Presbyterian World Mission has six mission co-workers serving in Japan. They are involved in evangelism, theological education, higher education, and youth and women ministries through our partnerships with organizations there. The Presbyterian World Mission priorities are ethnic minority and racial justice, foreign migrant workers, especially women in Japan, church unity and cooperation and justice for ethnic minorities in Japan. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has had a presence in Japan since 1859.
Japan
David and Sue Hudson
David is invited by the United Church of Christ in Japan (UCCJ) AS Liaisons for Japan Mission and Yodogawa Christian Hospital in mission partnership with the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Yodogawa Christian Hospital was established by Japan Mission in a disadvantaged area of Osaka in 1955 with seed money provided by Presbyterian Women in the U.S. The hospital remains under the direction of Japan Mission.
Read more about his work here.
Write to David at david.hudson@pcusa.org.
Thomas Goetz
Tom Goetz is a long-term volunteer serving as professor of English in the Faculty of Social Welfare at Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Japan. He is also English language coordinator at Hokkaido Christian Center. Hokusei Gakuen University is a four-year liberal arts school founded more than 100 years ago by Presbyterian missionary Sarah Smith.
Read more about his work here.
Write to Thomas at tom.goetz@pcusa.org
Reformed Church of Japan
United Church of Christ in Japan (Kyodan)
Council on Cooperative Mission
Kinjo Gakuen Junior College
Korean Christian Church in Japan
National Christian Council in Japan
Shikoku Gakuin University
Okinawa Christian Junior College
Tokyo Union Theological Seminary
Yodogawa Christian Hospital
Mienda Uriarte, Area Coordinator for Asia and the Pacific, mienda.uriarte@pcusa.org
Jacklyn Walker, Mission Specialist, jacklyn.walker@pcusa.org