Church Planting and Evangelism

Daniel Sexton has served as a missionary with OMS International in Japan since 1987 and married Keiko Kannombayashi in September 2000 when they began serving together.

Daniel has been involved in English Evangelism and church planting with churches in the cities of Tokyo, Otsu, and most recently the churches of the Bumo District in Tochigi Prefecture. Teaching conversational English is one of the most effective methods of reaching the Japanese and introducing them to the Gospel. Keiko became a Christian through an English conversation class at the Gamagori Christ Church when she was 16 years old.

Daniel graduated in 1977 with a B.S. degree in Agriculture from Kansas State University. Upon graduation he began dairy farming in the Abilene area and was able to participate in a Men For Missions work crusade. It was on an MFM trip to Haiti that Daniel became convinced that he could be used on the mission field. Men For Missions International is the laymen’s voice of OMS. Daniel completed his M. Arts and M.Div degrees at Asbury Theological Seminary in 1994 and 1995.

Keiko graduated in Social Welfare from Doho University in Nagoya, Japan. She also completed a one-year basic course from Tokyo Biblical Seminary in March 1993. Before marrying Daniel, she worked for six and a half years at the OMS Christian Bookstore in the seminary.

Daniel and Keiko have three small children: Timothy, Tabitha, and Tryphena. The Sextons are planning to return to Japan following their furlough to serve with the churches in the Bumo District in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Missionary ID #801690