TESHIO BAPTIST MISSION

The Teshio Baptist Mission is a church planting mission work of First Baptist Church, Laurel, Montana through missionary Kenneth Mansell and family in Teshio, Hokkaido, Japan.  Kenneth Mansell is an ordained preacher and staff pastor of First Baptist Church ministering in the foreign field of Japan.  Missionary Mansell and the Teshio Baptist Mission are a direct outreach of First Baptist Church and under its biblical authority.  First Baptist Church with the help of other Independent Baptist churches help support the ministry of the Teshio Baptist Mission and the Mansells.  100% of all support  for the Mansells and the Teshio Baptist Mission are funneled through this local church.

The Teshio Baptist Mission was begun in 1985 when the Kenneth Mansell family moved to Teshio.  After arriving in Japan in 1983, they spent the first two years under a veteran missionary in the area before starting the work in Teshio.  The work in this northern fishing and dairy farming area of northern Hokkaido, Japan has been slow but God has blessed with a number of adults  and children being saved and baptized.   Because there are not enough baptized believers yet, missionary Mansell and family continue to minister and evangelize in the community.

Contact Information:

Sponsoring Church:

 First Baptist Church; 400 - 7th Ave.; Laurel, MT  59044; /  Tel:  406-628-4366  Fax: 406-628-8172;

  e-mail: 1bc@worldtell.com

Field Address:

 Teshio Baptist Mission; Kaigan Dori, 2-Chome; Teshio, Hokkaido 098-3306;   JAPAN

 Tel/Fax:  001-81-1632-2-2462 (direct dial from US)  E-mail: TBM@worldtell.com

Below is a map of Japan including Hokkaido. (Hokkaido is approximately the size of the state of Wisconsin)  Teshio is an hour's drive south of Wakkanai on the west coast.  Teshio is right on the coast, facing the Japan Sea.  The mouth of the Teshio River is located just two blocks from the Teshio Baptist Mission.  The Teshio River is the third longest river in Hokkaido.   Click on map for close up.