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John Mahaffey

Lead Pastor

John Mahaffey 1John Mahaffey is the Lead Pastor of West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON. He and his wife Andrea served as missionaries with SEND International in the Philippines. John led two church planting teams of Filipino and foreign missionaries in establishing three churches affiliated with the Alliance of Bible Christian Communities of the Philippines. Before moving to Hamilton to serve at West Highland, he pastored Morningstar Christian Fellowship, Toronto, a large multicultural church with people from over 70 nations.

John is a graduate of Central Baptist Seminary and pursued further theological training at Asian Theological Seminary, Tyndale Seminary, and McMaster Divinity College. John was part of the original group of pastors who formed the National Council of The Gospel Coalition in 2005 under the leadership of D.A. Carson and Tim Keller. He was also instrumental in founding The Gospel Coalition in Canada and serves on their Canadian Council.

John and Andrea have four adult children and four grandchildren. Two of their children are in ministry, a daughter serving with Daystar among the Ojibway people of northern Ontario, and a son serving as a pastor in Toronto..

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