Makito Miyashita serves as Associate Director of Samurai Projects in Tokyo. The goal of Samurai Projects is to train the next generation of Japanese Christian leaders. Read more
James and Charley Ballinger arrived in Tokyo in March 2022. James has been appointed as Director of the Samurai Projects, working to train the next generation of Japanese Christian leaders. Read more
Philip and Sunny Glass live in Komazawa-Daigaku, south Tokyo, where they are partnering to plant a church with Tim and Ai Williams. Read more
Thierry and Antonia Richards are reaching out to business people in central Tokyo through Tokyo Marunouchi Partnership. Read more
Japan Christian Link has been blessed with a good number of outstanding partners. JCL has two types of partners, Mission Partners and Network Partners.
Mission Partners are full time Christian workers who take on roles such as church leadership and church planting.
Network Partners are generally in secular paid employment but because of their engagement with Japanese people either in Japan or abroad they have opportunities to share the gospel in their spare time with those around them.
Please contact us if you would like to know more about our partners. There are opportunities to pray for their work as well as to support them financially.
Dave and Heidi Skipper work with different kinds of music and those engaging with it, mainly in the Tokyo region. Read more
Dawn Bolton has worked in Japan supporting a church in Kobe and teaching English to seminary students at Kansai Bible College, as well as private classes. Now back in the UK on furlough. Read more
Emba Allison followed God’s call to Japan in 2015 after hearing a dramatic message at a conference on the huge mental health needs in Japan. Read more
Grace Koshino, along with her husband Yusuke and their young daughter Ema, live in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture. Grace works part-time at a Japanese E-commerce company. Her family attend Minami Urawa Baptist Church and her husband works for a handy-man agency run by the church pastor. Read more
James Brown is preaching at Nishiharima Church near Kobe, as well as at Kobe Bible Fellowship and other outreach meetings. Read more
Jim and Kayo Davies teach English in the Kobe region and are looking for opportunities to share the gospel with those they meet. Read more
Joe serves at a Japanese church in Ealing in West London and is also responsible for putting together most of JCL's publications. Read more
Katsutoshi and Yukiko Shimizu have planted South London Japanese Church and are active in the Japanese community across the UK and Europe. Read more
Lisa M. hosts a monthly Japanese Bible study at her home, assisted by Josh who leads the studies in Japanese. She also offers accommodation to Japanese students studying locally. Read more
Morien James teaches English at a range of classes in the vicinity of Koga, north of Tokyo. He shares the gospel with class members regularly. Read more
Rebekah Hwang leads Megumi Church in Finchley, North London, with her husband Mark. She also meets up with Japanese ladies for Bible studies. Read more
Richard Brash has taken up a theology teaching post in Nagoya, Japan. Yuko Brash will be working with ladies and young people in the Nagoya region. Read more
Shuko and Michiko Tano live and work in Nago, Okinawa where they lead Nago Chapel. Their vision is to reach out to the various segments of society by establishing relevant link activities. Read more
Stephen and Yuki Williams are serving at Shigaraki Christ Church in the Kansai area of Japan. Yuki is teaching at the church and Stephen is working on outreach. Read more
Tim and Ai Williams are working on a church plant in the area of Futakotamagawa to the south west of Tokyo. Read more
Yoshiko Kojima lives near Kobe and is currently recuperating from serious health problems. Until 2009 she used to minister at Milton Keynes Japanese Christian Church. Read more