Welcome to the website of Pernell Goodyear

I have been married to my college sweetheart, Margaret, for twelve years and we have three amazing kids: Samantha (10), Lucas (8) and Jacob (6). We live in a gorgeous old house in downtown Hamilton, Ontario with our miniature schnauzer, "Bear".

I am a pastor at The Freeway in Hamilton, Ontario. The Freeway is a church community and coffee house that I started in 2001, which has been described as:

"...An understanding of place, belonging, identity and community most churches have lost. It's not just the idea of opening a coffee house in one of the poorest urban areas of Canada, but how a group of disparate Christians moved into the neighbourhood - not so much to 'plant a church' – but to live among and become neighbours with others. This is an understanding of Christian witness and community that challenges assumptions about the Gospel. Here, you will find a group of Christians who, through trial and testing, are learning how to live out Luke 10 in their context."

I can sometimes be found speaking at conferences, retreats, classes, seminars, etc. I have recently spoken at events alongside people like: Alan Roxburgh, Brian McLaren, Shane Claiborne, David Fitch and Greg Paul. If you are interested in having me speak at an event, drop me a line: pernell@frwy.ca

I am the director of the Hamilton Allelon Training Centre, which provides practical, affordable and flexible training to enable leaders and potential leaders to transform their thinking, their lives, and their ways of being church.

And I am a founding member, regional co-ordinator and Greenhouse leader at Resonate - a network of Canadians striving to love God and our neighbours in a changing culture.

I love carpet wrestling with my kids (I always win), skatebeoarding, basketball, writing, movies, music, a good cup of fair trade coffee, meat, and dead authors.

In a nutshell, that's me.