Missions
Local Partners
John Woo
Campus Minister, InterVarsity Graduate & Faculty Ministries at Stanford University
After 23 years in church-based pastoral ministry—including here at MBC—John is now in a new season of ministry, serving in a variety of church and campus contexts. He’s especially grateful to be part of the vibrant community at Stanford University, ministering alongside graduate students, faculty, and the broader InterVarsity GFM team. John has a deep passion for cultivating Christ-centered, biblically rooted communities and helping others grow in their walk with Jesus. He also continues to serve the global Church through Ethnos Asia Ministries, which supports and strengthens believers in access-restricted regions of Asia.
Alpha Pregnancy Center
Alpha Pregnancy Center economically, emotionally, and spiritually empowers women and families facing unplanned pregnancy. We work to ensure that women have complete support in order to make life giving choices when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. We want to see all San Francisco families have their needs fully met and be educated to offer children safe, loving, and joyful homes.
For more info about how to support Alpha Pregnancy Center contact: Becky Lunde, rebecca.lunde91@gmail.com
Global Partners
Elva Camacho
Olive Tree Ministries in Ensenada, Mexico
Olive Tree Children's Ministries provides care to needy children in the Ensenada, Baja Mexico community. The Camachos are local missionaries who, with the help of their local churches and short term mission groups, supplement children and their families with basic needs. Many of these children are living in work camps, villages or colonies without daily meals or adequate shelter. Some live in houses without floors, wooden pallets for walls and in some instances, tarps stretched over tree limbs called home. MBC sends teams down during the summer and winter to support their efforts!
Ken Taylor
World Venture in Tokyo, Japan
Ken Taylor has been sharing the gospel in Japan through church planting, leadership training, music and the arts. Ken has been described as "musicianaries" as he uses extremely creative ministries and relevant strategies in sharing the gospel to the Japanese. As modern church planters, Ken has been involved in effective evangelistic mission strategies and projects. Black Gospel music is a phenomenon in Japan, popularized by the movie Sister Act. He leads a growing network of gospel choirs called Hallelujah Gospel Family (HGF) consisting of about 70 choirs with over 1,000 members where 80% of whom are not-yet-Christians. He strategically partners with local churches and intentionally develops relationships. The gospel is shared through rehearsals, regional and combined concerts, and even international tours. Through this creative ministry, a steady number of choir members are becoming Christians and thousands are exposed to the good news through Black Gospel music.
Ben Wong
Global Training Network
Ben and Lisa met at the University of California at Davis, and wondered back then what it would be like to serve God together with open hands. They are blessed to have been married for over twenty-five years and to have grown children (Nicholas and Clarissa) who are thriving in their relationships and stewarding God’s gifts to them.
Ben has been grateful for God’s provision to graduate from Dallas Theological Seminary with his Master’s in Theology in Pastoral Leadership and to serve as an associate pastor and lead pastor in the same church in Dallas for over twenty-three years.
Ben is excited to be part of the disciple-making mission of Jesus locally and globally, and especially with pastors and leaders in countries where biblical training and discipleship is lacking. Ben and Lisa are very appreciative of your prayers and partnership in building up God’s Kingdom for His glory and the good of others.
Melanie Hanlon
International Sending Coordinator with CRU
Melanie has been on staff with Cru for 12 years now. She started working on campuses here in CA - Cal Poly SLO and then CSUF and CSULB. She served for 5 years in the Middle East reaching college students there, which was such an amazing experience.
For the last 2 years she has been serving with Cru's international sending department, working to equip their missionaries for the field and caring for their staff serving overseas. Having served overseas, she knows firsthand how important it is to be well trained and to feel seen and cared for while living abroad. She now gets to make sure the staff have the care and attention they need to be healthy while following God’s call to the ends of the earth. Her desire is not only that all people will experience abundant life in Christ, but that their missionaries will also experience flourishing as they serve overseas.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child provides local churches in 160 countries shoebox gifts to children in need. Each gift is packed full of fun toys, school supplies, and hygiene items by a family or individual, is sent with prayer that the child who receives it will experience God’s love through their simple gifts. Praise God for so many children whose lives have been transformed because of a simple gift!
occ@millbraebible.org