Pastor


Our Pastor is the Rev. Michael Nearhood. Pastor Nearhood came to Okinawa in April 1999.

Pastor and MasakoPastor Nearhood came to Japan in 1975 as a member of the "Volunteer Youth Mininstry." He taught English in a church English School in the Tokyo area and was the Program Director of the Sapporo Youth Center before being ordained in Japan by the Japan Lutheran Church in 1984. He has served churches in Tokyo, Niigata Prefecture and Hokkaido Prefecture.

He is married to Masako (who plays the organ for the English Service).
Masako and Fall Colors


Pastor and Masako
2011




Pastor Nearhood is the webmaster and takes responsibility for the content of these pages.

You can e-mail the pastor at okiluth@gmail.com.
You can send postal mail to the following address:
Okinawa Lutheran Church
362 Shimabukuro
Kitanakagusuku
Okinawa 901-2301
Japan
Or you can call the pastor by telephone:
Church phone and fax: (within Japan) 098-933-5535, (from abroad) 011-81(Japan)-98-933-5535
Parsonage phone and fax:(within Japan) 098-932-6560, (from abroad) 011-81(Japan)-98-932-6560

Or pray for the pastor, his family, and the Okinawa Lutheran Church.
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This major revision of the OLC homepage was finished in October, 2004, by Pastor Michael Nearhood. Revised in January, 2008 and at various times. The latest update was November 11, 2020, September 1, 2021, November 11, 2022. Any comments should be emailed to him. E-mail.