Dr. Vander Meulen has served in cross-cultural ministry, church leadership, and theological education in a variety of contexts, including:

• Served for two years in Panama teaching missionary children, where the Lord deepened his heart for cross-cultural evangelism, discipleship, and church planting among unreached people groups
• Completed two additional years of transition and missionary training
• Served for 15 years in administration and leadership at Ethnos Canada’s head office
• Travelled to encourage field leaders and Canadian missionaries in five countries on three continents, as well as Nunavut, in exploring ministry opportunities
• Served in significant leadership and preaching/teaching roles in two local churches during his years with Ethnos
• Has been involved in his local church in Cambridge for approximately 10 years
• Serves on his local church missions committee
• Serves one evening each week in a ministry to marginalized people

Across more than three decades of ministry, Dr. Vander Meulen has served in mission agency work, local church ministry, and classroom teaching, with a strong commitment to knowing students by name, engaging them personally, and connecting classroom learning with the Church’s global mission.

Academic Awards

• Selected for student testimony at Tyndale University graduation (1992)
• Two-time Pittaway Award for Non-Graduating Academic Proficiency – Awarded to the non-graduating student who was enrolled full-time and who had the highest AGPA for the current school year (2012, 2013)
• Graduated M.Div, summa cum laude
• Graduating Academic Proficiency Award – Awarded to the graduating student who had the highest AGPA for the current school year (2014)
• Two-time Harold Stainton Hebrew Award – Awarded to a student who has done outstanding work in the area of Hebrew language studies (2013, 2014)
• Jack Scott Award – Awarded to the most outstanding student graduating from a degree program who demonstrates, in the most outstanding way, a balance among academic achievement, ministry involvement, and Christian character (M.Div. graduation, 2014)