Richard was born and raised in Seattle, Washington as a fourth generation Japanese-American Buddhist. In 1979 he became a Christian at the age of 19. The change brought about a shifting of priorities which led him to become a missionary to Japan…
Araki, Izumi graduated from Regent College in 2007 and continues her study/writing on Nitobe Garden in UBC as well as currently working on the research on Japanese and Anne of Green Gables. She has been involved in reaching out to Japanese in…
Ken is a missionary with Converge Worldwide, reaching Japanese in the United States, primarily Boston, where he pastors the Boston Japanese Christian Church. He also serves as the Director of Japanese Ministry in the U.S. for Converge Worldwide. He…
Rick Chuman serves as the director of JEMS which has an active diaspora ministry. He is also a member of the RJC Network Council Rick presented the following seminar at the 2012 RJC Conference: I’m Going To Japan. Now What?.
After serving as missionaries in Japan, Steve Young and his wife worked with the Japanese diaspora in Australia. They now live in Nashville, Tennessee, helping with a Japanese church there. The Japanese Christian ministry in the Nashville area…