Global Outreach
The entire Bible is about mission—God's mission to redeem a sinful humanity—from opening chords struck in the early chapters of Genesis throughout the entire canon, finding its perfect fulfillment and expression in the incarnation, earthly ministry, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. God has always been the God of the nations. That story continues to the last words of Scripture and continues into the present.
God's people are still called to be connected to His Church locally, but ever pushing outward. While we delight to know of those places where Christians are maturing in the gospel and are thankful that we can be strengthened in the faith in that fellowship of believers, we also long and pray to see that same growth in places that have gone spiritually dormant.
CTK currently supports a number of missionaries around the world, and our hope is that we can provide a level of support that goes beyond financial: to pray and encourage these men and women who are on the frontier of Kingdom work. Our Overseas Partner Liaison is Morgan Melkonian. She communicates with our partners in ministry overseas, receiving their correspondence, and delivering periodic updates to the congregation. If you have any questions about the missionaries we support or ways you can help, please contact Morgan!
Ministries Supported by CTK Cambridge
Matt & Jenn Irvine (London, UK) The Irvines live in the British South Asian neighborhoods of northwest London where Matt serves as a church planter and team leader alongside local national leaders and partners. Jenn also serves at the church, and she is especially active in the mothers’ group and in prayer walks in the neighborhood. The Irvines and their partners seek to grow and multiply churches that live out and share the good news of Jesus in culturally understandable and meaningful ways. Their sending organization is Serge, formerly called World Harvest Mission. Matt and Jenn have three children.
Collin & Zury J. (West Africa) Collin and Zury J. are MTW missionaries partnering with Reformed University Fellowship to establish the first RUF ministry on the African continent. They began their work there in October 2019. They are coming alongside the national Presbyterian denomination to serve on a center city church planting team with the purpose of reaching students for Christ (particularly those from unreached people groups) and discipling them toward maturity. Zury formerly worked for RUF in Mexico for 10 years before beginning this work in Africa.
Dana & Sibongile Mahan (Pretoria, South Africa) Dana and Sibongile Mahan work with Ripe for Harvest World Outreach. For nearly twenty years they have supported the efforts of indigenous initiatives that serve the cause of Christian education across Southern Africa. Dana serves on the University of Pretoria campus, where he established the Life Abundant Fund, which exists to support pastors, ministers and community activists-in-training who would otherwise have difficulty covering the cost of their studies. Sibongile helps out in the Department of Early Childhood Education at the University of South Africa, giving her a platform from which she can lecture, research and mentor others in the field of preschool teaching and learning. The Mahans have two teenage sons, Owethu and Tumelo.
Hannah Nation (Pennsylvania, USA) Hannah lives in Pittsburg, PA, with her husband and two young daughters. The Nations attended CTK from 2012 until their move in 2019. Hannah works for China Partnership as the Communications and Content Director and for the Center for House Church Theology as the Managing Director. She keeps CP’s partners and audience informed about the gospel renewal movement taking place in the Chinese house church and organizes prayer initiatives calling for daily prayer for the Chinese church. Hannah facilitates the publishing of theological writings by Chinese Christian leaders for English-speaking audiences, having co-edited Grace to the City: Studies in the Gospel from China with S.E. Wang (2021), Faith in the Wilderness: Words of Exhortation from the Chinese Church (Kirkdale, 2022) and Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement (IVP Academic, 2022). She also has written articles for Christianity Today and The Gospel Coalition.
Garrett & Kate Parker (Prague, Czech Republic) Both Garrett and Kate work at the Christian International School of Prague under the auspices of Resourcing Christian Education, International. Garrett teaches physical education and an introductory weight training class for students and staff. He also serves as a ruling elder at their local Presbyterian church. Kate serves as the school’s admissions coordinator and teaches math classes. The family became connected with CTK Cambridge when they were back in the states in 2013-2014. They have four young children.
Ted and Carolyn Ted and Carolyn work in Prague under the auspices of Global Scholars. Ted teaches on religion, media, worldview, social theory, and popular culture at a local university. He speaks and holds seminars for European Christians on cultural engagement and is the author or co-author of four books. Carolyn teaches middle and high school classes at the Christian International School of Prague, where she currently heads the Bible department. In addition to their teaching, the Ted and Carolyn also enjoy opening up their home to students for meals, movie nights, and Bible studies. They have three adult children.