About Us
Hope Internatioanl Fellowship
Our church, Hope International Fellowship, was started in Pastor Dennis & Kaku Sager’s home with a Bible study with some of their English students in 1993. As more people came, we moved to our first building in Izunokuni-shi (formerly Ohito-cho) in May of 1999. Then even more people were added and in August 2003, God led us to our current building in Izu-shi (shown to the right).
We are not just a building or a religious group. We are first “Christians.” We believe in Jesus Christ and what He did for each of us, which is clearly stated in His Holy Bible. We are a spiritual family. We try to look at everything we do through that focus. We do not just call each other “brother” and “sister”, but really attempt to be brothers and sisters who care for one another as seen in the New Testament Bible.
The name of our church was not just picked randomly. It tells about who we are.
Hope: We want to be a people who can give hope to others for their lives through Jesus Christ. We want our church to be a place where people find hope because Jesus is the only true hope for our lives.
International: We wanted to be a people who will accept a person no matter what race or what culture they come from. We want to be a church where all people are welcome and can enjoy the presence of God.
Fellowship: We want our church to be a church where we can make and have friends that will last a life time, to be a place where we can enjoy life together.
We hope you will come and visit and become a part of our spiritual family here at Hope International Fellowship.
Dennis & Kaku Sager, Pastors
Dennis and Kaku Sager were married in 1988 and came back December of 1991 to Kaku’s home town, Izunokuni-city (formerly Ohito-cho) to reach out with the love of God to her family and the people there. They have two children, Adrienne Erika and Daniel Shaun Suguru.
Massamitsu & Francilene Tsuchiya, Deacons