Rev. Benjamin Porter (MDiv, 2009)

Benjamin graduated from Tyndale Seminary with a focus on counselling. His accomplishments include starting a family therapy practice in Toronto, serving as an Executive Pastor at Willowdale Baptist Church, co-founding Love is Moving, Canada’s only national Christian youth television, online and magazine series in association with Media Voice Generation and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.

“When God opened the door for me to go to Tyndale Seminary to study counselling, that meant giving up, that meant sacrifice, that meant I had to leave my home, my family in New Brunswick, my friends, a lifestyle that I was used to,” said Benjamin. “But it also meant that I had to leave my best friend and my future wife, Christina.

“What could have broken our relationship in those couple of years that I was here, studying in the MDiv program, actually made us stronger.” After he and Christina were married a few years later, Benjamin graduated from Tyndale and had a counselling practice in Toronto. It was there that he noticed that a remarkable number of young adults and those that were married were struggling with the question, “What is love?”

The journey to seek answers to this question led to the creation of Love is Moving.

Since 2018, Benjamin has served as the Fellowship Candidate Coordinator at Fellowship International. During that time, 15 long-term missionaries and many mid-term and short-term missionaries were appointed to ministry. Since 2021, Benjamin has been serving as the Fellowship International Director, focusing on advancing the gospel and sending missionaries to the unreached around the world through prayer, communications, and coaching.