Act Beyond
Act Beyond starts church planting movements to transform unreached people groups—where obedient disciples make obedient disciples and...
Issue: Summer 2014
Member Missions
Agape Mission
Purpose statement:To be a leader in genuine Christian wedding ministry that sets a standard of excellence in...
Asian Access
Our Past – Founded in Partnership Asian Access launched ministry in Japan in 1967 under...
C&MA (The Christian and Missionary Alliance, Japan Mission)
The Japan Alliance Mission shares the gospel and makes disciples in order to plant multiplying...
ECC (Evangelical Covenant Church)
The vision of our group is to make more Jesus disciples among more populations in...
JBF (Japan Baptist Fellowship)
An Asian proverb says, “None of us are as smart as all of us.” Many...
JCL (Japan Christian Link)
We were founded as the Japan Evangelistic Band (JEB) in 1903 by Barclay Buxton and...
OMF (Overseas Missionary Fellowship)
In June 1865, Hudson Taylor stood on a beach in Brighton and asked the Lord...
RJTA (Reaching Japan Together Association)
Reaching Japan Together Association (RJTA) is a receiving agency in Japan. RJTA can connect missionaries from...
TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission)
The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) has worked in Japan for over 120 years, with a...
Transforming the Hikikomori
In September 2013, a group of 31 Japanese people flew to Los Angeles, California for...
Prayer and Evangelism
Prayer and evangelism go hand in hand. You cannot have one without the other. If...
Japanese Culture and the Nature of What Exists
This article is second in a four-part series based on interviews with Japanese unbelievers about...
Adding a Single Hour
Even though the statistics say that 80% of what we worry about will never happen,...
Show Don’t Tell
Television and social media have changed us. We increasingly prefer to see live events rather...
Discussing Difficult Issues
This article is the fourth installment of a four-part series that addresses the following four...
Selected Book Reviews by students at JLCC (OMF’s Japanese Language and Culture Centre)
In Search of Japan’s Hidden Christians: A Story of Suppression, Secrecy and Survival / A Geek in Japan (Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen , and the Tea Ceremony) / Understanding Japanese Society / Modern Japan – A very short introduction
Women Preachers’ Network
While the Japanese church typically has many more women than men, their preachers are, more...
A mortician who wanted to be an action star
“Hey, Susukida, could you handle my funeral?” “Whenever I receive a phone call asking me...
Developing the next generation
The Japanese Church faces a serious problem with decreasing numbers of young people, and a...