Pastor Bob and Kim Croker met while traveling with Bob’s brother, Evangelist Ray Croker. They married in 1988 and in 1993 they planted a church in Stony Plain with Ray and his wife Dawn and have been in ministry ever since.

In 1999, Bob contracted a life-threatening illness. The encounters he had with God during this challenging time changed his life and his family’s lives forever. It was during this season that Fireplace Church was birthed.

Pastor Bob and Kim currently reside in Stony Plain, Alberta, with their energetic Lab, Zeke, not far from their two sons, Jeremy (and his wife Emily and daughter Jemma + fur child, Toast) and Josh (and his wife Kaitlyn and daughters, Maisy + Sadie.)