MICHIO OGINO, an ordained minister of Japan Assemblies of God, has a PhD from Middlesex University through the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, UK. He currently serves as the senior pastor of Galilee Maruko Christ Church, Nagano, Japan, and as a pastor at Central Evangelistic Church, Tokyo, Japan. In addition, he is the dean of students and a lecturer in systematic theology at Central Bible College, Tokyo, Japan.
Kierkegaard's Incarnational Mission is an extraordinary book. Dr. Ogino is commended for this creative work, while various contexts may consider similar explorations. Wonsuk Ma, PhD Executive Director, Center for Spirit-Empowered Research We can be deeply grateful to Michio Ogino for his important work in helping us to navigate [the] missional focus of Kierkegaard's writings, and for bringing Kierkegaard's work to life in such an accessible way. It is a great gift to both the scholarship on Kierkegaard, as well as the eld of missiology more broadly. Rev. Joshua Cockayne, PhD Lecturer in Mission and Evangelism, Durham University, UK In this work, Dr. Michio Ogino shows how Kierkegaard's claim to be a kind of missionary can illuminate an important part of Kierkegaard's authorship. He then goes further to apply these insights to the project of evangelizing his own country, Japan. C. Stephen Evans, PhD Emeritus University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University, Texas, USA