John Miyahara

Rev. John Michio Miyahara is a native of Denver, CO, but now claims Honolulu, HI, as his hometown.

In 1995 he graduated from the Boston University School of Theology and the same year was also ordained Deacon in the former Rocky Mountain Annual Conference.  Rev. Miyahara was ordained Elder in 1998. In 2017 he transferred his membership to the California-Pacific Annual Conference. Throughout his ministry career he has served on annual conference and denominational leadership teams.

Rev. Miyahara served parish churches in Washington State and Colorado from 1995-2001. In 2001 he moved to Carlisle, PA, where he was the Director of Religious Life & Community Services at Dickson College until 2007.

Chaplain Miyahara entered the Navy reserve in 2001 and went to full-time active duty in 2007. He has been assigned to shore and operational billets in Earle, NJ, Norfolk, VA, Quantico, VA, New Orleans, LA, Pensacola, FL, Washington DC, Guam, San Diego, CA, Pearl Harbor, HI, and Bremerton, WA. CDR Miyahara is currently stationed in San Diego, CA.

John’s higher education includes an A.A. (Marymount College-1986), B.A. (Loyola Marymount University-1989), MDiv (Boston University-1995), and a MA (US Naval War College-2023). He is currently a DMin student at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Chaplain Miyahara earned 4 Units of CPE in 2015 at the Naval Medical Center San Diego. In December 2022 he completed the MHICS (Mental Health Integration for Chaplain Services) Certificate, a joint program between the Vanderbilt University Divinity School and the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. He is a Board-Certified Chaplain through the Association of Professional Chaplains.

John currently lives in San Diego with his wife Andrea and their son Ben.