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Reproducing Churches in Japan

John is just wrapping up his doctoral research project on Characteristics of Leaders Reproducing Churches in Japan. The purpose was to understand what makes some leaders who reproduce churches in Japan effective. Through CPI and other avenues we want to clone and develop these kind of leaders. More information is at http://www.gospelrest.coJohn is just wrapping up his doctoral research project on Characteristics of Leaders Reproducing Churches in Japan. The purpose was to understand what makes…

Hot Time Summer in The City

Ah, summer in Tokyo. Some say it has been long with typical days in the 90s with 80% + humidity. With Elaine a bit tied down with her foot and John with his busiest summer ever we have stayed in Tokyo most of the time. Fortunately, both of us have not had any physical problems with the heat (except cabin fever). We did have a few glorious vacation days by the lake near Mount Fuji…

JAPAN A CLOUDED OUTLOOK

The August cover issue of Time Magazine Asian edition caught my attention: A Clouded Outlook. Over these last few years, we have felt being in Japan that the hope index in Japan has been dangerously eroded. People in Japan are pretty beat down these days. Time observes, “Japan’s political leadership is paralyzed, its corporate elite befuddled, its people agonized about the future.” These are the same people we live and work with everyday. Decades ago…

Praying for Japanese

THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR THE JAPANESE PEOPLE One of our Intensive Prayer Team members sent us one of his prayers: “Today I pray for the people of Japan. They are steeped in traditions and practices that hold them back from seeking You. I pray that today Japanese people that You love and desire to know your Son would be led by your Spirit to the light of understanding, knowledge and love of Your Son…

Crisis in the Japanese Home

In this current age of crisis, we are facing major problems in Japanese homes. Society has a major influence on couples and family sexual morals. Abuse and violence are problems in the home. Our mission is to bring recovery to family relationships and to help families grow in a healthy manner. This society does not create a healthy environment for children. While children are growing, they get caught in the pressure of competitive society and…

More on Tokyo 2010

The Tokyo 2010 consultation was a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Edinburgh 1910, the first global missions conference. The first conference was historic in many senses and sparks from that first conference continue today. Tokyo 2010 attended from delegates from over 140 countries was modeled after the original Edinburgh conference though this time a majority of the attendees were non-westerners, sending missionaries from anywhere to everywhere. Tokyo 2010 was the first of four…

Japanese Pastor Repents

At the recent Tokyo 2010 Global Missions Consultation, a highlight was one highly respected Japanese church leader who had a heartfelt and very open confession, public repentance, and an appeal for forgiveness from nations and people who had suffered during the Pacific War. He did not mince words but spoke more honestly than I have heard from other contexts. Even after 65 years this is still an emotional topic. Along with his contrition and appeal…

Reading on Leadership

In preparation for our CPI Leaders’ Summit last month on Gospel-centered Leadership I was reading and reviewing books on leadership especially the heart idols that leaders are most susceptible. (Elaine and I developed a list of heart idols that leaders often encounter). Good books have been Spiritual Leadership by Henry and Richard Blackaby (Experiencing God fame). Other good books have been Dangers, Toils, Snares, The Heart of a Servant Leader on Jack Miller and Overcoming…