From the beginning, Melrose has been involved in missionary work around the world. We have helped to support over 80 missionaries in 30 countries. Today we continue our missions program and support a number of our own members involved in many countries around the world as well as here in Canada.

Missionaries we support

Brian & Linda Crawford
Brian is the OMF (Overseas Missionary Fellowship) Canada Director for Personnel. Linda is the Director for Member Care. Brian provides oversight for eleven other colleagues serving within the Personnel department. This includes Candidate Processing, Retiree Care, TCK Care, the OMF Guesthome (in Toronto), Homeside Medical Advisors, and Properties. Linda stays abreast of the ministry of Canadian members serving in Canada or overseas.

Tanya Clark
Tanya mainly serves as a spiritual mentor providing spiritual discipleship and as a career coach for teachers serving around the world in various missionary schools with TeachBeyond. Tanya also coaches teachers as they decide if they should stay with the mission or move elsewhere.

Corrine Cadinouche
Corrine serves with MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) as the Associate Director of Special Projects for the Angolan MAF base. At MAF we seek to reach the most isolated parts of our world with the love of Christ through our tools of aviation and technology. Corrine's role will be mainly to assist the Program director, be involved in financial tasks, and still be part of flight operations.

Larry Seguin
Larry serves with Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada, seconded to SIL Cameroon. He supports the ministry of Bible translation in Cameroon by organizing seminars with local community leaders and holding training events for expatriates and Cameroonians involved in translation projects, in order that lives may be transformed as people overcome language barriers to engage deeply with the Word of God. 

Elinor Riegler
Elinor serves with OMF (Overseas Missionary Fellowship) Canada as a Missions Mentor, mentoring individuals who are interested in, and who feel that they have been called to missions ministry. She guides them through prayer, information sharing, counselling, and advocacy. Elinor also serves as the Property Manager, maintaining the OMF Toronto Guest Home and apartment building, and the grounds.

Robert Riegler
Robert serves with Interserve Canada in the donations department, dealing with donors and workers, receipting donations, sending thank you letters etc.

Martin & Sheri Hegeman
Martin and Sheri serve with SIM (Serving In Mission) and are currently on home assignment as they pray over next steps. They previously served in Niger, at Sahel Academy, meeting their staffing needs.

Benjamin & Christine Hegeman
Benjamin and Christine serve with SIM (Serving In Mission) in Benin, West Africa and in Houghton, New York. Benjamin's ministry focus is on doing worldwide discipleship through online graduate-level courses, international conferences and intensive Bible School classes, with a specific emphasis on training global colleagues in ministry to Muslims. His ministry spans 3 languages - English, French and Baatonu. Christine provides hospitality to the pastoral students and their families in Benin; and to students at Houghton University in the US.

Jon & Marilyn Fuller
In addition to Jon's role as Melrose's Lead Pastor, Jon serves as Resident Missiologist with the EFC (Evangelical Fellowship of Canada). As a missiologist, he spends time connecting to church, agency, academy and marketplace leaders around the intersection of church, gospel and culture. He continues to invest in the next generation, helping them become everything God has called them to be.

Paul Zurbrigg

Debie Degillo

Matthew House Refugee Reception Services has been welcoming refugee claimants here in Toronto for over 25 years. Starting with 1 house, they now operate 7 homes, plus a community hosting program, offering housing and settlement assistance. Two of our Melrose members are actively involved with Matthew House. Debie Degillo serves as a refugee support worker and Paul Zurbrigg is a volunteer house mentor at one of the transition homes.