08/24/2026
Major Gordon Taylor is a Salvation Army Officer currently appointed as the Executive Director of Saskatoon Centre of Hope.
Included in this responsibility are a 90-bed emergency shelter, a 30-bed correctional halfway house, a transitional group home for youth, transitional housing for men, outreach and support for people housed in community, emergency after hours assistance and an overnight winter warming centre.
Major Gordon Taylor grew up in Winnipeg and started attending Catherine Booth Bible College in 1983, attending school part time in the mornings while working full-time evenings in a local gas station. During this time, he completed a handful of Biblical courses.
In 1988 he married Karen Rich and shortly after began working for The Salvation Army, on the front desk at the old Men’s Hostel, which would later become the Winnipeg Booth Centre.
Major Gordon Taylor graduated from BUC in 2006 with his BA in Biblical Studies and has since then also completed the Certificate in Management and Certificate in Applied Leadership programs at Booth. He also went on to further education, graduating from Wesley Biblical Seminary in 2021 with an MA: Apologetics.
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