Dan & Deanna Woodard

Dan and Deanna are blessed with three sons, three daughters-in-law and eight grandchildren. All three sons graduated from Nipawin Bible College with honors. Two sons work in the construction industry and one serves as full-time youth pastor. After living in NW Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dan and Deanna have lived in the province of Alberta, Canada since 2000.

Dan and Deanna seek to fulfill the Great Commission by assisting Canada’s First Nations leaders and mission leaders in developing healthy disciples, leaders and churches across Canada and beyond. They are guided by three core ministry values. Their value of TEAMING shows itself in facilitating ministry teams (often bi-cultural) in serving one another in their areas of strengths to accomplish a common purpose. Their value of TRAINING compels them to mentor, coach and facilitate workshops to equip others to serve with excellence naturally. Their value of TRANSFORMATION shows in their focus on life change at the heart level to enable movements marked by change from the inside out, including core assumptions of reality. After thirteen years serving in Baptist Int’l Missions and twenty-five years in InterAct Ministries, they joined ACTION in July 2018.

Dan is an author, having recently co-written Let's Break the Rules—Because Healthy Relationships Matter. The book weaves his life story into a biblical theology of personhood. Dan’s next book, Out of Your Chaos Find Freedom, Regardless, will be a deep-dive into Let's Break the Rules.