John and Elaine Mehn: Baptist General Conference – International Ministries, BGC Japan Mission
John and Elaine Mehn have served as BGC missionaries in Japan since 1985 with the primary ministry of cross-cultural church planting, direct evangelism and outreach, mobilization and equipping for church planting, leadership development, and spiritual renewal mentoring. (For more information on their current ministries click here.)
Since 1985 they have lived in the world’s largest city: Tokyo. Currently they live in Machida City, a large suburb of Tokyo with nearly 500,000 people (For address or contact information click here). Their home, in addition to their residence, is the headquarters for the BGC Japan Mission, the operations center for the Church Planting Institute (CPI), and a renewal center for women in ministry called The Spring.
John and Elaine Mehn have two children, Tim and Beth, who are college students, Tim in Japan and Beth in the US.