Gary Lawrence Cowper was born to Edwin and Lois Cowper in Woodstock, New Brunswick, March 27, 1970. -1988: Graduated from Woodstock High School -1992: Graduated from Bethany Bible College (currently Kingswood University) in Sussex, N.B., Bachelor of Arts in Religion, youth ministry major - He married his childhood sweetheart Jan Carola MacMullin on August 17, 1991. -1992-2001, Gary served as associate pastor at Sherwood Church of the Nazarene in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. - His firstborn, Andrew Edwin was born in 1993 - His daughter Janelle Reanne was born in 1997. - Gary became an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene on May 27, 1994. -2001-2004: Gary served as pastor at Fredericton First Church of the Nazarene. -2005: Graduated with a Master of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City -2004- Present: Pastor of Moncton First Church of the Nazarene May 12, 2012: Graduated with Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary near Boston