Our Staff

• Jude St. John - Lead Pastor Lead Pastor Jude is happily married to his wife Nicole and has been since 1995. Jude and Nicole have five beautiful children: Ena, Adele, Mara, Judah, and Arwen.
• Lyall Mix - Associate Pastor Associate Pastor Lyall began his work as our Associate Pastor in 1997. He and his wife Julie have three adult children; Austin, Evan and Faith. Lyall and Julie are both graduates of Canadian Bible College in Regina which is now known as Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta.
• Graham Buchanan - Director of Community Life Director of Community Life Graham oversees our local community impact and works to create community inside the church.
• Angela Hamilton - Director of Children's Ministries 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 De Smit - Director of Student Ministries & Worship Arts Director of Student Ministries & Worship Arts 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.
• Jon Magwood - Jr. High and Sr. High Ministries Intern Jr. High and Sr. High Ministries Intern Jonathan grew up attending West London Alliance with his family. He became a follower of Jesus as a child and was baptized on his 16th birthday. He and his wife Amy met at Moody Bible Institute and got married during the summer of 2019.
• Rand Luka - Director of Arabic Fellowship Director of Arabic Fellowship Rand was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. He moved to Canada in 2008 with his wife, Enas, and two children, Lana and Matthew, and became a part of the WLA family in 2012. Rand has been leading the Arabic Fellowship at WLA since 2015 as a lay pastor.
• Daniel Kwong - Chinese Fellowship Pastor Chinese Fellowship Pastor Daniel is married to his wife Evelyn. They have two children: Samuel and Ingrid. Daniel graduated from Canadian Theological Seminary (Ambrose) and Fuller Seminary.
• Judith Gaunt - Director of Sunday Morning Children's Ministries 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 - Office Manager 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.
• Rick Walton - Director of Biblical Counselling & Leadership Projects Director of Biblical Counselling & Leadership Projects Rick is married to his best friend, Teresa. They have raised two children they love very much: William and Hanna. In his role as the Director of Biblical Counselling, Rick’s provides leadership care, triage support for staff and ministry leaders, and personal biblical counselling for individuals and couples.