Welcome to the personal website of Pernell Goodyear.
I am Pernell. I am many things to many people: writer, speaker, pastor, mentor, artist, designer, husband, dad, friend.
I live in a beautiful old house in downtown Hamilton, Ontario with my wife, Margie, and our three kids: Samantha (11), Lucas (9) and Jacob (7)… and our miniature schnauzer, “Bear”.
I love: God, my family, my community, my neighbourhood, a good cup of coffee, eating meat from the grill, mountain biking, camping, hiking, music, basketball, and carpet wrestling with my kids.
The Freeway
We moved to Hamilton in 2001 to start a new church community and coffee house known as The Freeway (where I am currently the pastor) in one of Canada’s poorest neighbourhoods.
I tend to live in the world of ideas, communication, leadership development, neighbourhood engagement, and mission.
Other Projects & Networks
In addition to being a pastor at The Freeway, I am also the director of a local leadership training centre for Allelon, a founding leader at Resonate, and the founder and director of Cultivate.
Media
In 2007, I was featured in Surge Magazine as one of the 35 under 35 Christian leaders in Canada. In 2007, I was also featured as “the tattooed pastor” in a Toronto Star article. In 2008, I was featured in a documentary film about evolving forms of church in Canada, called “One Size Fits All?”
This Site
I used to blog, but now I don’t. Well, that’s not entirely true, I do blog at The Freeway’s community blog occasionally. None the less, feel free to look around this site. My old blog posts are still here. Enjoy.
If you want to learn more about me, drop me a line.