Jackie Militello

The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, Jackie was born and raised in the Presbyterian church. God, faith, and Christian community have been constants in her life and sources of love, comfort, guidance, and ideals for living.

She has lived in Japan for over 20 years. This is her second time at TUC. At different times, she taught the Sunday school 2nd grade class, oversaw the nursery, ran the Sunday school program, ran Alpha, was a member of the Stewardship committee, and served on the Pastor Search Committee.

After several years in St. Louis at a Catholic Church with her husband and family, she moved to Hong Kong where she attended Hong Kong Union Church and London where she attended St. John’s Hoxton, part of the Holy Trinity Brompton network, home of Alpha. She returned to Tokyo March 2022, and spurred by the powerful invitation of Catherine Sasanuma Waters, returned to TUC. Outside of church, she is a hiker, a sociolinguist at the University of Hong Kong, and in Japan, a lecturer at Aoyama Gakuin University.