Our Team

B.F. Westen

Executive Director

B.F. Westen* began serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mission Catalyst International in early 2026, bringing more than two decades of global ministry experience and cross-cultural missionary strategy in Asia, Latin America, and especially China. Visiting more than 120 cities in just his first year in China, he developed fluency in Chinese at the age of nineteen using just his Bible, dictionary, maps, and conversations all across the nation. After leading teams for fifteen years serving among the unreached peoples in the foothills of Tibet, he was deported from his adopted home in 2018.

Since that time, Ben has continued to focus on unreached and restricted-access populations, developing indigenous missionary strategies (Tibetandina.com), mobilizing global intercession for China (PrayforChina.us), and producing publications, digital resources, and podcast content (PrayGiveGo.us) to encourage prayer and equip believers to engage unreached people groups. His published and editorial works include historical and contemporary missionary writings designed to inspire and equip the next generation of global mission leaders.

Currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Ben’s unique combination of field experience, missionary mobilization, multilingual communication, and global relationship development positions Mission Catalyst International to expand its impact in advancing the Great Commission among unreached people groups worldwide.

*B.F. Westen is a pen name. For security, Ben’s full legal name will not be published online, but can be requested by contacting MCI.

James Eby

Founder/President Emeritus

Jim is the Founder President Emeritus of Mission Catalyst. He has more than 50 years of experience in pastoral and international missionary leadership. Jim has led MCI for the past 22 years in training more than 150,000 leaders, both nationally and internationally, in 49 countries of the world, including the world’s most unreached countries of India, Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Indonesia. Through his leadership MCI has seen more than 30,000 new churches and house churches planted. Conservative estimates of the numbers of people saved, baptized, and discipled are over 200,000.

Jim and his wife Peggy have served as pastors, church planters, missionaries, and as director of the Centre for International Christian Ministry (CICM) in London, England. Prior to founding Mission Catalyst International, Jim & Peggy served as overseers of more than 100 churches and 300 ministers. Both Jim & Peggy have been ordained ministers for more than 50 years. He holds a master’s degree from Southwestern Christian University and an honorary doctorate from Thailand Theological Seminary. They are blessed with three children, 13 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Jim retired as President/Executive Director of MCI in January 2025.

Ken Womack

Assistant Director Emeritus

Ken Womack serves as Vice-President and Director of Pastor Training for MCI. He has been active in ministry for more than 30 years, serving in a variety of capacities including Christian Education, missionary trainer, and Senior Pastor. Ken joined the Mission Catalyst staff in March of 2004 as Director of Pastoral Training.

Ken did his formal studies at Southwestern Christian University in Oklahoma City and at Liberty Theological Seminary in Houston, Texas. Over the past 20 years Ken has been vitally involved in leadership development and discipleship training which has resulted in a significant network of pastors and international leaders who are effectively winning and discipling new believers. Ken regularly travels to many nations of the world training leaders.

Currently, MCI has 46 highly trained, indigenous Master Trainers in the Unreached World. These skilled instructors have trained more than 150,000 indigenous pastors, evangelists, and missionary church planters.