Our Staff

  • Jude St. John

    Jude St. John

    Lead Pastor

    Jude is happily married to his wife Nicole and has been since 1995. Jude and Nicole have five beautiful children: Ena, Mara, Adele, Judah, and Arwen. Jude frequently speaks in public forums including businesses, churches, schools, detention facilities, banquets and the like.

  • Lyall Mix

    Lyall Mix

    Associate Pastor

    Lyall began his work as our Associate Pastor in 1997. He and his wife Julie have three teenagers, Austin, Evan and Faith. Lyall and Julie are both graduates of Canadian Bible College in Regina which is now known as Ambrose University College in Calgary, Alberta.

  • Graham Buchanan

    Graham Buchanan

    Director of Community Connections

    Graham and his wife Anne have two beautiful young children, Jake and Ashley, and live in the Byron community. Graham's hobbies include fishing.

  • Angela Hamilton

    Angela Hamilton

    Director of Children's Ministries

    Angela is originally from the town of Grimsby, but moved to London in 2007 to attend Western University and to complete her Bachelor of Health Sciences. Upon moving to London, she joined WLA, and soon found herself happily involved with Children’s Ministry and then Youth Ministry.

  • Dave DeSmit

    Dave DeSmit

    Director of Student Ministries

    Dave De Smit was born and raised in London, Ontario. He graduated from Redeemer University College in 2003. After working in sales, and playing drums in a band called Article One for more,than five years, he pursued the call into youth ministry and began working at West London Alliance in July of 2011.

  • Mario Ngabwe

    Mario Ngabwe

    Director of Music Ministries

    Mario brings with him a wealth of experience in the ministry of music and worship leadership, both in Canada, his home since his student days and in Zambia, the country of his birth and childhood.

  • Judith Gaunt

    Judith Gaunt

    Director of Sunday Morning Children's Ministries

    Judith and her husband Steve live just outside London with their four children, Andrew, Christine, Adam and Caleb. She has attended WLA for more than 20 years and has taught in the Children’s Ministry program for close to 15 of those them.

  • Kim Seabrook

    Kim Seabrook

    Office Manager

    Kim is a London girl. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with an Administrative and Commercial Studies degree. She joined West London's Staff as Office Manager on January 1, 2012, after many years of administrative experience in the banking and financial services industries.