MISSIONS
Peter and Gina Cho were commissioned as missionaries to Villa Elisa, Paraguay in 1996. Pastor Peter serves as president of Cerritos Presbyterian Mission, the founding pastor of Marangatu Church, and in a national Christian radio ministry. Gina is the General Principal of the school ministry Colegio Cerritos. Christ Central also supports a soup kitchen ministry that is part of a Marangatu church plant in the city of Ytororo.
Tim and Moon Sook Lim serve with Mission to the World (MTW) in the area of theological education by producing theological curriculum for Asian contexts, teaching in Bible schools, discipling leaders, and supporting national churches. They also hope to develop vocational outreach ministries through Korean or English teaching.
Mark and Megumi Bocanegra serve with Mission to the World (MTW) in Tokyo, Japan. Mark co-pastored at Oyumino Christ Church in Chiba for two years before being called to pastor at Kaihin Makuhari Grace Church (KMGC). The Bocanegras hope to help identify and develop leaders/potential elders for the Presbyterian Church in Japan (PCJ) who can then plant churches in the Greater Tokyo region. A longterm goal of theirs is to establish a platform or institution to train and equip Presbyterian elders.
Here is a link to their blog: https://www.bocanegrasinjapan.com
Steve & Sehee (Kris) Kang are serving in Taipei, Taiwan. They have two daughters, Samantha & Zoe. Their vision is to assist in local church planting movements along with supporting and teaching at seminaries in Taiwan (China Reformed Theological Seminary in Taipei) to train and equip pastors. Sehee is part of a counseling practice in Taiwan that works with churches, missionaries, ex-pats, and local people. She also serves a larger MTW counseling network as a resource to others throughout Asia.
Beloved and homegrown, David and Susanna Nam have been key, active members of our Christ Central community before being sent out as long-term missionaries in Taipei, Taiwan through MTW (Mission to the World). They have three kids, Ethan, Owen, and Avery. For David, as an ordained minister and a Ph.D. candidate in New Testament at Fuller Seminary, that is in the field of theological education. At Christ’s College, he will teach and disciple college students. As his Mandarin proficiency develops, he will pursue additional opportunities to train pastors who will raise up churches in Taiwan and throughout Asia. Susanna looks forward to advancing the gospel using her background as a speech-language pathologist in the areas of special education and disability ministry.
God has called James and Shine Lee as long-term missionaries to the Philippines, to continue the missions work that Shine’s parents started in Occidental Mindoro. For the past 30 years, Shine’s parents have been faithfully ministering to the Mangyans, a local indigenous people group.
After leading many Mangyans to Christ, Shine’s parents planted churches throughout Occidental Mindoro. In order to raise up local pastors and lay leaders, they started All Nations Mission School, which became an important training ground for gospel ministry.
One of the most pressing needs for all the local pastors and lay leaders is ongoing theological education. As an ordained pastor, James (M.Div., Th.M.) will primarily focus on equipping the current and the next generation of local pastors and lay leaders. As a counselor, Shine will minister to women and children in various capacities.
It is their prayer and hope that more unreached Mangyans will come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, and that this gospel movement will not only have a lasting impact on the island of Mindoro, but also spread throughout the Philippines for the glory of God.
Here is a link for more info: https://linktr.ee/shineandjames
John and Carol Gim will be joining the MTW Cambodia team. Together, they will be supporting the local church planting efforts through mentoring and discipleship.
With a background as a ruling elder in the PCA and a career in corporate, John will be walking alongside young adults to mentor them in their spiritual growth, careers, and marriages, as well as helping to train ruling elders for the churches.
With her experience serving in supportive ministry roles, Carol will be providing mentorship for lay leaders in the church with a focus on children's and worship ministry.
*We also support missionaries in other areas of the world including:
B & A in Indonesia
HP in East Asia
D & J in East Asia
To learn more about Christ Central's involvement in global missions, please feel free to speak to a member of the pastoral staff.
Here is a video from Colegio Cerritos whose students are supported through our Mombarete Scholarship Program:
And here is another video from the Ytororo Soup Kitchen ministry which Christ Central is privileged to partner with:
