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Japan Harvest magazine

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

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Celia Olson

We are the arms of Christ

In two small, rural churches, Celia expected to see loneliness but found connection instead

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Wendy Marshall

God is calling us to minister to Japan’s elderly

Perhaps we need to adjust our mindsets?

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Dawn Birkner

No longer on the fringes

Seeing older adults as key to the evangelization of rural Japan

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Maki Okamoto

To continue to worship our whole lives

Can we create spaces so that everyone can worship, even if they have physical or other limitations?

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Ken Reddington & Toshiko Reddington

An old lady “stole” a Bible

God took her from fierce opposition to Christianity, to leading her husband to the Lord

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Kenneth See

To a thousand generations

How can we encourage the older members of our churches to help pass on our faith to younger generations?

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Ginger Tobin

Walking alongside my elderly neighbor

After sharing earthly interests with my neighbor, I hope to share life in heaven

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Ruth Ester Waehrer

A challenge to the older generation

We need to repent of our failings to reach younger people in the past

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Charley Ballinger

Samurai Projects: training the next generation

An internship program helps Japanese churches train lay leaders and discover future pastors

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Kari Miyano

Generous hearts

Giving thanks for a Japanese pastor and his wife

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Karen Nakamura

Ministry to one elderly person

Budding friendship with one neighbor grew from timely encounters

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Christy Snowden Van Dam

Not just songs and sermons

Facilitating intergenerational relationships within a church

Feature Article

Spring 2023 Renee Williams

Reaching seniors through arts and crafts

Senior citizens are able to share more openly about their problems while doing something creative

News Article

Spring 2023

Despite “no success,” true love rescued him

Recalling his university days escaping from the Unification Church, Kōji Ishikawa shares his thoughts on...

News Article

Spring 2023

Support for Ukrainian refugees from Japanese churches

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Japanese government announced that they would be accepting...

News Article

Spring 2023

The Oikos Project: Delivering tracts to every family in Nakano Ward

The Oikos Project was developed in 2019 by Every Home for Christ (EHC), in conjunction...

Regular Article

Spring 2023 Jordan Cole

Lessons from the good soil

How waiting to enter Japan prepared me for ministry in a long-suffering society

Regular Article

Spring 2023 Karen Ellrick

Get the most out of your photos

Part two of a two-part series about photography and the handling of digital photos

Regular Article

Spring 2023 Jack Garrott

Senior ministry by a senior

The language of love

Regular Article

Spring 2023 Dan Iverson

Small groups build healthy churches

In church planting, behind-the-scenes ministry is foundational

Regular Article

Spring 2023 Simon Pleasants

Risk adversity and multicultural teams

How multicultural teams can make the most of the Japanese tendency to avoid risk

Regular Article

Spring 2023 Janet Dallman

Feeling stretched?

Care plans for elderly parents back home may help missionaries stay in the field longer

Regular Article

Spring 2023 Don Schaeffer

Book reviews for Spring 2023

Knowing Me, Knowing God: Six Theological Keys to Scripture Richard Brash (InterVarsity Press, 2021) 165...

Regular Article

Spring 2023 Wendy Marshall

Motivate people to care

You need to draw people in if you are to achieve your purpose for writing

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