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Podcast: Cumberland Road
Episode: Iwao Satoh - Church Is A Place Where I Feel At Home
Description: Rev. Iwao Satoh is the minister at Louisville Japanese Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Iwao can be translated as "Peter" and "Solid Rock" derived from Matthew 16:18. Iwao was ordained by Japan Presbytery in 2001 and ministered at Sagamino Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky to start a Japanese-speaking congregation in 2010. Since 2010, he has driven to Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama to organize Japanese faith communities. These communities are currently gathering regularly in the "Koinonia Japanese Online Worship" since the pandemic. Iwao is married to Tsuruko and they are the parents of a daughter, Fumika and a son, Tabito.