We are a church whose vision is to connect people in the University of Arizona community and surrounding greater Tucson area with Jesus Christ. Our members have a passion for living for Christ, telling others the good news of Jesus Christ, and providing a place for Christ-centered community.
We are the host church of Christian Challenge UA, which is the collegiate ministry branch of the Arizona Mission Network of Southern Baptists. In other parts of the country, Christian Challenge is also known as Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) or Baptist Student Union (BSU).
Johnathan Chan – Lead Pastor
Johnathan has been in the pastoral ministry in Tucson since 2008, after working as a software engineer for IBM for 5 years. He earned his Master of Divinity from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and his Doctor of Ministry degree from Gateway Seminary. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a BS in Computer Science and BS in Management Information Systems. He likes playing volleyball, snowboarding, board games, and drinking coffee/tea. He and his wife Kelly, also an M.Div. graduate of Gateway and BS graduate of the UA, have four kids.
Jeremy Butler – Christian Challenge Campus Missionary
Jeremy works with our students and Christian Challenge ministry to help reach the campus with the gospel. He graduated with his Doctor of Ministry from Rockbridge Seminary and his Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He loves meeting and talking to new people and coming up with crazy ideas on reaching people with the gospel, and you can almost always find him with an energy drink. He and his wife Angela have been in Tucson since 2022.
Anna Im – Christian Challenge Campus Missionary
Anna works with our students and Christian Challenge ministry to help reach the campus with the gospel. She also helps with music and leading the praise team. She recently graduated from the UA with a degree in Family Studies. She spent several years growing up on the mission field, and loves spending time with friends, family, and her cats. You can often find her reading and drinking tea/coffee. She just got married to her husband James, who moved to Tucson from Canada.
Hugo Cheung – Chinese speaking ministry
Hugo works with our Chinese speaking ministry, both adults and students. He works as an R&D Manager at Texas Instruments. He graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, a MS in Electrical Engineering from Cal State Fullerton, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from USC. He also received his Master of Divinity from Gateway Seminary in 2018. He is an avid bicyclist who often bikes several miles to work. He and his wife Yvonne have 4 grown children.