Tagged: leadership
A defining moment for church planting in Japan?
The Church Multiplication Vision Festa held last October was tremendously encouraging and could be an indicator of greater things to come
Working together with Nobuji Horikoshi (1926–2017)
Rev. Horikoshi was an inspiration to my brother and me as we partnered with him in church planting
Church revival by CPR
CPR may be the first response to revive the lifeless, but will it work for the church too?
Grace and Truth
A 200 member “mega-church” in Tokyo. Four daughters who love the Lord. The respect of an entire...
4 – Lessons from Japanese leaders
Field research has identified six key characteristics of leadership that contribute to reproducing churches in...
Wrap-up – Lessons from Japanese leaders
Imagine, 6 churches starting 62 churches! This is what is happening in Japan. Why do...
6 – Lessons from Japanese leaders
For a leader to reproduce a church at least three times, what does it take?...
5 – Lessons from Japanese Leaders
What makes great Japanese church leaders tick? When I discovered several churches reproducing in Japan,...
1 – Lessons from Japanese Leaders
Leaders have vision. With the recent death of Apple business leader Steve Jobs, many have...
3 – Lessons from Japanese leaders
If someone asked you to describe the local church, how would you respond? Would you...
2 – Lessons from Japanese leaders
In this series of articles I have been highlighting characteristics I discovered during my doctoral...
Lessons from Japanese Leaders Reproducing Churches
I passed two personal milestones last December. First, I became a grandfather for the first...