Tetsuya Fukusaku–「健康な教会へのかぎ」から実際的に学ぶ教会成長 Church Growth from “The Purpose Driven Church” (Audio) I first read the book “Purpose Driven Church” in 2000 while I was pastoring in Japan. That book has impacted me greatly concerning what kind of a pastor I should be. I’ve been able to adapt the book’s teachings to my ministry and the Lord […]
CONTINUE READINGNo two cultures differ quite as much as American and Japanese culture. It’s no wonder why Americans and Japanese have such a difficult time understanding each other. This presentation, based on Nancy Sakamoto’s Polite Fictions , attempts to bridge the gap by getting to the root of our cultural misunderstandings. Seminar materials will cause you […]
CONTINUE READINGSchmidt Tony Tony and Pat have been serving with OMF since l972. In 2010 Tony and Pat retired from Japan, and are now working part-time as Associate Pastors with the Vancouver Japanese Gospel Church. They also keep involved in OMF events, and enjoy being available to help with their four grandchildren. Discipling and Growing Healthy […]
CONTINUE READINGHere are two testimonies from the 2013 RJC Conference: Mika Aoyama’s Testimony Mina Chen’s Testimony
CONTINUE READINGFor 14 continuous years, the yearly number of people attempting suicide in Japan has been over 30,000. An average of 270,000 people are receiving emotional or psychological care in Japan on a daily basis. There are many people whose hearts are filled with sorrow and suffering, and who are finding it difficult to live in […]
CONTINUE READINGThis presentation from the 2013 International RJC Conference was given by Taro Arai from the Mikuni Restaurant chain in Sacramento, California. Click here to listen. Click here for the video.
CONTINUE READINGThis testimony was given at the 2013 International RJC Conference. Testimony Matsuda, Makito was born in 1976, in Miyagi Prefecture, which had the most victims of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. From 1999, he has been the pastor of Oasis Chapel Rifu Christ Church in the town of Rifu, Miyagi. He is also the Representative […]
CONTINUE READINGこのセミナーでは三つの創造論が仮説として紹介されます。多くの日本語の文献が紹介されます。日本 語を話す人が、世俗的進化論に対していくつか答えがあることを知る助けとなります。 We will look at the three Christian positions that seek to refute Evolutionism. A variety of Japanese resources will be introduced helping to give ways to answer secular evolution. Fuki, Kanji is pastor of Detroit Japanese Christian Fellowship. He was Lecturer of Systematic Theology, and Christian Ethics at Discipleship Training Centre and Head […]
CONTINUE READINGArai, Taro is the Executive Chef of the Mikuni Japanese Restaurant Group from Sacramento. His broad interests and enthusiasm make him a very popular speaker wherever he goes. Here he shares his testimony of coming to Christ and helping to develop Mikuni Restaurants. Testimony
CONTINUE READINGYabuki, Ken, Marriage and Family Therapist, is on the clinical staff of Asian American Christian Counseling Service (AACS). He has been involved in Christian ministries in Japan and in the US for many years, and lives in Southern California. Friendship evangelism has been known to be a normative evangelistic approach with the Japanese. Meaningful friendships […]
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