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...
Tagged: church health
The church online: staying connected
How can churches sustain an online expression of church in the long-term?
Why is there a gender imbalance?
A survey of missionaries sheds light on reasons for the lack of men in Japanese churches
Observations about men in church: from the Bible and experience
How can we avoid a gender imbalance in the church?
Church revival by CPR
CPR may be the first response to revive the lifeless, but will it work for the church too?
Parachurch organizations partnering with local churches
There are good ways and bad ways to help small local churches; let's steer toward the good ways
Expectations and realities
One man’s journey from mistaken first impressions to disallusionment to hope for the future of the church in Japan
Reflections on cross-cultural ministry in Japan
Long experience reveals shorter paths to healthy ministry
God’s Tool Box
Jesus was brought up under the leadership and direction of his earthly father, Joseph, who...