Shayne is privileged to serve as one of the pastors at Grace Fellowship Church. He was born and raised on an acreage south of Edmonton, where he knew almost nothing of Jesus Christ or the gospel until the Lord graciously saved him in the fall of 2006. Immediately after coming to faith in Christ, Shayne became gripped with the desire to shepherd God's people, preach and teach the Word of God, and proclaim the gospel to the lost. In God's kind providence, he and his wife were discipled in a faithful local church in central Edmonton until they were sent out to plant Grace Fellowship Church in May 2021. In addition to his work as a pastor, one of Shayne's ambitions is to see godly and qualified men raised up and trained for gospel ministry. To that end, Shayne is the founder a theological training ministry, Grace Theological Institute, which aims to prepare men for the rigorous demands of pastoral ministry.  Shayne has completed theological training at institutions in Canada and the US. He is also currently completing graduate studies at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife have been happily married for 18 years and are blessed with two teenage children. In his free time, Shayne enjoys reading good books on theology, the Puritans, and church history. He also enjoys big-game hunting in the Alberta outdoors. ​