Carl Fredrich Juergensen (1862–1940) and his wife Frederike Sophia Martin (1868–1961) came to Japan with their two little daughters on September 14, 1913. They were among the early independent Pentecostal missionaries to Japan. When they landed in Japan, Carl was 50 years old and Frederike was 45. Neither of them had any formal theological training nor a missionary organization to support them. They came to Japan believing that it was God’s will.

Carl was born in Luckstad, Schleswig Holstein, Germany on December 4, 1862 and Frederike in Siciby, Schleswig Holstein …