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Japan Harvest magazine

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

Tagged: independent missionary

Feature Article

Summer 2023 John Edwards

Dennis Foster’s lasting impact

The 25-year Christian witness of an African American missionary left a community in Yamagata changed

Feature Article

Winter 2017 Ruth Cooper

Doing mission when you’re not a missionary

A transfer has landed this UK author in Japan with her husband, living a life she never imagined

Feature Article

Winter 2017 Elena Kua

Independent, not self reliant

Five challenges of being independent and how we were coping

Feature Article

Winter 2017 Ken Reddington

Called and independent

The journey from wanting to pursue a career in architecture to becoming an independent missionary in Shikoku

Recent Issues

  • Summer 2025Missiology: Theory and Practice
  • Spring 2025Missionary Life Cycle
  • Winter 2025Mental Health
  • Autumn 2024Japanese Christians
  • Summer 2024Children and Youth Ministry

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