bio – Michael Voll

I am a Western Canadian to the core…I have lived in all of the four western provinces at some point in my life. My parents came to faith in a radical way when I was about five years old. Nominal Catholics, they believed in God and Jesus, but didn’t know that a close relationship could be had with Him.

When their eyes were opened to the love of Jesus through various people and circumstances, everything changed almost overnight.

We prayed before meals and at bedtime. We started doing “devotionals” as a family, and began attending a Pentecostal church in Melville, Saskatchewan. This was a pretty radical departure from what we had been used to!

In one of our family devotional times that I realized Jesus loved me and I chose to follow him.

It was faith in its infancy, and by the time I was twelve years old I knew that I had to make a decision to either “take up my cross and follow Jesus” or live life on my own terms. By God’s grace I was compelled to follow Jesus. I got baptized and actively pursued the fullness of the Holy Spirit in my life on a daily basis. Within a few years I started to sense that God had plans for my life that were different than my own.

I tried running away and pretending that I couldn’t hear the voice of God but eventually gave up my desire to control my own destiny and handed my future over to the God’s will. This led me to Bible College and eventually into the pastoral life as the Youth Pastor at Broadway Church in Vancouver, British Columbia.

After the tragic loss of my first wife Sheri in a car accident in 2001, I eventually moved to Edmonton, Alberta to get married to Melissa in December of 2004. Not long afterwards I started as Associate Pastor at North Pointe Community Church. After serving in that role for 14 years, I became the Lead Pastor in March of 2019.

I love being able to work with people of all ages, inspiring and encouraging people towards Real Hope, New Life and Lasting Purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ. I am blessed to work with an exceptional team of talented and hard working pastors and support staff. It is exciting to see people come to faith in Jesus, get baptized, and start to walk in Jesus’ steps. Saying “yes” to the call of God in my life is the best decision I have ever made, and I want to help others make that same decision.

I currently volunteer on the board of several Christian organizations, speak at various conferences and retreats, and am doing my best to hear the voice of God for the direction of North Pointe Community Church.

Melissa and our two children, Aubri and Zane are the love of my life. In my downtime enjoy weight training, golf and tennis (I am VERY mediocre at all three!). I periodically drink too much coffee and eat too much steak for my own good.