A New National Leadership Paradigm
In order to provide a framework preserving the original essence of the Aglow movement in Canada while enabling the expansion and emergence of the apostolic and prophetic movement, Aglow International Canada has created an Administrative Board. This Board includes some members of the National Apostolic Team and several others who have a heart for Aglow. They are God-gifted apostolic administrators with responsibility for overseeing Aglow’s financial and legal matters, ensuring all government requirements are met. Each member serves a two-year term.
Seeking to serve Aglow’s vision and kingdom culture, the Administrative Board brings valuable counsel to the Apostolic Team. Their work releases the National Apostolic Team to pursue their calling and ultimate responsibility for the spiritual government of Aglow International Canada. The Board and the Team are partnering together to see Aglow flourish and fulfill its mission in Canada.
Apostolic Team
Danyele Bloom Holtner
President
Danyele is a French-Canadian woman after God’s heart. She has been serving as the National President of Aglow International Canada since 2006. Her leadership and mentoring skills, developed over 40 years in ministry, provide stability to those she serves. She’s an ordained minister with a strong Apostolic and Prophetic voice that God is using to radically impact the spiritual climate of every life she touches.
Danyele is a woman of faith who has emerged from darkness to light. She credits her triumph over years of chronic depression, drug addiction, abuse and cancer to Jesus’ miraculous intervention in her life. Known as “Mama Danyele”, she is committed to helping others move forward to fulfill God’s purpose and plan for their lives. She moves in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and carries a strong breakthrough anointing.
Danyele is also an itinerant speaker, ministering in churches and conference throughout Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States. In this new era, her heart’s cry is to see God’s people marked by His Majesty and to see generations moving forward together as a family to reform the culture around them and advance the kingdom of God with the anointing and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Danyele resides with her husband Tony in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Together they have six sons and a quiver full of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Remi Ogunrinde
Vice President & Leadership Coordinator
Remi is steadfastly committed to preaching the Gospel accompanied by signs and wonders as a testament to the nations. With genuine love for people, she tirelessly works to ensure individuals receive physical, emotional, and spiritual healing, empowering them to reach their full potential in Christ. Through her national and international travels, she provides oversight for strategic conferences, prayer mobilizations, and consultations for numerous churches and ministries.
Remi serves as a senior pastor and team leader of an apostolic team of elders at Lighthouse to All Nations Church in Regina, Saskatchewan, alongside her husband Femi. She is co-founder of Witness to All Nations Inc., an international ministry that serves as an apostolic resource and equipping base for facilitating global Kingdom work. Her apostolic-prophetic anointing shifts regions and territories as she earnestly contends for God’s promises.
Remi is blessed with three adult daughters and two granddaughters.
Charlotte Mandolesi
Chair, Board of Directors
Charlotte is called to the Kingdom for such a time as this to serve the generations in her community, province and nation. She has served for many years in Aglow International Canada at the local, area, provincial, and national levels, and in her community through social services employment and volunteerism. Her heart’s desire is to see people’s lives transformed, healed, and restored through the love of the Father, the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Charlotte lives in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She is the wife of the late Richard and mother to two sons, one daughter and eight grandchildren.
Wanda Fost
Prayer Liaison, Prophetic Intercession and Networking
If you’ve met her, you will never forget her! All over the world she is lovingly called Mama Wanda. With a heart full of love, she has dedicated her life to serving families worldwide, helping them find restoration, empowerment, and their true identity. Wanda’s tireless efforts have significantly impacted many lives.
She has established support networks in Northern Canada for those affected by abuse, addiction, and other challenges, and has traveled extensively sharing her message of hope and healing. She is a prayer warrior, a faith builder, and a joy giver, and is passionate in her desire to touch a hurting world with God’s truth and love.
But her greatest joy is being mother to her two sons and Nana to her grandchildren.
Shelley Rogers
Prayer Coordinator
Shelley is passionate about prayer and about equipping the Ekklesia. She believes that the prophetic proclamations and declarations of the Ekklesia bring heaven to earth. The sound of God’s family lowering the gavel together in the earth decrees justice for the unborn, into the stronghold of human trafficking, and for future generations. Shelley mobilizes prayer for righteousness to rule and reign on the Seven Mountains and to call forth God-given purposes and destiny for Canada and the nations.
Shelley began her Aglow journey in an Aglow Bible study. She filled the roles of Book Lady, Hostess, and Treasurer in her local Lighthouse before becoming Treasurer, Prayer Coordinator, and then President of the Saskatchewan Provincial Team. She has also served on the National Outreach team with Darlene Smith. Shelley knows Aglow inside and out.
Shelley resides in Craik, Saskatchewan with her husband Rick. They are blessed parents of two married children and grandparents of three beautiful grandkids.
Darlene Smith
Outreach Coordinator
Darlene Smith is an apostolic prophetic teacher whose passion is the discovery of God’s intention for people’s identity and purpose. She teaches across Canada and internationally. Darlene is known as a powerful Bible teacher who enlivens every aspect of her ministry with off-the-wall humor that breaks down religious strongholds, opening channels for the life of the Spirit to flow. In addition to coordinating outreach for Aglow Canada, she assists in Kingdom training for leadership development.
Darlene is married to Gary and has one son and one grandson. She and Gary live in Rainy River, Ontario, where the perfect spot to enjoy camping and fishing is right out their front door.
Leslie Precht
Mandate 2 Coordinator
Leslie became a follower of Jesus in her 30s when, upon reading the Bible for the first time, the Holy Spirit gently spoke truth into her spirit about an unresolved sin issue in her life. Since then, she’s had a profound respect for both the logos and the rhema word, teaching from the Bible and interceding through revelation from the Spirit. She mobilizes the Ekklesia to pray for Muslims.
Leslie has written many worship songs, recorded an album of songs dedicated to the “apple of God’s eye”, Israel, and also has a “Song for Ishmael” on YouTube. She really enjoys writing and editing. Once at an Aglow meeting, she received a prophetic word, “You are a mother to many.” Since then, some amazing young people have graced her life.
Leslie lives in Edmonton, Alberta. She has had many adventures skiing, canoeing, and travelling with Paul, her husband of 56 years. They have 3 daughters and sons-in-law and four very precious grandchildren.
Karen Jelinski
Conference Coordinator
Karen believes the joy of the Lord is her strength, and she ministers in the freedom it brings. Her passion is for the knowledge and pursuit of God’s love and Presence. It’s her personal experience of God that propels her to teach in the prophetic to see people equipped and activated in their prophetic anointing.
Karen is administratively gifted and has extensive experience in organizing and overseeing conferences. She is on the Apostolic Team of Elders of Lighthouse to All Nations Church in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Karen lives in Regina and has two married children. Her family is the love of her life!
Erin Ryan
Office Administrator
Erin inherited a passion for Aglow Canada’s mission from her mom, Patti. As our office administrator, she is committed to excellence in being the vital link between the Board, the Apostolic Team and our members. We appreciate her expertise in all things technological! Our members can depend on Erin to accurately and efficiently process financial transactions, correspondence and the regular emails that keep everyone informed. She helps design our website and newsletters. She coordinates registrations for events and is the friendly person you will meet first when you arrive to register at one of our conferences.
Erin plays keyboard and is a worship leader in her church. She lives in Regina with her husband Wendell.
Administrative Board
Danyele Bloom - Holtner
Charlotte Mandolesi
Chair
Charlotte is called to the Kingdom for such a time as this to serve the generations in her community, province and nation. She has served for many years in Aglow International Canada at the local, area, provincial, and national levels, and in her community through social services employment and volunteerism. Her heart’s desire is to see people’s lives transformed, healed, and restored through the love of the Father, the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Charlotte lives in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She is the wife of the late Richard and mother to two sons, one daughter and eight grandchildren.
John Sperling
Treasurer
John has been part of Aglow for almost 40 years. In addition to serving as our Treasurer, he is the lead person for Men of Issachar Canada, a group that prays faithfully every week with Aglow International’s MOI Director Dave McDaniel. The men pray with godly wisdom for our nation, the nation of Israel, and the Seven Mountains of society, according to the apostle Paul’s urging in 1 Timothy 2:1-4.
John is well known as a man for whom the word of God is living and active and informs all of his life and relationships. His heart is for his family to come to know the love of the Father and turn to Him to be their Lord and Saviour (Romans 12:1-2).
John and his lovely wife Cathy live in the town of Craik, Saskatchewan. They have 3 married children, who all live in the next town, and 8 young adult grandchildren.
Dalia Dafashy
Director
Dalia has a heart for wholeness and is passionate about discipling individuals to grow in wholeness in spirit, soul and body by receiving the love of The Father, the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ for them on the cross, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. God placed a burning for intercession on Dalia’s life to see individuals, communities and nations transformed as she intercedes in alignment with The Word of God and the Leading of The Holy Spirit. Dalia longs to see individuals, communities and nations become whole, be discipled and walk in their true identity and call of the Lord for them.
Dalia surrenders the pastoral heart and teaching gift God has given her to build up the Body of Christ by supporting the leadership of her church, women’s bible study and home groups. She also serves on the prayer ministry team at her local church.
Dalia has grown up in Aglow ever since she was a little girl helping her Mom in Aglow Egypt in whatever capacity that was needed, from carrying books, overhead projector, and transparencies, to simultaneous interpretations and hosting meetings. She has also served on the board of Aglow Ottawa facilitating GameChangers at her local Lighthouse.
Dalia resides in our beautiful capital Ottawa, where she gets many opportunities to pray and intercede for our nation.
Robert Latimer
Director
Robert’s involvement with Aglow Canada began in 2006 when he helped lead small outreach ministry teams going into remote communities in northern Manitoba. He became more fully involved when his wife Karen was called to a leadership role in Aglow in 2015. Over the past 25 years, he has led prophetic intercession groups, prayer with a Harp & Bowl worship and intercession team, and an Aglow prayer initiative for Canada’s Indigenous people.
Robert has facilitated a number of GameChanger groups over the past 10 years and finds it exciting and fulfilling to see people awakened to, and beginning to walk in, the identity by which they are known in heaven.
Robert operates in several of the gifts of the Spirit, including prophecy, teaching, and leadership.
He is a leader in the Business Mountain empowering and raising up other leaders and has recently begun to work in the Government Mountain as a municipal councilor.
Robert is married to Karen. They have 3 children and 5 grandkids. They reside in a forest in beautiful northern Ontario, a stone’s throw from the Mattawa River.
Shelley Rogers
Director
Shelley is passionate about prayer and about equipping the Ekklesia. She believes that the prophetic proclamations and declarations of the Ekklesia bring heaven to earth. The sound of God’s family lowering the gavel together in the earth decrees justice for the unborn, into the stronghold of human trafficking, and for future generations. Shelley mobilizes prayer for righteousness to rule and reign on the Seven Mountains and to call forth God-given purposes and destiny for Canada and the nations.
Shelley began her Aglow journey in an Aglow Bible study. She filled the roles of Book Lady, Hostess, and Treasurer in her local Lighthouse before becoming Treasurer, Prayer Coordinator, and then President of the Saskatchewan Provincial Team. She has also served on the National Outreach team with Darlene Smith. Shelley knows Aglow inside and out.
Shelley resides in Craik, Saskatchewan with her husband Rick. They are blessed parents of two married children and grandparents of three beautiful grandkids.
Danyele Bloom Holtner
Non-Voting Member
Danyele is a French-Canadian woman after God’s heart. She has been serving as the National President of Aglow International Canada since 2006. Her leadership and mentoring skills, developed over 40 years in ministry, provide stability to those she serves. She’s an ordained minister with a strong Apostolic and Prophetic voice that God is using to radically impact the spiritual climate of every life she touches.
Danyele is a woman of faith who has emerged from darkness to light. She credits her triumph over years of chronic depression, drug addiction, abuse and cancer to Jesus’ miraculous intervention in her life. Known as “Mama Danyele”, she is committed to helping others move forward to fulfill God’s purpose and plan for their lives. She moves in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and carries a strong breakthrough anointing.
Danyele is also an itinerant speaker, ministering in churches and conference throughout Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States. In this new era, her heart’s cry is to see God’s people marked by His Majesty and to see generations moving forward together as a family to reform the culture around them and advance the kingdom of God with the anointing and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Danyele resides with her husband Tony in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Together they have six sons and a quiver full of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Erin Ryan
NON-VOTING MEMBER
Erin inherited a passion for Aglow Canada’s mission from her mom, Patti. As our office administrator, she is committed to excellence in being the vital link between the Board, the Apostolic Team and our members. We appreciate her expertise in all things technological! Our members can depend on Erin to accurately and efficiently process financial transactions, correspondence and the regular emails that keep everyone informed. She helps design our website and newsletters. She coordinates registrations for events and is the friendly person you will meet first when you arrive to register at one of our conferences.
Erin plays keyboard and is a worship leader in her church. She lives in Regina with her husband Wendell.
Other Leaders
Karen Latimer
National Field Rep
Karen is an apostolic pastor by gifting, a connector who takes joy in building bridges between people, groups, and teams and developing strategies to enhance these relationships. Passionate about seeing people come to know the true heart of Father God, she promotes and facilitates GameChanger Groups to bring truth to the lies we believe about ourselves and God.
Karen’s focus in Aglow is building the Family aspect of the ministry. She leads an Area Team in Ontario. Her mission is expressed in Romans 15:16 (Mirror Translation): “It is because of Jesus Christ that I am in the People business. I occupy this priestly office, representing the goodness of God to the masses of humanity persuading them to see how presentable and approved they are to God in the Holy Spirit.”
Karen is married to Robert and has 3 kids and 5 grandkids. She lives in beautiful northern Ontario.