Staff

Pastor

Pastor and Elder / Yu Eguchi

Yu met a missionary when he was 18 years old, which led him to the United States, and he became a Christian in 2005 while in Tucson, Arizona. The following year, she became involved in the launch of J Lodge, a college student evangelistic cafe in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, where she served as manager for five years.

Asako became a Christian in 2011 in Irvine, California. She has completed counseling classes at Christ Bible Seminary and is an IFM Certified Counselor and a licensed Professional Psychologist (National Association of Psychologists).

They met at Christ Biblical Seminary in 2011, married in February 2014, and completed their Master of Divinity degree process in August of the same year. They reside in Nagoya, Japan, with their family of four, along with their daughter, Ikoi, and son, Yuto.

Yu was installed as pastor of ANF Downtown Campus in May 2019.

Elder

Elder, currently inactive / Brooks Cain

Brooks and Reeva grew up in Christian homes in the United States, so they don’t remember when they came to faith in Jesus.

They met in 2005, married in 2007, and began serving in youth ministry shortly after. They visited Japan shortly after graduation and have been nurturing their love for the Japanese ever since!

The Cains have a burning passion for ministering to Japanese youth and supporting other missionary families as they navigate life in a foreign country. This is why they began worshiping at ANF in 2013; in 2019, they gladly answered the call to serve a mission with the Eguchi family.

Brooks was initially approved as an Elder in the Presbyterian Church (PCA) USA, and Reeva is a professionally licensed counselor. God has blessed them with three beautiful and energetic children: Quinn, Marley, and John.

Elder

Elder / Paul Kang

Paul and Yu are part of the mission team at Christ Biblical Seminary (CBI), the parent organization of Christ Biblical Seminary, which trains Christian leaders and pastors in Japan. Paul is an ANF elder and serves as a chaplain and interpreter for CBI. Yu is Japanese from Nagoya, Japan, and leads a children’s ministry with young mothers. The Kangs’ two children’s names are Isaac Soon (with the hope that Jesus will return soon) Kang and Sarah Faith (meaning “saved only by faith”) Kang. Please pray for the Kang family serving in Nagoya.

“We believe that God can accomplish His plan without our help if He so desires, but He has given us the privilege to participate in His plan freely and joyfully. The freedom and love that God is giving us far exceeds our expectations. This freedom and love is a strong motivation for us to follow God. When we remember that through God and the cross of Jesus Christ, God loves us and gives us more than we can imagine, we can love and use God more than we can imagine.”

Staff

Administrative Support Staff / Jenny Martin

Growing up as the daughter of Korean immigrants in the U.S., Jenny’s heart was transformed by the message of God’s saving love through Jesus Christ, and she became the first Christian in her family at age 14.

Jenny left a career in speech-language pathology to follow God’s call to full-time missionary work. She first came to Japan as a single missionary serving in Tokyo (1999-2002) where she met her husband Tim. God used this time to open their eyes to the need for the gospel in Japan! Sent out as TEAM missionaries by Park Cities Presbyterian Church (Dallas, Texas), their family returned to Japan in 2013 for ministry in Nagano prefecture, then God opened the door to serve in Nagoya in 2018. The Martins started attending ANF (Nagakute) in 2019 and have been members of ANF (Downtown) since 2022.

Jenny has a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. She is mom to two kids whom she has homeschooled from kindergarten through high school.