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equipper conference
c/o JCFN
3590 Elm Ave. , Suite H
Long Beach , CA 90807
Tel: 562-427-1783
or 562-427-1861
Fax: 562-427-9028
equipper@equipper.org
speakers
- Rev. Akira Sato
Rev. and Dr. David T. Sugimoto
Rev. Susumu Morinaga
Rev. Makoto Okura
Rev. Akira Sato
Pastor of Fukushima First Baptist Church: http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~f1church/ (Japan Association of Conservative Baptist Churches). He was born in 1957 in Yamagata. He has been pastoring his church after graduating from Bible Theological Seminary in 1982. His church is in a town with a population of 10,000 people and espouses the vision “from Galilee to the world” as a missionary-sending local church. He also travels across Japan as an itinerant speaker. He wrote, “For the growth and salvation of children,” ”What comes out of suffering?,” “What comes out of prayer?,” ”The most important thing,” “Vitamins A and B for your heart,” etc.
Rev. and Dr. David T. Sugimoto
Pastor of Machida Christian Center: http://www.mccjapan.org/ (New Life Christian Church Association) and associate professor at Keio University. He was born in 1958. He graduated from Keio University, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the University of Sheffield in England. He lived overseas for eight years. He has written many books including,"A Commentary on the Book of Judges," "A must-know book on biblical archeology: Old and New Testaments," etc.
Rev. Susumu Morinaga
Pastor of London Japanese Christian Fellowship (and advisor of Eglise Protestante de Langue Japonaise a Paris). He was born in 1935 in Kagoshima. After graduating from Japan Christian Theological Seminary, and Kobe Reformed Theological Seminary, and after being involved with church planting in Japan, he studied in Israel. On his way back, he was called to serve the Japanese people in London. It has been 31 years since that time. He now also serves in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. He is adored by many as the Christian father of Japanese people in the U.K. He wrote the book, “Here is blessing.”
Rev. Makoto Okura
Pastor of San Diego Japanese Christian Church (OMS Holiness Church of North America). His father was Korean and his mother Japanese, having been born in Seoul in 1969. After graduating from Tusculum College in Tennessee (majored in psychology), he received a calling to become a pastor by the Ganga River when he was traveling around India. He graduated from Tokyo Biblical Seminary in 1996. After engaging in pastoral ministry on the Okierabu Island in Kagoshima, he has been involved with ministry for Japanese people in North America since 1998.