Issue: Summer 2020
Ministry through Education
Bridging the language gap
Three ways that God has provided opportunities for me to minister to Japanese people
Using English to open safe spaces
If churches provide ways for locals to build relationships, they’re meeting a basic human need
Organic opportunities in education
Ministering in and alongside the education system in Japan provides us with opportunities to be salt and light in our local community
A leap of faith into the local preschool
God called us trust him by sending our son to a local preschool when he couldn’t speak Japanese. Many blessings have flowed from that step of faith.
God’s work in his time
Yokohama Christian School is a young school that is reaching out to change lives in its corner of Japan
My place at the table
A new missionary’s story of God’s goodness as her family immersed themselves in the Japanese school system
A homeschooling community in Japan
Classic Conversations provides a community for homeschooling families and an opportunity to minister to Japanese people
Take it to the Lord in prayer
“Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose. It does influence His action.”1 S. D. Gordon
COVID-19 and church planting
The pandemic is exposing the need for greater application of the gospel in our lives and our church communities
Writer’s retreat 2020
If you were given an intriguing photo or topic and ten minutes to write about it, would you get excited?
Table tennis mission for children
Table tennis is a very accessible sport—you just need a table and a small space. Well-known players such as Ai Fukuhara (“Ai-chan”; now retired), Mima Itō, and Tomokazu Harimoto have greatly helped to increase the sport’s popularity among Japanese youth.