As Christians, we believe in God as eternal Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe God created and sustains the universe and that He became human in Jesus Christ. Jesus came to restore the world because humans rejected God in disobedience. He died on the cross, making it possible for us to accept a renewed relationship with God. Jesus rose from the dead, broke the power of sin and death and freed us to live in obedience to God’s will. We believe that God the Holy Spirit invites all people to be reconciled with God and to join the global family of faith.
"As Christians, we are called to turn:
from ignorance of God to a personal relationship with God.
from the bondage of sin and past mistakes to freedom, forgiveness, and healing.
from individualism to interdependence with others in fellowship.
from lifestyle choices that harm us, others, and the earth to choices that nurture wholeness,
healing, and joy.”
International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) Confession of Faith
Meet the chaplains
Michael and Amy are Power to Change Staff doing international student ministry with Bridges International (p2c) at the University of British Columbia. We attend Westside Church (Mennonite Brethren) in Downtown Vancouver. We look forward to meeting you! We welcome you to join our International student communities on campus: Bridges International Fellowship and Bridges Mandarin Fellowship. We also have lunch bible studies and one-on-one meetups over coffee or tea. Michael and Amy speak Mandarin, German, Minnan (Taiwanese), and French.
Amy Weidman
Amy is a minister and life coach. Her passion is to mentor people to become the best version of themselves. Her vision is to enable and empower disciples to become disciple-makers, mentoring other people at their workplace and communities. Amy received her Master of Arts in History of Christian Thought from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She has teaching credentials in History and Mandarin from the state of California. She taught in a public high school in California. Amy loves music, reading, writing, photography, hiking, and swimming.
A graduate of Spring Arbor University, Michael worked with Youth for Christ. Then he pursued a Master of Divinity degree in Biblical Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and a Master of Linguistics at the University of Illinois. After graduate studies, Michael became Lecturer at Fu Jen University in Taiwan and studied Chinese. He continued his study of Chinese in the Stanford Inter-University Program.
In Taiwan, Michael met his wife, Amy, who was a full-time minister with Campus Evangelical Fellowship (InterVarsity). They subsequently returned to the States to pursue further theological studies. Michael received his Master of Theology in Systematic Theology. They joined the Overseas Missionary Fellowship (founded by Hudson Taylor) in 1993 and ministered to students and scholars in Germany. They lived in two cities, Munich (“Go Bayern!”) and Heidelberg. In the year 2000, Michael did research at the University of Cambridge in Ethics. In 2002, he became Pastor of English Ministries in Southern California. Michael received his Doctor of Ministry from the Talbot School of Theology (Biola) in 2012.
Michael loves languages, fluent in Chinese (Mandarin) and German and reads French, Greek, Hebrew and Latin. He also loves mountain biking, tennis, hiking, skiing, philosophical and theological reading and classical music.
Bridges Mandarin Fellowship
The group meets Thursdays at 6:00 pm in the UBC Life Building, Room 2202. Follow the Instagram account @bridges.ubc.mandarin or add the account, “Bridges ubc mandarin”, on WeChat for updates.
