Toru Asai

Toru Asai was born in Japan in 1952. While pursuing a degree in physics at Nagoya University, he received God's calling to come to the U.S. In 1982, he began attending Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a major in Biblical Studies. He continued his graduate studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and received an M.A. in Semitic Languages and a Th. M. in Old Testament Studies.

He taught Hebrew and Akkadian (also known as the Assyrian language) at Fuller Seminary as part of the adjunct faculty. He was ordained as a pastor in 1996 by Grace Fellowship Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and has been pastoring Davar Kingdom of God since 1996.
His book "Kami no Katachi ni (In the Image of God)" was published by Japan Newspaper in 1994. He is married to wife, Masami and has one daughter, Jun.