David & Jenny Harris

Far East Director

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Our Story

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David
• Born at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, son of a career Marine
• Grew up in Hawaii, North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia
• Saved at age 11, Calvary BC, New Bern, North Carolina
• Learned soulwinning under Ron Reilly, age 15
• Began serving as a bus captain, age 16
• Met Jenny during high school at Lake City B Tab, Lake City, Georgia, James Rushing, Sr.
• Surrendered to go to Japan, October 1984
• Graduated from Bible college, May 1985
• Married, June 1985
• Joined BIMI, December 1985
• Began deputation, June 1986
• Arrived in Osaka, Japan, August 1988
• Served in Japan as church planting missionaries, 24 years
• Serving as Director of BIMI Far East Ministries since April 2012

Jenny
• Born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Saved at age seven
• Father became a pastor when Jenny was 13
• Graduated from Bible college, 1986
• Graduated from WCBC, Master's in Education, 2012


Our Children
Jannah, serving at our sending church & school
Juliana & Sam Hutchens, BIMI missionaries serving in Christchurch, New Zealand since January 2018
Jessica, BIMI missionary on deputation to New Zealand
Josiah, attending Golden State Baptist College

Our Ministry
• 1988-1995 Osaka/Kobe, Japan - language study & first church plant
• 1995-2010 Aomori (northern Honshu) - second church plant
• 2010-2012 Kobe - assisted church planters & taught at Kansai Independent Baptist Bible School
• 2012-present - BIMI Far East Director

Our Sending Church
Peoples Baptist Church
McDonough, Georgia
Pastor Thomas Satterfield


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