Pastors

Pastors Gwynmar & Yolanda Fraser

Gwynmar Fraser is a visionary leader who loves the local church. He is inspired to lead others to do the work of the ministry by encouraging each in their God-given purpose. With over 20 years of ministry experience, Pastor Gwynmar connects to a diverse congregation through compassionate and life-applicable preaching and teaching. He enjoys seeing men and women flourish in the word of God and in their everyday lives. His perseverance and commitment to Calvary Life’s mission of connecting others to Christ and to each other inspire others to be a part of a growing church.

Yolanda Fraser’s purpose is to lead others to wholeness: Body, Soul, and Spirit. She was instrumental in developing Calvary Life’s Fervor Prayer as the most crucial activity in the body of Christ. She also founded and leads the RECOVER Me (www.recovermesupport.com) organization. RECOVER Me support groups are for women pursuing healing from life’s losses and disappointments. RECOVER Me support groups are led in multiple churches throughout several states.

As church planters sent from Calvary Life in Connecticut, they have gained a great deal of wisdom from mentorship, trial, and error. Pastor Gwynmar and his wife, Yolanda, serve as a resource to other pastors who need marriage counseling and life/ministry balance support.

Gwynmar and Yolanda Fraser have five grown children and with two spouses. They are affectionately known as G-Pop and G-Ma to seven active grandchildren. They love spending time with each other, their family, their friends, and serving their community.

Pastors Steve & Leona Bontrager

Steve & Leona Bontrager has been married for forty years, soon to be forty-one. They have two grown daughters and four grandchildren. Their oldest child passed away in 1991 at the age of nine.

Steve Bontrager has served in ministry for over forty-three years. Ministry assignments included being a youth pastor for eight years, a campus pastor at Texas A&M, and then a church plant, which he pastored for thirty-one years. In 2012, he went back to school to complete his master’s degree and then went on to complete his doctoral degree at George Fox University. He resigned as pastor of his church in 2017 and has been serving as the Christian Ministry Chair at Messenger College and teaching multiple classes. His passion is the local church and to see leaders raised up and equipped to lead the church into the next decades.

Leona Bontrager is a passionate worshipper and led worship for over thirty years. She loves the Word of God and she enjoys teaching the Word. She is a fervent intercessor. She is a certified interpreter for the deaf and works full time as an interpreter. She loves her work and is greatly loved by members of the deaf community.