MTW | NORTHEAST

Originally from central New York, Greg’s passion for missions came in college through Intervarsity at North Carolina State University which culminated in his first missions trip to Kenya. Having received his degree in engineering, he moved to the Boston area where he worked for a military contractor and received training at Gordon-Conwell Seminary. During that time, he became convinced that the Lord was calling his family to Istanbul, Turkey. There he worked with local church leaders and taught Bible courses. The Lord eventually led them back to the Boston area where Greg spent 20 years in pastoral ministry at First Presbyterian Church Northshore. Now as Northeast Hub director, he hopes to focus his passion for global missions in mobilizing God’s people for the Great Commission.

Greg lives on the North Shore of Boston with his wife Heather and two daughters and has four grown sons.

Sarah grew up in Pennsylvania and Vermont, studied biblical studies and youth ministry at Gordon College, and spent a summer during college on a short-term mission teaching English in China. After graduating, she worked in the missions office at College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, gaining first-hand experience with a strategic sending church. Upon moving back to the East Coast, she had the privilege of leading the Global Missions Team at First Presbyterian Church Northshore for eight years. Sarah lives on the North Shore of Boston and loves spending time outdoors with her husband Dave of 20 years and their four school-age children.

David is originally from Northern Nigeria. He moved to Boston with his wife to attend seminary at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Before moving to Boston, David was an Associate Staff with Cru in Nigeria, where he led the country's young professional ministry (Priority Associates Nigeria). In addition, he was involved in many short-term missions within and outside the country. David currently serves as a Ruling Elder at Christ the King Presbyterian Church, Dorchester, and helps the church think, pray and focus on the lost in their community and globally.

He lives in Dorchester with his wife Maryam and two boys – Daniel and Joshua.

Ken grew up in New Castle, Pennsylvania in a home that hosted missionaries. After graduation from the University of Rochester (New York) with an engineering degree, Ken was commissioned in the US Navy and served for 6 years as a nuclear submarine officer.  Since leaving the Navy, he continues to work in related vocational arenas. Ken has a deep passion for the Lord Jesus; for loving missionaries more and more deeply, and for short-term missions. He is actively involved in local men’s discipleship, domestic U.S. and international short-term missions efforts, and with the MTW Northeast Hub as Prayer Coordinator and Missionary Care Coordinator. Ken and his wife Barbara also greatly enjoy hosting missionaries in their home and visiting them at various international locations.

Ken and Barbara live in Mt. Airy, Maryland, and greatly enjoy the blessings of living close to their two daughters, their sons-in-law, and their five grandchildren.

Tina Simpson was raised on the mission field in North India. After college while she was teaching sixth grade in Chattanooga, she spent three summers in Australia serving with the MTW team. The Lord then called her to serve with MTW’s church-planting team in Nagoya, Japan, where she taught English as a Second Language and was involved with campus ministry. She has now worked in the Atlanta office for over 30 years, talking with potential candidates as they discern their call to missions and connecting them with fields, as well as mobilizing missionaries and helping them through the application process.. She is married with four children and serves on the missions committee of ChristChurch Presbyterian in Atlanta.