Missions

One of our core values at Chapel Ridge is to be a missions-minded and a mission-sending church.

Our missionary vision is to inspire and encourage a heart towards missions, teach about the needs of the world, assist short‐term and full‐time missionaries, and commission missionaries to do God’s work. Our particular passion and focus is to care for and serve our missionaries through prayer, and to stay in regular communication with them, providing practical and emotional support. Our other passion is to bring short‐term mission opportunities to the younger generation.

MISSIONARIES:

Full-time international, national and local missionaries receiving monthly support from Chapel Ridge:

Laurie Armstrong – Power to Change – Students (Creative Communications department)

Mark and Angelica Cassidy – Pioneers Canada (President of Pioneers Canada)

Andree-Anne – West Africa (Discipleship, Missions Coach)

Ian and Rebecca – North Africa (Medical and Development)

Alan Gilman – ACCI (Bible Teacher)

Kim Hagerty – Camp Cherith (Executive Assistant)

Randy and Tracey Haw – ACCI (Canadian Director, Discipleship)

Tony Hedrick – ACCI (Founder, Opportunity Development)

Sarah Jackson – Love Ottawa (Lead for Pray Ottawa)

Matthew and Alison Ja Eue – Pioneers (Evangelism and Church Planting in Isaan, Thailand)

Eden Lawler – Operation Mobilisation (Development Coordination Belgium, Home Rep TeenStreet EU)

Eileen Lawler – Operation Mobilisation (TeenStreet, Global Generosity)

Ron and Sharon Nehring – ACCI (Innovation Advisor, ACCI staff)

Mark and Tracy Peterkins – One Way Ministries (Executive Director of One Way)

Henk and Irene Wolthaus – Operation Mobilisation (Friends for Dinner in Germany)

SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIPS: 

Chapel Ridge supports sending groups, families and individuals on short-term mission trips. In 2025, short-term trips were undertaken to the Dominican Republic (Health Teams International), Ghana (Free Methodist Church in Canada), Cambodia (Crossworld), Guatemala (Water Ambassadors Canada), Rwanda (ACCI), and to Mexico (ACCI) twice.

GLOBAL BUILDING TITHE PROJECT:

During the launch of our building expansion project at Chapel Ridge, the congregation committed to set aside one-tenth of all the funds raised to invest in one or more global building projects. Chapel Ridge has partnered with: (1) Galcom to build the first Christian radio station in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, (2) ACCI to help struggling churches in Italy during COVID, (3) The Free Methodist Church in Ghana to support four church plants in north Ghana, and (4) Pioneers Canada to support the house church planting movement in Isaan, Thailand.

ACCI:

ACCI (Adventive Cross-Cultural Initiatives) is a global missions sending organization started by the founding pastor of Chapel Ridge, Tony Hedrick, in 2002. There are now ACCI missionaries in over 25 countries. For more information, see www.adventive.ca.