Northern Asia-Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Executive Secretary

Hiroshi Yamaji

Executive Secretary / hyamaji@nsdadventist.org

The Executive Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted to elect Pastor Hiroshi Yamaji as the executive secretary of the Northern Asia-Pacific Division during the General Conference business session on June 8, 2022. Pastor Yamaji has various experience in pastoral service, departmental ministry, and administration.

For the past year and a half, he has been the president for East Japan Conference. Before that, he served five years as assistant to the president for evangelism at Japan Union Conference. He successfully led the “All Japan Maranatha” evangelistic series in 2018. From 2006 to 2022, he served as departmental director for various ministries—Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Health Ministries, and Adventist Mission at JUC.

He began his pastoral work as a local church pastor in 1994. His pastoral ministry includes serving at the college church in Japan and Loma Linda Japanese Church in the United States. He worked as a registered nurse for five years before earning a bachelor’s degree in theology. His wife, Sakiko Yamaji, is also a registered nurse.

Pastor Yamaji and his wife have five adult children and a history of pastors in the family—his father is a retired pastor, his older brother is a pastor currently serving as JUC treasurer.

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Associate Secretary

Lee, HyungJin

Associate Secretary / kimhm@nsdadventist.org

Pastor Lee HyungJin began his pastoral ministry in 2000 at the SDA language institute. During his pastoral ministry, he served as a local church pastor, a chaplain of the SDA language school.

Pr. Lee graduated from Sahmyook University in Korea with a B.A in Theology, and obtained his Master’s Degree from Andrews Theological Seminary.

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Support Staff

Administrative Office Secretary

Ke, Eun-Hui(Esther)

Administrative Office Secretary / estherke@nsdadventist.org

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Admin. Assistant

Park, Hyun Sook (Polly)

Admin. Assistant / E-mail

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Ministry or Dept. Description

Secretariat is one of three administrative units of the Northern Asia-Pacific Division, the other two being the Presidential and Treasury offices. Secretariat has a basic responsibility in the selection and appointment of inter-unions personnel for all calls between unions/missions, and for the mission program of the church in general.

Another important responsibility of Secretariat is the preparation of committee agendas and the preservation of committee minutes.

Telephone : 031) 910.1512
FAX : 031) 919.4412
E-mail : estherke@nsdadventist.org