Author name: Rev. Tim Stephens

Rev. Tim Stephens is the senior pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is married and a father of eight children. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was arrested in 2021 for violating COVID-19 restrictions by holding church services that exceeded capacity limits and did not enforce mask-wearing or social distancing. He spent 21 days in jail for these violations. On August 31, 2023, all COVID-19 pandemic charges against Rev. Stephens and others were dropped.