Bio: Jeffery & Akiko Sonnenberg
Background Info:
Jeffery & Akiko are a Canadian and Japanese missionary couple with tremendous missions experience. Jeffery went to Japan twice with A3 as a short-termer. Upon completion of his seminary studies, he returned to spend 3 years heading up the English Ministries of Soka Evangelical Free Church in Saitama.
During this time, he met Akiko, a fourth-generation Japanese Christian (which is a rarity). Akiko was a university student actively involved in campus ministry as well as a member of the English Board at Soka Church. They worked together at the church in English and Japanese.
They were married in Canada in 1998. They spent a year doing post-graduate studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in preparation for further mission work in Japan.
Ministry Assignment:
Missional Partners since 2000:
- Toda, Saitama, 2014-present
- Okinawa regional church planting network, 2003-2013
- Yamagata regional church planting network, 2000-'03
ARTICLES RELATED TO JEFFERY & AKIKO
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Written by Jeffery Sonnenberg
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Created on 06 December 2023
A3 Advent Devotional Entry • Jeffery Sonnenberg
Thou didst leave Thy throne
And Thy kingly crown,
When Thou camest to earth for me . . .
"I love Christmas. I think that being in Japan at Christmastime helps me understand what Jesus coming here was like."
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Written by Jeff Johnston
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Created on 14 February 2019
A3/Japan’s Progress Report from 2018
There is much to be thankful to God for in the ministry highlights he brought our way in 2018. Below is a summary of encouraging progress from various ministry categories and missionaries serving in Japan...
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Written by Jeffery Sonnenberg
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Created on 08 May 2011
Pastor Akira Sato and the First Baptist Church of Fukushima
Pastor Akira Sato is a pastor, faculty for the A3 JCGI Network leadership development program and author. His most recent book was written before the earthquake and published just days afterward. It is entitled, "Fair Wind is Good, Adversity is also Good." The day of the Tohoku earthquake (March 11), Pastor Akira Sato was in Tokyo for his son’s university commencement ceremony. Pastor Sato's church, the First Baptist Church of Fukushima, ...
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