Dr. Don and Joyce Townsend

Missionary Gospel Fellowship

Responding to God’s call, Don and Joyce Townsend took early retirements as a psychologist and speech pathologist and served with English Language Institute in China for seven years. Currently they volunteer as Missionary Care Directors of Missionary Gospel Fellowship, serve on the leadership team and coordinate MGF’s Regional Contact Missionary Program. MGF’s missionaries serve in North American including Canada and Mexico. They minister to migrant laborers, prisoners, diversified ethnic groups and cults, and provide training to Mexican and Canadian nationals. The Townsends encourage the missionaries by visiting them on the field and maintaining frequent contacts with them through email, cards and phone communications. In addition, Joyce is editor of the Missionary Tidbits, a newsletter for the MGF missionaries, to help them learn more about each others’ ministries and know each others’ prayer needs. High school sweethearts, they married in 1955 and have two lovely daughters, two wonderful son-in-laws and two grandchildren who are super special.