A valued Mercy Ships ambassador, Dr. Gary Brandenburg serves as the International Spiritual Development Officer for Mercy Ships and has served on several Mercy Ships boards. 

Gary grew up in California and attended Oklahoma State University on a baseball scholarship. Following three seasons of professional baseball, he received his Master of Divinity degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago and his Doctor of Ministry degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston. 

Dr. Brandenburg has been a church planter in California, Senior Pastor at Grace Community Church in Tyler, Texas, and Lead Pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Dallas, Texas. 

Dr. Brandenburg currently serves as an adjunct professor at Dallas Theological Seminary and is a member of the Board of Directors for Pine Cove Christian Camps. 

Married since 1977, Gary and his wife Jana have three children and five grandchildren.