Japan Churches Should Grow, But … Mitani Article

The Church Should React to Needs and Change from an Inward Focus to an Outward Focus Today good will toward Christians is increasing.  Research has shown that, of those who might like to have faith, 30% would choose Christianity.  This was the highest ranked choice.  Over 60% of weddings are Christian style weddings.  According to Gallup research, 23% felt that Christianity is a good religion.  The Elijah kai did some research and found that 27%…

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John Speeds thru Tokyo Expressways

The other day Tim and I went for our monthly partying downtown in Machida. After having some good vittles we went to our favorite video game center. We both share a love for video games though I have almost no time to play them, except with Tim. I have stopped being cool several years ago but Tim is very up on the latest games, especially in Japan. After trying a few new games we decided…

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Marriage, Weddings in Japan

I would like to close with some thoughts about Japanese society to show the urgency of the Gospel to be grasped in this country.  For weddings in Japan there is the traditional Shinto ceremony.  More couples, however, are using the Christian ceremony today than Shinto.   This does not mean they embrace the Christian faith, though.  In fact marriage is in serious

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