Dr. Chris Carr has served as Executive Director of Global Gates Network of Canada since arriving in the Greater Toronto Area in Sept. 2017 with his wife Eileen and 3 of their kids.

They previously served cross-culturally in Russia and Ukraine from 1999-2015 with the International Mission Board. They are both graduates of Oklahoma Baptist University (Eileen in 1997—Christian Studies, and Chris in 1986—Pastoral Ministry and Sociology). Chris earned a Master of Divinity (with Biblical Languages) degree in 1997 from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, a Doctor of Ministry degree in International Church Planting Leadership in 2010 from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and a PhD in Biblical Missiology in 2021 from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City.

They have five children: Nathan (26), Tim (25), Heather (23), and Stephen & Seth (21—twins). Tim lives and works in Shawnee, Oklahoma; Heather lives and works in the Oklahoma City, OK area; Nathan lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Seth and Stephen live with Chris/Eileen and with Holly, the family cat, in Brampton, ON. Seth and Steven are both students at Metalworks Institute in Mississauga studying Audio Production & Engineering.