Brian Stelck
, former president of Carey Theological College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, died on August 20, 2016.
Awarded a scholarship for excellence in preaching, Stelck served as a pastor, church planter, missionary and educator.
He spent eight years as a missionary with Canadian Baptist Ministries in Kenya, where he was involved in developing partnerships with Kenyan Christian denominations. The initiatives he led helped train hundreds of African pastors and church leaders.
Stelck worked as a member of the executive staff of the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada (CBWC) and developed expertise in international and intercultural education and development, missiology, evangelism and theological education.
Devoting much of his life to academia and ministerial formation, in 1994 Stelck became president of Carey Theological College, the primary educational arm of the CBWC, until his retirement in 2014.
He served almost 20 years as a trustee of Taylor Seminary in the city of Edmonton in Canada, one of the longest in that school's history, and was both a senator and frequent visiting professor at Regent College in Vancouver.
From 2005-2010, Stelck was a member of the Baptist World Alliance Academic and Theological Education Workgroup and of the Commission on Theological Education between 2010 and 2015.
He was a graduate of the North American Baptist Seminary and earned several degrees from the University of Alberta where his father, Charles, was a famous and award-winning petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher and professor for more than 50 years. His father died in May 2016.
Memorial services were held on August 26 at First Baptist Church, Edmonton, and at Olivet Baptist Church in New Westminster, Canada, on September 7.
He leaves wife, Caryn; and sons, Matthew, Scott and Ryan.
