About Dr Danny

Rev. Danny Yamashiro, Ph.D.
Danny Yamashiro is a chaplain at MIT. A master's at Harvard and summer studies at Oxford preceded his doctoral research on American presidents and childhood trauma. As an author, speaker, and talk-show host his programs have reached people in over 100 nations. Earlier degrees in biblical studies and theology prepared him for 30 years of non-profit leadership as president of JCCY, Inc. At 18, he survived a 400-foot mountain climbing fall in Hawaii. Danny lives with his wife, Jamie, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Their adult children are Allie, Hugh, and Luke. 

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What We Believe

Statement of Faith

  • We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

  • We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

  • We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

  • We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

  • We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

  • We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

As adopted by the National Association of Evangelicals.

Danny’s Jesus Story

At 18, he survived a deadly 400 foot fall (122 m) from the famed Pali ridge in Hawaii. Rescuing his girlfriend from a 20 foot fall (6 m), Danny slipped and fell head first 300 feet (91 m) and later another 100 feet (31 m). He suffered traumatic brain injuries (skull fractures, torn scalp), a shattered ankle, smashed organs, extensive lacerations, and being comatose. A spiritual awakening impacted his recovery. Watch his story here >>