Mr. Bechara Karkafi

Director of Church Planting Certificate

Bechara Karkafi serves as Director of the Church Planting Certificate at Heritage College & Seminary while also serving as FEB Central Church Planting Director and Fellowship International Lead Field for the MENA region. His teaching focuses on equipping church planters and ministry leaders through biblical understanding, leadership development, discipleship, and practical ministry training. Through his teaching and mentoring, Bechara seeks to foster spiritual growth, ministry readiness, and faithful gospel engagement in local and global contexts.

Teaching Areas

  • Church Planting theology and praxis
  • Evangelism and discipleship multiplication
  • Leadership development in church planting
  • Cross-cultural ministry and contextualization

Courses Taught

  • Strategic Advance: Church Planting Theology & Praxis
  • Evangelism & Discipleship in Canadian Church Planting
  • Nurturing Leadership in Church Planting
  • Disciplines, Contextualization, and Intercultural Awareness in Church Planting
  • Church Planting and NextGen

Research Interests

    Academic Affiliations

    • FEBCentral
    • Fellowship International

    Ministry Experience

    Bechara Karkafi has served in church planting, leadership development, and global mission contexts, including:

    • FEB Central Church Planting Director
    • Fellowship International Lead Field – MENA Region
    • Mentoring and equipping emerging church planters and ministry leaders
    • Coaching multiplying churches and church planting teams in multicultural contexts
    • Teaching church planting theology, evangelism, discipleship, and leadership development
    • Developing strategic partnerships and church planting networks across Canada and the MENA region

    His work reflects a commitment to equipping leaders for faithful ministry, fostering healthy multiplying churches, and advancing gospel-centered mission locally and globally.

    Selected Publications

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      Education

      • B.ATheologyArab Baptist Theological Seminary
      • M.A.Pastoral TheologySaint Paul University & University of Ottawa
      • D.Min.Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Pursuing)

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