Preparing Them to Return

Ken Milhous is a missionary with Converge Worldwide, reaching Japanese in the United States, primarily Boston, where he pastors the Boston Japanese Christian Church. He also serves as the Director of Japanese Ministry in the U.S. for Converge. He was raised in Japan as the son of missionaries, living in Nagoya for a majority of … Read more

どう聖書を読む?どう聖書に読まれる? How To Read The Bible

Bio: Satoru Nakanishi is serving the Japanese speaking ministries at Seattle Japanese Presbyterian Church in Seattle. 18歳で初めて聖書に出会い、2年後にイエス・キリストを信じる。シカゴのJudson Universityでビジネスを専攻。卒業後、日本で約7年間サラリーマンとして働く。2005年に神の召しを感じRegent Collegeへ留学し、2009年に卒業。現在はシアトル日本人長老教会の日本語ミニストリーで仕えています。

Using Anime for Evangelism

Bio: Ingle, Tim is an animator and digital story teller. He is the chairman of Let’s Love Japan, a non-profit organization with the mission of sharing the Gospel in Japan through the use of entertainment media. He lives in the Washington D.C. area with his wife, Sarah, and their one-year-old son, Johan

Understanding Hikikomori

Hikikomori means being isolated or confined in Japanese. It’s used for adolescents or adults who withdrew from society and seek extreme degrees of isolation. This became a national problem in Japan. It affected 800,000 people in the country according to 2019 data. According to the Japanese government census, 540,000 people between the ages of 15 … Read more

Process For Japanese Coming To Christ

Bio: Ken Milhous is a missionary with Converge Worldwide, reaching Japanese in the United States, primarily Boston, where he pastors the Boston Japanese Christian Church. He also serves as the Director of Japanese Ministry in the U.S. for Converge. He was raised in Japan as the son of missionaries, living in Nagoya for a majority … Read more

Notable Christians Who Influenced Japan

Bio: Roberta has ministered in Japan with TEAM since 1991, serving for most of the time as International Staff at Japan’s largest Christian publisher, Word of Life Press Ministries. During her next term she will be concentrating on working with returnees.

Lessons from Outstanding Christian Leaders

Bio:Izumi graduated from Regent College in 2007. She is currently writing about Nitobe Memorial Garden in UBC from a Christian persective. She is also doing ministry with Japanese visitors in Vancouver to help connect local English speaking churches and churches in Japan. In addition, she is a freelance translator, interpreter, and craftsman.

Japanese Evangelistic Literature Tools

Bio: Don is a missionary with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) and has served with his wife, Martha, in Japan for over 30 years. For 22 years Don has worked on the staff of Word of Life Press Ministries (WLPM), Japan’s largest Christian publisher, retailer and distributor. He creates English catalogs of WLPM’s Japanese publications … Read more

Global 30: Exiting Ministry Opportunities for Returnees

Bio: Dan has been working with international students in the Seattle area for the past 30 years. Dan’s primary focus is helping returning international students get connected with the Body of Christ in their homelands. Since the February conference the Brannens have transitioned to Tokyo to be more directly involved in the returnee ministry.

Evangelistic Literature Tools

Bio: Roald Lidal is a Norwegian missionary to Japan where he has served with New Life Minstries in literature work since 1970. NLM Japan is supplying Bibles for believers in countries where God’s Word is in short supply, in addition to publishing evangelistic literature. Over the past few years his publishing has mainly been focused … Read more

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