PRAY FOR THIS PROJECT! – FOR TIME, MONEY AND WISDOM FOR JOHN TO COMPLETE IT
Leadership Characteristics of Multiplying Churches in Japan
The purpose of this project will be to identify through research and describe by analysis the characteristics of leaders that are effectively multiplying churches in Japan. Very little like this has ever been attempted in missiological circles and certainly not in Japan.
Goals and Objectives
1. Churches currently multiplying in
2. Leaders of these multiplying churches along with their leadership roles and functions are determined through a preliminary survey and in depth personal interviews.
3. The characteristics of these leaders are determined from comparative research.
4. Suggestions are made how to identify similar leaders in other churches, regions and denominational settings.
5. Suggestions are given how to build these characteristics into leaders as part of a training program for multiplying churches.
The direct and indirect results of this research project will be helpful for many in ministry in and out of Japan and directly helpful for the training that occurs in the Church Planting Institute. Besides the focused results of this research will be: case studies of Japanese church leadership, methodological descriptions of reproducing churches, leadership for church multiplication, examples of leadership development for church multiplication, and so on. I hope to provide the results of the research project in Japanese to influence the Japanese church.
