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Ken and his wife Debby Milhous have been serving as missionaries since 1994. Ken grew up as a missionary kid in Japan, speaks fluent Japanese, and has been involved in Japanese ministry for almost all of his life. After seminary, Ken and Debby were led to begin full-time ministry among Japanese living in the United States. The Milhouses are reaching out to Japanese, primarily in the Boston area, through the Boston Japanese Christian Church (BJCC), a mission outpost church, which they started in 1995. Thousands of Japanese people live in Boston and surrounding communities. Most come only for several years to study in universities, do research in those institutions and in hospitals, or for other endeavors. While here, they are open to new experiences; yet they want a connection to something from home, so a Japanese-language church is strategic for reaching them. Ken also spends part of his time serving in leadership for Reaching Japanese for Christ (RJC), as the current director, on the network council and conference planning committees, as well as an interpreter and speaker at RJC conferences.

Mayumi was born and raised in Osaka but now resides with her husband and family in Atlanta, GA, where since 2006, has been the Executive Director of the Second Level Ministry. Mayumi serves as a mentor, coach, supervisor, and spiritual director in Japanese ministries. She has been involved in evangelism and discipleship training in regional churches and other ministries. She believes in the RJC’s vision and desire to contribute to carrying the mission of connecting, equipping, and encouraging. Mayumi is a board member of the Reaching Japanese for Christ Network and leads a mentoring course at RJC Academy.

Board Member and Leader of the Webinar Function

Liz formerly worked as a Registered Nurse for the school district in Washington, USA and served as the City Director for International Students Inc. before moving to Kobe, Japan for two years to do Returnee Follow-up and research on returnees for ISI. She and her husband, Paul, have been doing international student ministry for 37 years; as a Host Family; homestay teacher/coordinator for groups of Japanese; started a Talk Time, International Christian Fellowship and co-founded the Reaching Japanese for Christ Network. She currently serves in leading/hosting the Lynnwood International Christian Fellowship; leading/hosting International Women’s Connection; attempting to mobilize churches; continues on the Reaching Japanese for Christ Conference planning committee; and working on returnee follow up strategies.    

Rebecca has had the privilege to serve our awesome God in ministry to the Japanese for 25 years. For six of those years she was a missionary in Japan. The remaining 19 she has served on staff at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Walled Lake, Michigan in the International Ministry. She has been partnering with RJC since 2015 and can’t wait to see what God will do next with this amazing group of people!

Brandalyn is the director of the RJC Academy online training branch of the RJC Network. Her deep relationships with Japanese friends lead her to RJC looking for more contextualized resources for sharing The Gospel. With a heart split between Japan and vulnerable Children, Brandalyn also serves as the National Coordinator for Orphan Sunday and Stand Sunday Canada and lives in Coombs, BC with her husband when not visiting in Japan.

Satoru 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 Judson University, IL, and after graduation, he worked as a ‘salaryman’ in Japan for 6 years. In 2005 he felt a call to ministry and studied at Regent College. After graduation he started ministering the Japanese speaking people in Seattle.