Jonas & Christina Davison

“I really hope God doesn’t call us here,” Jonas said as he and Christina stepped off the plane. Christina had studied abroad in Japan during college, but Jonas’ first visit was when the family received orders to Camp Zama (Tokyo) with the U.S. Army Japan Band. They asked the Lord to use their nearly four years in Japan as a missions trip. Little did they know God would change Jonas’ heart and call them as full-time missionaries.

They left the Army in 2016 and returned to the U.S. to pursue missions. Jonas went to seminary at RTS-Charlotte, and the family returned to Tokyo with MTW in 2019. At first, Jonas and Christina were focused on helping the Japanese church to produce theologically-rich worship songs and resources, utilizing their skills and training as professional musicians. But along the way they realized that among such an unchurched people, God’s calling was to first nurture a healthy and theologically-rich church, out of which meaningful worship can flow.

Now in their second term, Jonas and Christina serve with their four kids and are part of MTW’s Makuhari Team, which serves Kaihin Makuhari Grace Church. KMGC is the only church in a neighborhood of around 30,000 people, on the northeast side of Tokyo Bay. It is one of the least-churched parts of the Greater Tokyo Area. Jonas and Christina are grateful to help in worship, discipleship, teaching Bible studies, hospitality, and shepherding ministries under the direction of the elders.