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Japan Harvest magazine

Encouraging, inspiring, and equipping
the members of the JEMA community

Feature Article

Summer 2025 Jon Robison

Neighbor-ology as a mission strategy

Sharing Christ by prioritizing our neighbor and allowing them to make a claim on us

Feature Article

Summer 2025 Matthew Newkirk

Not just sent but made for mission

When examining a whole-Bible theology of mission, we see that humanity has been made to proclaim the gospel

Feature Article

Summer 2025 David Cervenka

Why we do missions

A simple and fresh reminder of why we do what we do from the words of Jesus

Feature Article

Summer 2025 Matt Parsley

Multiplying disciples

The ministry of Jesus and his disciples provides a detailed strategy for multiplying disciples among the Japanese and all nations

Feature Article

Summer 2025 Jansen Costa

Diaspora missions: The gospel on the move

As migration reshapes societies worldwide, Japan stands at the crossroads of an extraordinary missional opportunity

Feature Article

Summer 2025 Ben Zedek Smith

Applying Paul’s urban strategy

Paul planted churches in major cities. What can we learn from him?

Feature Article

Summer 2025 Christian Wijaya

Learning from Niijima Jō

A 19th century Japanese Christian can teach us about transforming Japan with the gospel

Feature Article

Summer 2025 Roger W. Lowther

Ethnodoxology: Heaven here and now

God has given all the arts, from all the world, for all his purposes

General Article

Summer 2025 Simon Pleasants

Churches in need of fresh life

God can work powerfully in churches on the verge of dying

General Article

Summer 2025 Kari Miyano

Blessings in dark times

God brought beauty in a time of isolation

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Robert Adair

Ligaments in leadership

Serving in a way that Christ is remembered, not us

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Shan Reed

Florence Miller: reluctant pioneer in Kansai

“I am not one to blaze the trails, yet here I am”

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Simon Pleasants

Elementary school—the place where Japanese are made

A recent documentary film gives a fascinating glimpse into life in elementary school, where the next generation is shaped

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Helane Ramsay

Wisdom in Leadership: the how and why of leading the people you serve

Craig Hamilton (Matthias Media, 2016)

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Judith Ricken

Encountering Theology of Mission: Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues

Craig Ott, Stephen J. Strauss, and Timothy C. Tennent (Baker Academic, 2010)

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Janet Dallman

Lessons from Elijah—missionaries and mental health

Alleviating stress, overwork, and depression

Regular Article

Summer 2025 David McIntyre

The discomfort of real vulnerability

Allowing the Holy Spirit to work in power when we share all of ourselves

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Hazel Yokota

Sharing with women in ministry

What an opportunity to encourage one another and build each other up as we live and minister in Japan!

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Steve Manders

Coaching across cultures

Using experience as a coaching tool

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Ken Reddington

The Prayer Summit movement

“Prayer is coming to understand the mind of God by spending time in the presence of God until we are so enamored with the nature of God that all we want is the will of God.” Russell Kelfer1

Regular Article

Summer 2025 Wendy Marshall

Emphasize the point

One book about writing that I treasure is is Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for...

News Article

Summer 2025

Japanese church information database centralized

Launch of LIFT, a new mission support tool

News Article

Summer 2025

Learning the path beyond fear

Lecture by Masaru Asaoka at the “2–11 Gathering for Peace”

Feature Article

Spring 2025 John Edwards

Growing through my ministry journey

My wife and I have lived in six prefectures and been involved in five different sorts of ministry. God has used each stage to help me grow in how I see my ministry in Japan.

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