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…
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…
Don was born and raised in Washington state. It was at a small rural church at Preston, Washington where he first heard of Jesus, trusted him as his savior, and heard the call to missions. JoAnn and he went to Japan as church-planting missionaries…
Setsu Shimizu serves as the director of JCFN (Japanese Christian Fellowship Network). The office is in Irvine, California.