SIX THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JASON ROLOFF

Jason grew up in the Washington, D.C. metro area and St. Louis, Missouri. Jason attended and played soccer at Cedarville University where he met his wife, Michelle.

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Michelle is a Registered Nurse and she previously served in the ER. Most recently she was the Health Coordinator and Campus Nurse at Morrison Academy in Taiwan. Michelle grew up as a Missionary Kid (MK) in Japan and Taiwan.

Jason and Michelle have five children; Jake (25) is married to Keegan, and he is based with the US Navy in North Island/ Coronado, California. Jake is an Air Rescue Swimmer and Keegan is a nurse. Grant (22) just graduated from Colorado Christian University where he played soccer, and he will be working as an Analyst for a technology company in the Denver area. Gabriel (21) will be entering his senior year at Colorado Christian University where he plays soccer as well. He is pursuing a degree in Elementary Education. Abigail (19) just finished her first year at Columbia International University in South Carolina where she plays soccer, and is studying to become a counselor. Micah (15) just finished his freshman year at LCS and loves soccer, too. Soccer runs in the family!

After graduating from college Jason ended up in the technology industry where he spent more than 16 years building and leading organizations. He leveraged his knowledge of industry and organizational development to work as a consultant, both in the US and in Asia. This allowed him to pursue a Business As Missions approach to spreading the Gospel. The Lord directed them to Taiwan, first to serve with ORTV (communications and broadcasting) and then many years later with a large, multinational company. Many doors were opened to share the Gospel through the relationships developed. In addition, these opportunities also allowed for work with youth groups in the local churches.

The Lord has allowed Jason to serve and be involved in mission work over the years, primarily focused in East Asia. Leveraging his expertise and knowledge in organizational development, as well as his passion for working with young people through coaching and teaching, God opened up the doors to serve in many capacities including serving at Morrison Academy in Taiwan from 20152022. Immediately following devastating Typhoon Huiyan hitting the Philippines, Jason led a disaster response team from Taiwan to provide humanitarian support to a locally based ministry in Tacloban.

Jason is passionate about the “beautiful game” of soccer and has coached at all levels of soccer both in the United States and internationally. He served as the Program Director and Varsity Head Coach for both the men’s and women’s varsity soccer teams at Morrison Academy (Taiwan). He also coached teams participating in tournaments in South Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand. He started and co-led the Excel Sports Academy & Camp in Taiwan. This was designed to expose children to the game, as well as provide older and more experienced players with more technical and tactical training, as well as connecting them with collegiate and professional players, all within the context of character development. This is the first year in over 20 years that he has not been coaching in some capacity.

While the Lord has directed Jason into the education world in more recent years, he always had a desire to teach. He received a Bachelor’s degree in American Studies, which is a Social Sciences degree, because of his love for history, economics and geography, with the thought of teaching when he got “older”. The Lord started opening opportunities for him to pursue serving in education during his time in Taiwan. He leveraged his business experiences and love of teaching to develop Taipei International Christian Academy (TICA) with founder, Uwe Maurer, to provide Christian education options for families with children with learning needs. During the development phase, Jason served as Executive Director. TICA became a model for a Christian, English, inclusive learning environment in Taiwan. The desire was to develop TICA so that it could be replicable in environments where other schooling options were not available and could scale based on the number of students and support requirements. After finishing up his time at TICA, the Lord opened the doors to join the leadership team at Morrison Academy in Taichung, Taiwan. Jason served as Chaplain and Leadership Development & Outreach Director and then prior to arriving at LCS he served as Athletic Director.