Our Team

Thrive Team

A team of leaders, facilitators, and friends who walk alongside ministry leaders and their families.

Our Team

Our Ministry Team

Cathy Gates, Director of Thrive Ministries and founder

Cathy Gates

Founder & Director

After a 20-year career in public health and leading an evangelical church, Cathy founded Thrive to create safe, confidential spaces where ministry leaders can be honest about what they carry. Her focus areas include burnout prevention and healing through formational prayer.

Dave Dion, Thrive team member, board member, and pastor

Dave Dion

Team Member & Pastor

Dave brings over 25 years as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor and within mission organizations. He and his wife Evelyn have been married more than 40 years.

Allen Kleine Deters, pastor and Thrive Ministries team member

Allen Kleine Deters

Team Member & Pastor

Allen has pastored for many years across youth ministry, worship, church planting, and lead roles. He and his wife Karen have six grown children between them.

Our Team

Board of Directors

Cathy Gates, Director of Thrive Ministries and founder

Cathy Gates

President

After a 20-year career in public health and leading an evangelical church, Cathy founded Thrive to create safe, confidential spaces where ministry leaders can be honest about what they carry. Her focus areas include burnout prevention and healing through formational prayer.

Dave Dion, Thrive team member, board member, and pastor

Dave Dion

Director

Dave brings over 25 years as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor and within mission organizations. He and his wife Evelyn have been married more than 40 years.

John Teeuwsen, Thrive Ministries Board Chair

John Teeuwsen

Board Chair

A church elder for more than three decades with a Bachelor of Social Work, John has a deep desire to encourage and support pastors and church leaders.

Lili Giesbrecht, Thrive Ministries Treasurer

Lili Giesbrecht

Treasurer

With over 25 years of bookkeeping experience across the charity and business sectors, Lili strives to be a faithful steward of what God has entrusted to Thrive.

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