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Pastoral Team

Ryuta and Patrizia Kimura

Ryuta is Japanese and Patrizia (Pati) is Swiss. They met in England in year 2000, where Ryuta finished theological seminary, and Patrizia attended Language School. In 2002 they tied the knot in Switzerland.

Throughout the years, Ryuta and Pati served in churches in Europe as well as Japan, involving themselves in Mission, Youth Work, Kids Ministries, Outreach Ministries, Church Plants, Leadership Trainings and so on.

Their core passion has always been working for the local church and being involved in planting new churches. Together they developed several businesses along the way, as an additional source of income for their family of four.

In 2013, they launched as a small team a new church in Kichijoji - Double O Cross Church.

By God’s grace, this church has flourished ever since and in 2025 they felt the call to plant another church campus - Delta Cross Church.

Ryuta also works as a Training Director for the organization “City to City Japan”.

Since Ryuta and Pati are now grandparents and have two grown married daughters, they enjoy this new sweet season with their family.

As a couple they are very active and always ready for a new adventure. Their hobbies are traveling with their camping van and exploring more of Japan’s beauty. They also love snorkeling in Okinawa and love to get into the culture of whatever city or country they visit.

Lukas and Mami Kernen

Mami and Lukas met during their study in England and got married in 2007. Lukas then graduated from Bible College and for the following six years, they interned as a couple in a Church Thun, Switzerland.
Lukas worked as a Youth Pastor while Mami served her Church through the worship & design ministry. In 2012, Lukas was officially ordained as a Pastor. Their vision and love for Japan continued to grow until they were finally sent out as missionaries to Japan in January 2014.
Together they have two wonderful boys. Besides actively building the local church, they love traveling and learning about different cultures.

Jono Lee and Seera Unno

Jono was born in the United States and raised in Hong Kong, while Seera is half Japanese and half Singaporean, raised in Japan. The two met in Seattle in 2008 and were married in 2011. They moved to Japan in 2016 and are now raising three wonderful children.
Jono is a US-licensed psychotherapist with over 10 years of experience serving individuals and couples with mental health and relational needs. He currently practices in Japan and holds a Master of Theological Studies degree. Alongside his work, he writes songs for Project Oto, an initiative creating J-pop-style worship music.
Seera works in the field of human resources at a corporate firm, where she is learning to serve and embody her faith as a light in the world as a Christian. Her deep passion lies in theology and developing theological resources to edify the church.
Both Jono and Seera are actively involved in ministries, driven by a shared desire to see healthy, culturally relevant, gospel-centered churches established worldwide.
When not engaged in their work or ministry, they enjoy traveling, exploring diverse cuisines, and immersing themselves in the world of ACG (Anime, Comics, Games). They delight in uncovering and connecting the Gospel narrative within entertainment and pop culture.

Pastoral Team

Vision and Values

Gospel
The Gospel is life changing. Those who live by it receive a new identity: an identity not based on what they do or what they have done, but solely on what Jesus has done for them. This is the good news. Through this new identity, our desire to sin is replaced by new desires to please God in all that we do. The Gospel is not just a small part of Christianity, but it is the main event. Through Jesus Christ, we believe that the Gospel is the ultimate solution to our broken lives and the only solution for the forgiveness of sins. As a Gospel centered community our hearts desire is to continue sharing this good news with the people of Japan, so that they too may receive the lifesaving message of the Gospel.

Community
We believe the Christian faith is not something we are supposed to do alone. Even the triune God we serve, is representative of a community (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). Without a community, we cannot function effectively as a Church. We all have our part to play in the body of Christ. We all have spiritual gifts given by God for the edification of the Church, that we may be effective for the cause of Jesus Christ. Our community is a place where, through authentic and transparent relationships, we build each other up, sharpen one another, and share in each other’s joy and suffering. Doing life together demonstrates our love for one another, and through this love all will know that we are Jesus’ disciples.

City
We believe that people who have been changed by the Gospel no longer live to make a name for themselves, but rather to make the name of Jesus known. As we go about our daily lives at work, in our schools, and in our social networks, we want to be a missional community who are prepared and willing to share the Gospel to our city. Our heart is to also contribute to the needs of our city in a practical way. Therefore, we seek to stand up for social justice, and be a noticeable presence in our community; to reflect God’s love and His Gospel in ways they can see and understand.

What we Believe

The Bible was written under the Holy Spirit’s perfect inspiration of each writer, containing all that God desires to reveal to humanity concerning salvation. The Bible is the single and absolute standard for faith and practice.
The living and true God is one, who is eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
God created all things, visible and invisible, from nothing, which are subject to His absolute sovereignty.
Adam was created in the image of God and in right relation with God, but was tempted by Satan and sinned against God, thereby experiencing both spiritual and physical death. All human beings are therefore born with a sinful nature, being sinners in thought, word and deed.
The Lord Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, died on the cross for the sins of the world, was buried, and rose on the third day. He ascended to heaven and sits at the right hand of God where he executes his ministry as High Priest for us.
Because of the substitutionary death of our Lord Jesus Christ, all who believe in Him are forgiven of their sins, justified by faith and redeemed from the penalty and dominion of sin. There is no other way to salvation.
The Holy Spirit is a person whose ministry is to convict and regenerate sinful people, making them children of God, conforming them to the image of Christ; and empowering them for effective world evangelization. The Holy Spirit is sovereign, having perfect liberty to do as He pleases. He gives gifts of graces as He wills for the edification of the church.
The church universal is the body of Christ, and all who are born again by the Holy Spirit become members thereof, with Christ being the head. The church on earth, in a manner befitting its head, should maintain purity of faith and life and preach the gospel to every creature.
We believe in water baptism by immersion. Baptism is a visible symbol of God’s saving work within a person. It is the outward sign of belonging to the people of God—those who have repented and put their faith in Jesus Christ.
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is coming again personally, bodily and visibly. He will raise bodily the just and the unjust–one to everlasting blessedness and the other to everlasting punishment, after which He will renew all things and deliver the kingdom to God the Father.