Welcome
Pastor Will and Renée have been joyfully married since 1996 and have served in pastoral ministry in the Greater Toronto Area for 27 years.
Pastor Will graduated from Eastern Pentecostal Bible College (BTh, 1995) and Tyndale Seminary (MTS, 2010). He is currently studying for his Doctor of Ministry at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri.
In addition to pastoring, he teaches Pentecostal History at Master's College and Seminary in Toronto, Ontario, and Vanguard College in Edmonton, Alberta. He is also a frequent camp speaker and marriage enrichment facilitator. He has also served three terms as District Presbyter.
Since 2009, Pastor Will and Renée have served at Richmond Hill Pentecostal Church in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area. They love the multi-cultural vibrancy of worship and loving fellowship of the people of God.
Pastor Will is deeply passionate about biblical preaching, whole-life discipleship, community outreach, and equipping people for works of service. He believes Christ came to give us abundant life and empower us to bring the kingdom of God to earth.
His vision is to raise up a generation of Christ-centred and Spirit-empowered leaders to serve in the local and global marketplace.
His wife Renée is originally from Montreal and speaks French and German. Renée holds a Ph.D. in Health Care Administration from the University of Toronto and is a post-doctoral fellow at York University and Trent University, specializing in child and youth mental health. Renée is also the Kids’ Ministries Director at Richmond Hill Pentecostal Church.
Contact: williamsloosjr@gmail.com
Published Articles
(2024). Breaking Out of Insular Spirituality. Enrich, Summer 2024, 21-24.
(2023). Leading Pentecostal-ly: Creating New Opportunities for People to Encounter Jesus. Enrich, Summer 2023, 24-27.
(2023). The Church. Essential Truths. The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. 62.63.
(2021). The Church: Refreshing the Statement of Essential Truths. Enrich, Winter 2022, 25-27.
(2021). After the Revival: Pentecostalism and the Making of the Canadian Church Book Review. Enrich, Summer 2021, 26-29.
(2018). Starting Points: Forerunners and Founders. Picture This!, The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. 12-23.
(2015). Picturing the Sermon: The Art of Communicating God’s Word Through Pictures. Nexus, 86-92.
(2013). The Innovative Spirit of Early Canadian Pentecostals. His Witnesses, 111-119.
(2010). Christ Our Healer. Authentically Pentecostal, 53-66.
(2010). The Story of James and Ellen Hebden: The First Family of Pentecost in Canada. Pneuma 32, 181-202.