Missions

Our Missions ministry exists to lead the church in the process of seeking transformation through the love of Jesus Christ in our city and world.

Our Values:

Bringing transformation to our city and world is not easy, and it certainly isn’t guaranteed. However, throughout our history as a church, we’ve discovered four core values that we carry forward as we enter into missions, seeking transformation. These core values help shape how and what we do in missions.

HARD PLACES

As we read in the Gospel of John, we see that God did not merely send His son out of love, but He sent Him into a challenging context. He sent him into a Roman-occupied, religiously-oppressed, culturally-ambivalent, economically-impoverished, and subsistence-agricultural context. It was a Hard Place. Our call is the same. That is why we as a church family go to the hard places in our City and our World: the unreached, unchurched and under-resourced.

SPIRIT-LED

Even after answering the call to hard places, we can still be working out of our own efforts, desires, and dreams. That is why we at Eastbrook yearn for the Holy Spirit to lead just as He did in the early church in Antioch (Acts 13:2-3). We want to be a church body whose efforts and mission can only be explained by the power of the Holy Spirit.

RELATIONSHIPS

When we reflect on God’s chosen mission model, we are drawn to how relational it is. Whether it is Israel in the desert being invited to join God on the mountaintop, or God sending His Son to live among us, His call is to relationship with Him and with those around us. As we enter into Hard Places, we need to follow this model. We build relationships with those who are broken, hurting, and lost. Every activity we do is done not as an end unto itself, but as a gateway into a deeper friendship with those we serve. Through those relationships, we seek transformation.

SERVING TOGETHER

In John 17 we are given a simple truth: the reality and truth of the Gospel will not be understood due to eloquent speech, strategic clarity, or abundant resources; the Gospel will reveal its truth and power when we as believers are united as one (John 17:20-23). A clear modern call to this truth is found in Dietrich Boenhoeffer’s compelling book Life Together. Likewise at Eastbrook, we strive to see all involved in the ministry they are gifted for, serving together as one.

Local outreach:

Missions to the city is imprinted into the DNA of Eastbrook Church, stretching back to the very beginning of our story as a church in 1979 when Eastbrook was formed from a series of small groups on the East Side and North Shore of Milwaukee. Since that time, we have been intentional about being a church that is in the city of Milwaukee as well as involved in overseas mission.

We have three core local ministries, listed below. In addition, members are Reaching Out across our city to meet a variety of needs, including Safe Families, men’s and women’s prison ministry, homelessness, human trafficking, housing, families in crisis, foster care and more. To learn more and get involved with local missions through Eastbrook, check out our Serve Guide via the button below.

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Bread of Healing Clinic

HOURS:
Mondays, 3-7 pm
Third Saturdays, 9 am-12 pm

Eastbrook serves as a host site for the Bread of Healing Clinic, serving our low-income and uninsured neighbors.

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Food Pantry

HOURS:
Mondays, 6:30-8:30 pm
Saturdays, 9-11 am

For nearly two decades, Eastbrook has hosted a food pantry on site twice a week, where we provide emergency food to over 500 families each year.

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International Community Center (ICC)

HOURS:
Monday-Friday, 8 am-3 pm

Located on the city’s South Side, the ICC provides a safe learning space for refugees coming into Milwaukee.

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International outreach:

When it comes to Global Missions, it is not practical to equip each one of our church members to go out to the ends of the earth. This is why God has provided a unique role within His Church for which He continues to raise up men and women. In Biblical terms it is an apostolic role, in historical terms it is a missionary role, and for Eastbrook it is the role of Field Worker.

Our Field Workers are a vibrant and diverse group of men and women, individuals and families, who have answered God’s call to make disciples of all nations. They bring this transformation through an equally diverse list of roles and work around the world.

We also recognize that the call to the ends of the earth is central to Global Missions. We focus our resources on parts of the world which are considered unreached in regards to this call. We strive to raise up from within and partner with national leaders to bring the transforming power of the Gospel to these regions of the world.

Eastbrook also offers opportunities to go out and seek transformation through Short-Term Trips and International Residencies. Click the button below to learn more.

Curious how to get involved with international missions through Eastbrook? Click the button below to check out our Send Guide.

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Horn of Africa

Eastbrook has cared for and loved the Somali people since our early days. This has expanded to partner with and support efforts throughout the Horn of Africa through traditional and creative access efforts.

Middle East

Eastbrook Church has been partnering with our dear friends serving in the Holy Land and the Middle East for many years. We have watched God bring Christian schools to places closed to the Gospel, seen refugees cared for long-term, seen businesses started, local churches mobilized, and trauma care provided to those affected by war and persecution.

Asia

Eastbrook has been connected to the continent of Asia for over three decades, adopting orphans with special needs, planting churches, supporting pastors and providing skills training.

…& Beyond

While we have four key focus areas, we also have field workers serving in Europe and the Americas and give God space to draw us into new partnerships as our world changes.

Want to Know More?

There are many Missions-focused groups, service opportunities and events — both regular and seasonal — with which you can get involved, including:

Missions Prayer Class (Sundays at 9:30 am)
Women’s Global Prayer (Thursdays at 9 am)
Tour of Milwaukee (Fall)
Giving to Missions
…and more!

Find details on our Church Calendar, linked below. You can also visit the Missions Spot in our Worship Hall Lobby on Sunday mornings — a space set aside for connecting with and learning from disciples in our midst!

Click here to view a calendar of upcoming Missions events across Eastbrook.