical engineer, which has allowed him to work in the United States and Canada. John and his wife Laura, and their four daughters, were members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania before moving back to the Kitchener area.