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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 20:02 |
Our Staff
 Setsu Kuroda
International Director
Setsu Kuroda (Photo Attached) was born and raised in a pastor’s family in Kishiwada, Osaka, She confessed faith in Jesus at the age of 10 and wanted to devote herself to serve the Lord, but until she graduated from college, her actions did not reflect her faith. From the time she was 15 years old and her family moved to Hawaii, Setsu has lived in the U.S She was involved in evangelizing international students as a high school student and went on to study at Fuller Seminary rededicated herself to the Lord during Urbana E0 and was led to JCFN where shehas been a full-time staff worker since 1994.
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 Yuko Ozeki
US Staff
Yuko Ozeki came to know about Jesus Christ at the church she attended with her mother from the time she was in elementary school.After having experienced some of the joy and the hardships of Christian life in Japan during junior high, high school, college and working in an office, she arrived in bitterly cold Chicago on Christmas day 1996 to study at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She came to realize the importance of evangelizing Japanese and equipping them for their return to Japan.In the spring of 1999, the Lord called Yuko to become a full-time JCFN staff worker and she has been working hard since November, 2000.
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 Maki Goto
Japan Staff
Maki Goto was born in Hashima-shi, Gifu in 1970 as the second son and sixth child in a pastor’s family.As a child, he did not understand the true meaning of the gospel, but at the age of 15 he came to accept Jesus as his Savior and was baptized.Visiting his sister in the States at age 19 motivated him to study in the U.S.He realized this dream when he was 21 as a student of a junior college in Southern California.Later, he went to a Bible college where he began to care about Japanese returnees and was led to work for JCFN.In October, 2002, Maki was blessed by his marriage to Mitsuyo, and their first son, Meru, was born in August 2003.Currently, he is living in San Diego, working as a director of the West Coast area. They will be returning to Japan in the spring of 2004 to work in the Japan office while continuing a time of deputation.
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 Chihiro Nakamura
US Staff
Chihiro Nakamura was born in Chiba, and grew up in Tokyo.Since the age of five, she grew up where church was her second home.At the age of twelve, she met Christ personally and confessed her faith.She studied Christian counseling at college.In 2002, she went to the United States to continue her studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in California.However, only two months later, while still in ESL program, God called her to become a pastor in Japan through the book of Jeremiah.While she was at Fuller, through her internship at JCFN, she saw God using her gift and training. She found His calling through JCFN at this point.She completed the degree of Mater of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary in June, 2006.As Christ’s disciple, Chihiro found joy in discipleship training to equip Christ’s disciples. She was officially installed as a full-time JCFN staff member in April 2007.
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 Eriya Onoe
Japan Associate Staff
Eriya Takahashi (Photo Attached) was born as the second son of a pastor and was baptized at age 15.After completing his M.A. at AoyamaGakuinUniversity, he went to study at Ashland Theological Seminary in the U.S.His faith in Christ was renewed during this time.In 1996, just before returning to Japan, he was given the vision to serve Japan while attending the Urbana Conference.It was then that he met JCFN staff and began participating in JCFN ministry which he still continues to do.He is serving at Christ’s Fukuin Hanna Church as an assistant pastor while teaching accounting at FukuyamaUniversity. ?
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