David & Evangeline

TOKYO, JAPAN

David and Evangeline have served 25 years as church planters in Tokyo. Tokyo is a city of 37 million, where only 1/500 are followers of Christ, and the vast majority cannot tell you who Jesus is. Most have never known a Christian. 60% of all the towns in Japan still have no church, no believer, and no witness to Jesus Christ. It is the 2nd largest unreached people group in the word, and Tokyo is the largest concentration of unreached people in the world.

In 2025, they relocated to Ishinomaki City, a fishing town approximately five hours north of Tokyo with a population of about 130,000. The community is heavily involved in the seafood processing industry and offers a stark contrast to the Tokyo metropolitan area. Ishinomaki became widely known following the massive earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster of 2011, which devastated much of the city. In the aftermath of the disaster, The Alliance (CAMA) purchased and rebuilt a house near the shoreline to serve as a disaster relief center. Today, a church plant meets at this center, and the ministry team continues to use it as a hub for outreach in the community.

Evangeline’s parents were Alliance home missionaries to the Native Americans in North Dakota. David’s parents and grandparents attended Pleasantview Alliance Church (Saegertown, PA) and Meadville Alliance Church.

Both David and Evangeline are graduates of Crown College, a Christian & Missionary Alliance school.

David and Evangeline have three adult children.