Pastor Spotlight: Allan Dueck

I am amazed every day at the grace of God.  That He reached down to save me when I was a rebellious teenager.  I grew up on a farm, the third oldest of ten kids.  God got a hold of me when I was 17 years old through the hellfire and brimstone ministry of Wes Aarum.  We called him Aarum-Scarem in High School.  When God saved me at age 17, I immediately sensed Him calling me into pastoral ministry.  I was amazed again that God would call me into ministry because I struggled with stuttering and had a huge inferiority complex.  But God began His good work in me when I attended Winnipeg Bible College for three years. 

Immediately after Bible College, I volunteered to go on a summer ministry in Germany.  That is where I met my beautiful wife, Eva.  She had grown up in the Children’s Home where I volunteered after my summer ministry, and within a year, we were married.  Eva has been an incredible help in our ministry.  She was always ready and eager to help out in any ministry she could, except playing the piano.  She has a beautiful ministry of encouragement with everyone. 

Shortly after we returned to Canada, I attended Winnipeg Theological Seminary and finished my MA in Christian Ed in 1978. That same summer, we moved to our first place of ministry, the Humboldt Bible Church in Saskatchewan.  We followed Randy Heinrichs to this church.  After leaving Humboldt, we ministered in an Evangelical Free Church in Neilburg, Saskatchewan, and from there went as missionaries to Austria. By this time, we had a son and two daughters, who were immediately immersed in the Austrian culture. For 4 years, Eva and I managed a Retreat Center in western Austria, as well as helped out in the local church.  Then we served in Church Planting in Vienna for two years before coming back home to Canada. 

Since that time, we have served in several FEBC Churches, the Christian Fellowship Chapel in Winnipeg from 1999- 2007, then Kenora Bible Church from 2009-2016, and again from 2020-2022.  While pastoring the church in Winnipeg, I finished my MDiv at Providence Seminary.   

During our time in Kenora, we also got involved in fostering several children with high medical needs. Our first girl passed away at age 8, and our second girl passed away at age 10.  It was an amazing privilege to take care of these girls as well as several other kids. 

Upon retirement, we moved to Steinbach, my home area.  But then the Richer Fellowship Church needed some help, and so we began our ministry there in April of 2025.  We are enjoying the work here. God’s faithfulness reaches to the skies, and we praise Him for the privilege to serve Him. 
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-Allan & Eva Dueck ​