Issue: Summer 2024
Children and Youth Ministry
Why tell Bible stories?
The epic stories of the Bible still have the power to transform kids and help them grow in Christ
How do you get your daughter to obey?
How parenting questions at yōchien turned into a far-reaching ministry
Community Festivals—Reaching Children, Reaching Families
Intentional, welcoming relationships build community and create impact
Going to where the children are
Building relationships and creating opportunities through daily activities
YEAH!会 youth ministry in Japan
Witnessing God’s trustworthiness through the formation of a youth group
TCKs and parents: Same country, different lives
When parents aren’t aware their kids experience life abroad differently, everyone may end up frustrated
Today’s media reaching tomorrow’s Japan
Christian media producers equipping you for the harvest among the youth
Providing the ingredients for children’s ministry
Shared resources from OneHope can reach children with a wide variety of media
God’s love on the soccer field
Introducing kids and their families to Christianity by caring coaching
The 7th Japan Congress on Evangelism
The 7th Japan Congress on Evangelism (JCE7), one of the largest evangelical gatherings in Japan,...
Making church uncomfortable is our strategy: a pastor’s challenge in rural Aomori Prefecture
“Are you sure you want to come?” was the question Pastor Hattori was asked multiple...
Meeting and missing milestones during my first year in Japan
The costly journey of learning Japanese reveals God’s design and purpose for language in ministry
Embrace AI, but don’t jettison language learning
Despite AI promising to overcome the language barrier very soon, there are still reasons to study Japanese
Weapons of mass distraction
“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word” (Acts 6:4 NASB)
Finding stories
We’ve all been there: a situation where someone is telling a story that somehow misses...