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Greetings in the name of Jesus!
I am Pastor Chad Brekke.
In my 35 years of pastoral ministry, I have served three congregations. Two in Pennsylvania and one in Minnesota. I have been deeply involved in mission work in the East African country of Tanzania for over 25 years.
Pastors seeking call in the ELCA provide an extensive document called the RLP (rostered leader profile). I believe the responses below from my RLP may serve as an introduction to some of my theology and approach to ministry.
Calling: You are called as a Child of God and into rostered service in this church. Reflect theologically on your sense of call and the way it shapes your life and work. My sense of call flows from a deep personal appreciation for the confessional theology of the Lutheran Church. In my collegiate years I began an intentional exploration of our Lutheran faith as it compared to the more fundamentalist theologies of some of my peers. Over time, my understanding of God’s gracious claim on our lives through baptism into the death and resurrection of Christ grew and matured to give voice and substance to a faith I had been born into.
Convictions: Identify the three most prominent themes that others would say are strongly evident in your speaking, teaching, leading and living. Those themes would surely include an appreciation for God’s proactive and gracious claim on our lives through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Another would be the active connection between the scriptures and the stories of our own day to day lives. A third theme would surely be the abundant life made available to us as we identify and use our gifts to strengthen the community of faith in Christ, which motivates us to reach out to the world in love and service.
I am truly humbled and grateful for the warm welcome and gracious hospitality I have already experienced here at TLC. I feel called by God to join with all of you as a community of faith in Christ for these coming months.
Your partner in this ministry,
Pastor Chad Brekke
Are you looking for an English language worship service in Tokyo? If so, then you’ve come to the right place.
Welcome to Tokyo Lutheran Church! You are invited to participate in worship as well as our other ministries.
Every Sunday, we celebrate Holy Communion and worship in English from 10:00AM-10:50AM.
Tokyo Lutheran is an engaging Christian community comprised of compassionate
people from all over the world who come together to worship,
mature in faith, and participate with God in God’s mission.
All people are welcome at Tokyo Lutheran and we are always looking for more people to join their gifts with ours.
We would love to be a part of your spiritual journey, please stop by for a visit!If you need help — if you’re lonely, sad, troubled,struggling with a drug or alcohol problem,or just need someone to talk to –
please visit Tell Japan [https://telljp.com/] or IMHPJ [https://www.imhpj.org/] to find someone who will listen and help you get what you need.
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Every Week 10:00～10:55a.m.
Every Second Sunday of the month 11:00～12 noon
Our Mission
The mission of our English Ministry at Tokyo Lutheran is, through English,
to offer worship and spiritual care to those who are searching for it, to grow faith through Christian education,
to speak the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those who have not heard it, and to be, in thought, word, and deed,
a community who lives as Christ’s hands in our world. We invite you to join us in our mission!
Directions to Tokyo Lutheran
Go to Shin Okubo station which is on the Yamanote Line (Green Line).
There is only one exit out of the station. Exit the station and turn right.
You are now walking on Okubo Dori (Okubo street).
The church is located on the right side of Okubo Dori about five-seven minutes by foot from Shin Okubo station.