About Sheppard Ministries

Sheppard Ministries covers the calling of God upon two lives, Art and Greta Sheppard. The couple met while enrolled at the same Bible Institute in Eston, Saskatchewan, in 1947. Art had heard the call of God to be an evangelist when he was 16 years old and living in southern Saskatchewan. Greta heard the same call at the age of 12 when living in Edmonton, Alberta.

They married in 1949, and have spent their 54 years together travelling and touching more than 50 countries in ministry, evangelism, bible teaching, marriage workshops and couples retreats. They have pastored churches in major cities such as Regina, Saskatchewan; Vancouver, B.C.; and Winnipeg, Manitoba. The last few winters they have taught and ministered in the International Bible College in San Antonio, Texas. A pastor in New Zealand said of Art and Greta: "Their experience has become their authority."

Their covering is their home church, Grace Christian Fellowship, in Port Coquitlam, B.C; pastored by Doug and Laurel Fortune.

The Sheppards have lived by faith through the years and continue to do so. Through Sheppard Ministries, a Canadian registered society, they are able to offer receipts to those who donate to their ministry.

There are nine board members who assist the Sheppards in their business matters: Shesh Aandahl, business executive; Pastor Ed Bradley; Dan Bue, professional counsellor; Pastor Dick Fladmark; Ann Nicholson, secretary; Pastor Ken Stevenson; and Chaplain Brent Sheppard. Greta Sheppard is vice-president and Art Sheppard, president. Serving as an advisory counsel are writer Jordan Bateman, Rev. Dan Breen, businessman Lewis Ellis, former B.C. MLA Dr. Terry Huberts, Rev. Tim Osiowy, Rev. Cliff Mitchell, missionary Lowell Sheppard, Pastor Jim Wilkinson, and executive secretary Faith Bateman.

About Art Sheppard

Art received a call from God at the age of 16, while attending an old-fashioned Saskatchewan camp meeting where he experienced a visitation of the Holy Spirit for the first time, on his life. He had developed a stuttering tongue in his childhood but that night his stutter was healed and his tongue was loosed to preach the gospel to every nation in his lifetime. That was a promise from God that night when the Holy Spirit commissioned him to do the work of an evangelist. To this date Art and his wife Greta have ministered in more than 50 countries around the world.

Art received a distinguished honorary doctorate in 1990 from Richmond College in Toronto, Ontario. He is also among the first graduates of the Full Gospel Bible Institute in Eston, Saskatchewan.

He is an author, exhorter, teacher and evangelist. His book: A Fresh Wind is Blowing is a work based on the activity of the Holy Spirit in these days in the hearts of God's people. A second book, Things Most Surely Believed, is an outlined study of the foundational doctrines of the New Testament. Art is a proud father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

E-mail art@sheppardministries.com

About Greta Sheppard

Greta Sheppard is a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, an accomplished communicator and now author. A mature woman who hasn’t forgotten what it’s like to be young. Her life’s journey has taken her to more than 50 countries. She has addressed thousands in marriage seminars, retreats and colleges around the world, alongside her husband, friend and mentor of 54 years, Reverend Art Sheppard.

Greta has authored two books, Falling Sparrow, Broken Wing, a book of hope and healing for the victims of childhood sexual abuse. Her second book, Of Sparrows and Spouses was birthed after repeated requests for advice on how to be married to a victim of sexual interference in childhood. Greta's third book: Excuse Me, Your Unforgiveness is Showing! has just been published.

As a mother of three and grandmother of seven and greatgrandmother of one, she is loved and respected for her nurturing and honest manner. She is viewed by many whose lives her words have touched, as a woman with courage to face the pain of the past, the reality of the present and the hope that tomorrow brings.

E-mail greta@sheppardministries.com