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William Harold Young (1892-1958) was a Methodist/United Church minister and administrator. He was born at Millbrook, Ontario, was educated at McGill and Columbia Universities, and at Union Theological Seminary, New York. He was ordained into the Methodist Church in 1916 and served charges in Montreal, Peterborough, and Toronto. He served as Secretary of the United Church Board of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 1947-1958. He also chaired numerous national committees of the Church.

George Coulson Workman (1848-1936) was a Methodist minister, editor and controversial theologian. He was born in Grafton, Ontario and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1876. He was assistant editor of The Christian Guardian, 1876-1878; professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Victoria University, 1882-1884; post-graduate student at Leipzig University, 1884-1889. Back in Toronto, his public lecture on "Messianic Prophecy" in 1890 led to a great controversy about the method of Biblical interpretation. He resigned from Victoria the next year. He spent the rest of his life in study, writing, and supply preaching, except for a period of teaching at Wesleyan Theological College in Montreal, 1904-1908, when he again became embroiled in controversy about his liberal views. He moved back to Toronto in 1910.

John Webster (1823-1892) was a Methodist minister in Canada West/Ontario. He was born in London Township, Ontario, became a Methodist local preacher in 1842, and was ordained in 1851. He served circuits in Canada West/Ontario until he retired in 1892.

John Robert Watt (1919- ) is a United Church minister, a writer and a broadcaster. He was born in Barrie, Ontario, studied at Victoria and Emmanuel Colleges and was ordained into the United Church in 1947. He served a home mission charge in Manitoba, and rural charges in Ontario, 1947-1958. He was the senior minister at Trinity United Church, Toronto, 1958-1974; and a Humber Valley United Church, Toronto, 1974-1980. He has served on the boards of various post- secondary institutions; has been a broadcaster; and has written several books.

Francis Huston Wallace, (1851-1930) was a Methodist minister and theologian. The son of a Presbyterian minister, he converted to Methodism as a young man. He studied at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, Drew University (New Jersey), Knox College, and the University of Leipzig. He was ordained in 1875 and served churches in Ontario. He was appointed Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis at Victoria University in 1887, and became the Dean of Theology in 1900. He continued to lecture after his retirement in 1920.

John Taylor Tucker (1883-1958) was a Congregational/United Church missionary to Angola. Born in England, he graduated from Congregational College in Montreal in 1911. He was appointed as a Congregational missionary to Angola in 1912, and became the first principal of the Currie Institute (for boys) at Dondi. He helped to found the Angola Evangelical Alliance, and eventually served as its full-time secretary. In later years, he headed the Centre for Missionary Orientation in Lisbon, Portugal. He wrote several books and articles about Angola missions and its native people, and was fluent in Umbundu.

Lachlin Taylor (1815-1881) was a Methodist minister and agent. He was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in his youth, converting with his family from Presbyterianism to Methodism. He was ordained in 1843 and preached on circuits in Ontario until his health failed in the late 1840s. He was an agent for the Upper Canada Bible Society, 1851-1863; an agent for the British and Foreign Bible Society in British Columbia, 1863-1864; Secretary of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1865-1874; and an agent of the Canadian Government in Britain, promoting settlement in the Northwest, 1874-1878.

Robert Bird Steinhauer (1861-1941) was a Methodist/United Church minister and missionary teacher as well as the first Aboriginal-Canadian to receive a B.A. He was born in Alberta of Cree descent and studied at Victoria University, receiving his B.A. in 1887. He was ordained in 1890. He served as a missionary teacher among the Aboriginal Peoples of Alberta, 1887-1894. He filled various administrative posts until his retirement in 1931. He received a D.D. from Victoria University in 1937.

William John Sheridan (1873-1955) was a medical missionary to China and Alberta. He was born in Palermo, Ontario and studied at the University of Toronto. He served the Methodist then United Church of Canada as hospital superintendent and surgeon in West China, 1907-1944. After he retired in 1945, he served briefly as a hospital superintendent in Battle River, Alberta. He wrote the book Watching the Chinese Curtain Fall at the time of the Chinese revolution.

William Shannon (1821-1897) was a Methodist minister. He was born in Ireland, taught school there and served as a local preacher. He came to Canada in 1850. He was received on trial by the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1855, and was ordained in 1858. He served circuits until he retired in 1889.

William John Rose (fl. 1951-1952) was a student of Professor George J. Blewett at Wesley College, Winnipeg. He became Professor of Slavonic Languages at the University of British Columbia, and wrote an unpublished biography of Blewett during the 1950s.

James Preston (1828-1901) was a Methodist minister in Canada and the United States. He was born in England, immigrated to Canada in 1851, and was ordained into the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1855. He ministered for a while in the United States, and for many years in Ontario. He was twice a delegate to the General Conference, and retired in 1882.

Allan Nathaniel Courtice Pound (1889-1969) was a Methodist/United Church minister and missionary to China. He was born in Morden, Manitoba, and grew up in Vernon, British Columbia. He studied in New Westminster, Toronto, and Denver. Ordained in 1914 into the Methodist Church, he was a missionary in West China, 1915-1922; and a Methodist/United minister in British Columbia, 1924-1951. For a while he sailed on Kootenay Lake in the United Church mission boat, the Broadcaster.

Edward Leslie Pidgeon (1873-1946) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister and church administrator. Born in New Richmond, Quebec, in 1873, Edward Leslie Pidgeon studied at Queen's University and Montreal Theological College. After his ordination he served pastorates in Ontario, Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Montreal. He was active in the Church Union (1925) movement, especially with the legal aspects. He served as a chairman of the United Church Board of Finance, and as a member of General Council from 1925. He also served on boards of various educational institutions and organizations. At the time of his death, he was a nominee for the position of United Church Moderator.

Hugh Matheson (1869-1952) was a Presbyterian minister and a librarian, with expertise in theology and church worship. He was born near Kincardine, Ontario. He studied law at Osgoode Hall, and theology at Knox College. He was ordained by the Presbyterian Church in 1900, and served charges in Ontario and Alberta. He was appointed Librarian of Knox College in 1923, and continued as Librarian of Emmanuel College after Church Union. He contributed to the preparation of the United Church hymnary (1930) and liturgy. He retired in 1936.

Daniel Fidler ( 1771-1842) was a Methodist minister in the U.S. and in Nova Scotia. Born in New Jersey, he was converted at age sixteen and received on trial as a Methodist minister in 1789. He travelled various circuits in the southern and western United States. In 1794 he was appointed to Nova Scotia and travelled there for five or six years. He returned to the United States and retired in 1830.

James McNally (1787-1876) was a Methodist Episcopal minister in Ontario. Born in Ireland, he immigrated to West Hawkesbury, Canada, around 1825. He was licensed to preach by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1830. He served charges in Ontario until his retirement.

Rev. Donald Alexander MacDonald (1883-1938) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister and missionary to Korea. He was born in Glenarm, Ontario. He studied at Knox College, and served a Presbyterian charge in Fort William, Ontario. He was a missionary in Korea from 1912 until his sudden death in 1938. While in Korea he held key positions on mission councils.

A. Caroline MacDonald (1881-1931) was a missionary to Japan. She was born in Wingham, Ontario and graduated from the University of Toronto in math and physics. She was appointed the first National Secretary of the Japan Young Women's Christian Association in 1904, and worked to establish hostels for girls in Tokyo. She studied theology in Aberdeen, 1910-1911, and after 1913 she became deeply involved in work with prisoners and their families. She was the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto; she was also decorated by the Emperor of Japan and recognized by the Canadian Department of Justice. She returned to Canada in 1931 due to poor health and died the same year.