The Alliance of Renewal Churches is happy to welcome Ted Hill from Alberta, Canada as a new member. Ted writes the following:

“My name is Ted, and I am hopelessly addicted to pastoring. I tried to get away from it various times in the last 20 years, but the grip is too strong! The pastoral talons got even more intense when I experienced renewal in the mid '90's and now I have been in full time ministry for almost 15 years.

All kidding aside - I find pastoral ministry a very difficult part of my life and also an intense joy. I serve in a small country parish in rural Alberta [I mean rural - the nearest town in is 30 minutes away]. I have been here for over 8 years and I love the people that I serve. When I first realized that I needed to be connected to the ARC I was in a Lutheran Renewal Canada meeting and Mike Bradley was speaking to us and encouraging us. He was sharing about Forgotten Ones and instantly I resonated with the ARC. Isaiah 58 has been a focal chapter of my life and ministry in the past few years and I really believe that the outflow of renewal experience is just that - outflow; outflow to the lost, the broken, the discarded, the forgotten. When I read, in the mission of the ARC, that quote from Bruce Cockburn's Lover's in a Dangerous, ‘you've got to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight’ I knew I had found a network that speaks my language. As I have connected with the ARC I have seen a humility, an intensity and a freedom that is vibrant and filled with substance. I need to be a part of a body of believers and leaders and followers of Jesus that have teeth to their faith. So I am delighted to be part of the ARC and am excited about what the future holds for my family, my parish and this grand connection to ARC!”

Welcome to the ARC, Ted!