Ministry Updates and News from the Mehns
Then I was back in Japan to meet with some church planters and church planting team leaders that I am coaching. Later I met with 22 key leaders from all over Japan and from key church multiplication groups in the Japan Church Multiplication National Roundtable. For two days we discussed the current state of the church in Japan, the challenges of planting 50,000 new churches, where repentance and change is needed, and how we could…
This Thursday I will leave for O’Hare airport in Chicago and fly to Asia to visit two countries in Asia. In one country I will be meeting with leaders I saw this last summer. We will be mobilizing a group of churches toward missions involvement among at least 14 unreached people groups throughout several countries. Then I will fly to Tokyo where I will take part with about 30 leaders at the Church Multiplication National…
Many years ago, our mission leader continually reminded us that “Missions is Relationships.” Before I heard it, I had already embraced the meaning. Missions is connecting us with both God and other people. More profoundly it is connecting our partnering churches, other missionaries and believers, national workers and local leaders, all to fulfill the Great Commission of “Making Disciples of all Peoples.” We are in the “people business” even though we do strategy, planning, resources,…
In July, John was in Chicago at the Moody Bible Institute for the 50th anniversary conference on the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. John has been involved with Perspectives for over 40 years, but not on this side of the ocean. Now that we are based in the US, we thought we would use our gifts to help mobilize, recruit, and prepare more missionaries for completing the Great Commission. Many mission agencies partner with…
How are you doing? How was your last trip? How’s ministry going? We are often asked. Lately the answers are we are doing well, in fact, quite well. Physically, emotionally, spiritually, we are doing well. And our ministries are doing well too. Elaine’s Bible studies and small groups continue to be lively, and people are growing in their followership of Christ. John is doing well with developing leaders here, near, and far and just came…
John was back again in Japan last month and met with the Deeper Collaboration Group. This group are the key leaders of the largest mission agencies in Japan that began meeting at a CPI Conference 5 years ago. This time we decided to have a retreat and for each leader to invite a younger leader so that our leadership influence would extend further. The group worked together on Achievable Objectives that could help Collaborate in…