Team

We are a team of full-time Japanese staff and self-supported missionaries from all over the world. Our primary focus is serving the ministry of CBI, but we also engage in evangelism and church development all across Nagoya.

Leadership

Brett Rayl

Brett Rayl

CBI Executive Director

Matt Newkirk

Matt Newkirk

CBS President
Professor of Old Testament

Staff

CBS faculty and staff

Matt Newkirk

Matt Newkirk

President
Professor of Old Testament

Craig Chapin

Craig Chapin

Academic Dean
Associate Professor of New Testament

Richard Brash

Richard Brash

Dean of Students
Associate Professor of Systematic Theology

Oba Takanori

Takanori Oba

Professor of Church History

Damon Cha

Damon Cha

Lecturer in Old Testament

Brett Rayl

Brett Rayl

Lecturer in Theology

Paul Kang

Paul Kang

Academic Assistant

Etsuko Maeda

ETSUKO MAEDA

Administrative Staff

JOJC staff

Oba Takanori

Takanori Oba

Director

CBI counseling staff

Asako Eguchi

Asako Eguchi

Counseling Manager

CBI Media

Rebecca Dennison

Rebecca Dennison

Director

Will Ruck

Will Ruck

Videography

Akiko Matsumura

Akiko Matsumura

Social Media

Brash Yuko

Yuko Brash

Translation

Alessandro Gonzalez

Alessandro Gonzalez

Intern

Mike Hawkins

Mike Hawkins

Intern

Mission

Jason Reedy

Jason Reedy

Internship & Residency Program Manager

Karis Krieger

Karis Fukuda

Outreach Coordinator

General Affairs

MASAKUNI HOTTA

MASAKUNI HOTTA

Director

Mari Suzumiya

Finance

Will Ruck

Will Ruck

Facilities

Rebecca Dennison

Rebecca Dennison

Public Relations

Mark Kim

MARK KIM

Graphic Design

Akiko Matsumura

Akiko Matsumura

Administrative Staff

Team

RICHARD AND YUKO BRASH

DAMON AND YOUNG-MI CHA

CRAIG AND YUMIKO CHAPIN

REBECCA DENNISON

ASAKO EGUCHI

KARIS FUKUDA

MASAKUNI HOTTA

PAUL AND YU KANG

MARK AND RACHEL KIM

ETSUKO MAEDA

TIM AND JENNY MARTIN

Akiko Matsumura

MATT AND CAROLINE NEWKIRK

TAKANORI OBA

BRETT AND TAYLOR RAYL

JASON AND ANNA REEDY

WILLIAM AND MARY JO RUCK

Mari Suzumiya

Interns

SHANNON DEBOER

Alessandro and Chenpei Gonzalez

Mike Hawkins

CALEB STOBER

THOMAS WONG