Senior Staff
About Keith & Megan
Many are surprised to learn that of the 126 million people living in Japan, less than 1% identify as Evangelical Christians. This fact alone makes the Japanese the second-largest unreached people group in the world. Global Executive Director of the Lausanne Movement, Michael Oh, writes that with under 1,000 missionaries presently serving the country, "There's only 1 missionary for every 150,000 Japanese."
Given this great need, God called Keith and Megan Lindley to a ministry of training and equipping the leaders of the Japanese church. Alongside this ministry calling, Keith was ordained by Chuck Swindoll, earned a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, and became a PhD candidate in Theological Studies. Keith also has more than a decade of teaching experience with Stonebriar Community Church, the Opened Bible Academy, and as a guest lecturer at Dallas Theological Seminary.
Keith sits on the Matthew 13:23 Ministries Board of Directors and serves as the ministry’s Lead Strategist. In his present role, Keith assists with their projects related to Biblical Counseling, Evangelism Training, Children’s Ministry, and Digital Media Evangelism. The Matthew 13:23 Ministries team, through their Digital Media Evangelism projects, have enabled many people in Japan to hear the Gospel in full detail for the first time.
In addition, Keith oversees the Japanese translation of Dr. Thomas L. Constable’s Bible Study Notes. This online, high-quality, and completely free commentary fills the great need of in-depth theological resources for Japanese church leaders. Keith also frequently presents at academic conferences throughout the United States on the subjects of analytic theology and philosophy of religion.
Megan spends her days copywriting for Matthew 13:23 Ministries, being Keith’s unofficial office manager, and wrangling their children.
As a family, Keith, Megan, Ava, and Evan, are committed to bringing the Gospel to Japan and providing accessible ministry training to the Japanese church.