Sam & Karen Sue Kohler


Karen Sue, a missionary with OMS International since 1982 has been involved in pioneer evangelism/church planting in Japan.

Her first seven years in Japan were spent in Tokyo. Since 1989 she has located to Fukuoka, a city of over one and a half million on the southernmost of the four main islands that comprise Japan. Contacts with people of the city began through distribution of Gospel tracts, door-to-door visitation, friendship evangelism, special evangelistic meetings, and other methods. One by one God brought Japanese to understand the message of salvation through Jesus Christ.

Fukuoka Christian Fellowship was established and a church building was dedicated in October 1993. In 1995 she relocated to the west side of the city. The Lord is blessing and a body of believers has formed the Nishi Fukuoka Christian Church. In October 2006, the church purchased land and a building. A dedication was held on March 18, 2007.

Karen Sue and Sam were married in June 2001. After a 2 month short-term assignment with Men for Missions in Japan, Sam joined OMS International as a career missionary in 2002.

They are currently serving as associate pastors at the Nishi Fukuoka Christian Church, and are involved in pioneer outreach and church planting in the Nishi Fukuoka area.

OMS International—an evangelical, interdenominational faith mission formerly known as The Oriental Missionary Society—reaches the nations for Christ through evangelism, theological training and church planting in Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa. OMS then joins with those churches in global partnerships to reach the rest of the world.