BIO:

Rev. Mike Van Slingerland is an ordained, evangelical minister from
Mississauga, Ontario, who is widely known for his extensive work with
troubled teens. Mr. Van Slingerland holds an honors Bachelor of Theology degree from Master’s College and Seminary, where he doubled majored in Youth and Child Studies and Overseas Missionary Development. Mike then went on to complete his Master's of Divinity from Taylor University. Mr. Van Slingerland also has completed and holds Trainer Certificates in; Understanding and Managing Aggressive Behavior (UMAB), Cognitive Behavioral Management Process, Treating Sexualized Behavior and other Counseling accreditations. Mr. Van Slingerland has been a Youth Pastor in two prominent churches in Ontario, where he has combined the work of the church and social service need.

Specifically, Mr. Van Slingerland has fifteen (15) plus experience working with children, youth, families and communities in both the public and private sectors, half of which has been done in the context of he and his wife, Mary-Anne, running a four bed foster home for severe behavioral teenage boys. Mr. Van Slingerland founded and directed Prime-Time Youth Ministries and The Professional Foster Care Association, which have provided thousands of children and young people recreational, counseling, spiritual and pragmatic services. Mr. Van Slingerland has had the privilege of serving in leadership roles with such distinctive ministries such as Freedom Village and Teen Challenge. His dynamic and humorous messages have been used to bring thousands of individuals to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.