Naoko was born in Shizuoka City in Japan and has been living in the US for about 23 years. In 1997, an American woman who was on staff with ISI lead her to Christ and discipled her. Currently Naoko is working in a research lab at Vanderbilt…
Rev. Dr. Rick Chuman is the Executive Director of JEMS (Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society). Prior to JEMS, Rev. Rick served 20 years as a pastor in the OMS Holiness Church of North America. He earned his BA in Linguistics from SDSU, a M.Div.…
Ellen and Dennis have been married for 49 years. They have two children and one grandson. He worked in Christian radio for 20 years from Denver to Eugene to Seattle and finally to Los Angeles. Ten years for a Growing Families International, a…
Satoru Nakanishi is the Associate Pastor at Japanese Presbyterian Church in Seattle. Growing up in Japan, he first came in contact with the Bible when he was 18 years old, and two years later invited Christ into his life. He studied business at…
Eri Donovan has an after-school education program for Japanese children who live in the Torrance, California area. The program takes place at Nova Community Church, 4345 Emerald Street Torrance, CA 90503. At the 2007 Southern California RJC…