
Krista Penner, Team Lead
Build Team
Krista is passionate about developing the next generation of church leaders and serves Fellowship Pacific churches through Next-Gen Leader Development and Special Projects. She brings deep care and expertise to her work with emerging leaders and pastors through Immerse, an innovative in-church leadership education program. This contextualized, theologically grounded initiative offers both a Master of Arts in Biblical Leadership and a Master of Divinity in partnership with Northwest Seminary.
What energizes Krista most is partnering with churches to nurture and develop young leaders. She finds great joy in casting vision and connecting Fellowship Pacific churches with transformative opportunities—from peer-to-peer mentoring relationships to leadership development experiences like EQ Boot Camp, and coaching. Her heart is to see churches across British Columbia flourish as she mentors, equips, and encourages leaders to create lasting gospel impact in their communities throughout Canada.
Krista and her husband Jerome make their home in Mission, BC, where they are active members of Ridge Church in Maple Ridge. When she's not traveling to connect with churches, you'll often find Krista in her kitchen, preparing meals to share with friends and family. She loves her role as wife and mother to three wonderful adult children and their spouses, but her newest and most beloved title is "Nana" to three precious grandchildren who have brought lots of joy to her life.