VBCI Alumni
As a graduate of VBCI, we want to support you through our newsletters, resources, alumni benifits, and job opportunities through our Victory Opportunity Network!
Sign up for a FREE 3 month Alumni membership* now! As an alumnus of Victory Bible College, you are eligible for special Alumni benefits, including:
- A username and password to log on to our Alumni Member-only website (coming soon), which provides special access to various job and ministry postings through our Victory Opportunity Network.
- 15% discount on all Victory Churches International conferences.
- 33% discount of all online courses.
- The option to audit one degree course for free each semester.
To subscribe to our Alumni List please click on Become an Alumni Member.
*Following the three month membership offer, annual membership is available for $50/year.
Where are they now?
God is doing great things at VBCI. Leaders are being equipped and released to be ministers for both five-fold ministry and the business world. Here are some VBCI alumni testimonials:
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Erin Lerner is the Youth Pastor for Westside Victory Church and teaches at VBCI
Erin Lerner
Through the classes and mentoring relationships with some wonderful Christian leaders, God has set me up for success in my Christian walk. Far more than just teaching me how to make a living, VBC taught me to make a life, one that was pleasing and glorifying to God. I have learned who I am in Christ, the value God has for me and other people, His grace and empowerment for me and that I can lead a Holy Spirit-directed life every moment of my day.
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Jason Hancock is the Youth Pastor for Victory Outreach Centre and helps counsel young adults who move into the Victory Outreach homes.
Jason Hancock
"I have now been at VBC for three years and I sincerely believe Bible College has had a huge hand in helping me discover the plan of God for my life. He always had one, but I just needed to realize it!"
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Holly Carlson is the Youth and Children's Pastor at New Life Victory Fellowship in Lac La Biche, AB.
Holly Carlson
"Victory Bible College has affected my life in a tremendous way. Not only did it equip me for ministry but it taught me how vital my relationship with God is."
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Emily Takana is the Assistant Registrar and also teaches at VBCI.
Emily Takana
"I am so thankful that I decided to come to Victory Bible College. It has turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life and an amazing training ground as I have been taught by such incredible men and women of God."
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Lorraine Portelance is a Counsellor with Alberta Health Services and pastors a church with her husband.
Lorraine Portelance
"VBCI has been an instrument in the hand of God, not only to build my confidence and bring healing to my soul, but also to launch me into a new career. After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Christian Counseling, I feel that my life truly has been transformed by the teaching at VBCI and by learning who I am in Christ."
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Jesse Bourassa is the Youth Pastor at Victory Church of Penticton.
Jesse Bourassa
"Now that I am working in ministry, I can really see how Victory Bible College benefited and prepared me. VBCI equipped me with the tools and resources I needed to work in ministry as well as giving me practical experience in using the gifts that God gave me."
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Josiah Gurnsey is in charge of Student Care and teaches at VBCI.
Josiah Gurnsey
"Since coming to VBCI, I have gained the confidence to walk boldly in what God has called me to do. I have become a more effective minister because of the teaching and the revelation I have received at VBCI. One of my favourite things about VBCI is that it is not just a school of information but of revelation."
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Wendy Bergdahl serves as a Pastor in a Ministry of Outreach and Evangelism to Children.
Wendy Bergdahl
"When I think of the type of impact that VBCI has had on my ministry, the one thing I can say is that it has made me more confident and bold in who I am in Christ and as a daughter and heir to the Great King."
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Braden Portelance works as a Youth and Family Support Worker.
Braden Portelance
"I really enjoyed my three years at VBCI and learned so much. One of the things that struck me the most was how much God loved me. I had heard the phrase, "God loves you" my whole life but it really came alive to me during my time in Bible College. VBCI has been very rewarding. Not only have I grown in my relationship with God, met my wife and made amazing friends, I have been able to use what I have learned to get a full-time job. I get to help people and make a difference in their lives. God is good!"
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Chris McDonald is the Pastoral Care Worker at Westside Victory Church and teaches at VBCI.
Chris McDonald
"Before VBCI, I could teach people how to make a living. Now I can teach them how to make a life. Before, I taught skills for life to students in school classrooms. Now, because of the time I have been blessed to be at VBCI, I can be a channel of blessing by teaching life-change through the power of God's Word."
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Donald Jenkins is a Client Service Representative for CIBC.
Donald Jenkins
"Since going to Victory Bible College, some significant things have changed in my life. At age 20 I have gotten married, bought a house and have been promoted within my career. I wouldn't say that going to Bible College did these things for me, but I would have to say it prepared me for them."
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Alex Hladun is the Youth Pastor at Royal Oak Victory Church
Alex Hladun
"VBCI has propelled me into a boldness and a confidence to step into my calling, no matter the circumstances. The teaching at VBC brought me to a new level of understanding so that I can teach, preach and minister the gospel of Jesus Christ effectively to a new and hurting generation as they cry out for the things of God."
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Kelly Stickel is the Senior Pastor of Victory Christian Fellowship in Lethbridge, AB.
Kelly Stickel
"I attended Victory Bible College in 1995-96. I can honestly say that it dramatically changed my life. It was at VBCI that I fell madly in love with the church and with church planting. Shortly after Bible College I moved out to Canmore, AB to assist with the new church plant and in 1998 became the Senior Pastor there. I would never have discovered my call had it not been for the time I spent with the pastors who taught at VBCI. I am forever indebted to them for the input they have all had in my life."
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Lynne Molvik is a Branch Manager for the Royal Bank of Canada
Lynne Molvik
"I came to VBCI to fulfill a desire I had in my heart and an "inner tugging" to fulfill my potential. I thought it was too late in my life to go back to school. The necessary revelation I received in class expanded my thinking and freed me from the negative thought patterns that were keeping me from experiencing all that God had for me. After taking a step of faith to obtain my Bachelor's degree in Christian Counseling, so many areas of my life opened. I was able to maintain my career while earning the degree and appreciated the flexibility of the program to allow the balance of career and education."
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Jessica Shaw is the Youth Pastor at Foothills Victory Church in Okotoks, AB.
Jessica Shaw
"The two years that I spent at VBCI were life-changing and empowering. Each and every day I spent in the classroom, God revealed Himself more and more to me and with those revelations came life-changing moments. Also, through the anointing that flowed through every teacher that stood up at the front and through daily fellowship with students and staff, I was challenged and taught to become all that I can be in Christ. For me, Victory Bible College was not just a school that I attended to learn about Jesus, but it was where I learned how to live, act and change the world like Jesus did."
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Yvette Pontuschka is the Human Resources Assistant at Samaritan's Purse.
Yvette Pontuschka
"When I decided to go to Bible College, it was because I wanted to learn more about my faith. But after my year as a student at VBCI, I realized that it was more about my relationship with Jesus and trust in God than simply believing. And from that, I learned about who I really was. I gained a new confidence – and not because of me, but Christ in me. Now I continually seek His guidance and wisdom and sing His praises for who He is. I am thankful for my time at VBCI and the things God taught me there."
Top Alumni Links
- For Graduate Program information, click here.
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