Sanford and Emiko Taborn
1402 Bentengaoka
Moriyama-Ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi-Ken 463-0027
Japan
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Sanford and Emiko Taborn have been reappointed as mission specialists in Japan by request of the United Church of Christ in Japan. Sanford teaches English at Kinjo University and Emiko provides ministry from the home. Sanford has served in Japan as an educator since 1973.

Sanford is a native of North Carolina and went to North Carolina Central University in Durham, where he received his BA degree. He was a reporter for the Times-World Corporation in Roanoke, Virginia, and a member of High Street Baptist Church in Roanoke before moving to Japan.

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Sanford and Emiko Taborn

Emiko is a native of Japan. She says, "I come from a family that worships ancestors' spirits, but most of the religious events were more like customs to me. From 1979 to 1989, I worked at a nondenominational Christian school, and I was the only non-Christian employee when I was hired. I sometimes felt like being an oddball at work, and I've felt uncomfortable when someone tried to force Christianity on me. Fortunately, I had a colleague who let me ask her questions about Christianity freely and answered me patiently." Emiko professed her faith and was baptized in 1984.

Emiko received an associate degree in English from Okinawa Christian Junior College and studied at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. She worked for nine years at Okinawa Christian College.

Birthdays:
Sanford: May 21
Emiko: November 12