Tetsunao "Ted" Yamamori (Japanese: 山森鉄直) (born 1937, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, Japan), is a Japanese scholar of social studies, author of over 20 books, and president emeritus of Food for the Hungry International

Food for the Hungry

Food for the Hungry is an international relief and development organization working in more than 26 countries around the world. Food for the Hungry was founded in 1971 by Dr. Larry Ward...

, He was an international director for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, a senior fellow at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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, and an associate professor of "holistic mission" at Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a multi-denominational, graduate institution that offers a variety of master degree and postgraduate degree programs through the schools of Biblical Interpretation and Proclamation, Theology and Formation, Practical Theology, World Missions and Evangelism, and...

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Yamamori was raised and educated within a Buddhist family in Nagoya. After graduating from Nanzan University

Nanzan University

is a private, coeducational university located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The main campus is in the Shōwa Ward of Nagoya City, with another in Seto City and a recently established satellite campus near Nagoya's Takaoka Station on the subway Sakura-dōri Line....

 in 1956, he emigrated to the United States to study at Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University

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 and Duke University

Duke University

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. He received a doctorate from Duke University in 1968. In 1969, Yamamori became an assistant professor at Michigan University, Northwest Christian University and Biola University

Biola University

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, after which he began work with Food for the Hungry International; he became its president in 1984, retiring in 2001.

Publications

• Church Growth in Japan （日本の教会成長）: A Study in the Development of the Eight Denominations. South Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1974.
• The Hope Factor: Engaging the Church in the HIV/AIDS Crisis

External links

• WorldServe Ministries and the Increasing Influence of China and Cuba: An Interview with President/CEO Ted Yamamori. Lausanne World Pulse, Jan. 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2011