GOSPELREST - John and Elaine Mehn - Converge Worldwide Japan

Available October 2017 at William Carey Library and Amazon.com. Since the beginning of missionary efforts in Japan in the sixteenth century, the Japanese church has experienced periods of quiet flourishing and periods of intense persecution. Arguably, however, it has never managed to take root as a truly indigenous church-despite great effort toward that aim. In Multiplying Churches in Japanese Soil, John Mehn asks the question: Why? What factors have contributed to the Japanese remaining largely …

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Twenty-three leaders met in late September in Ikoma Japan as part of the East Asia Network of the Global Church Planting Network (GCPN). Besides GCPN consultants, leaders from Thailand, South Korea and Hong Kong and national teams representing Mongolia, Taiwan and Japan developed goals for national church planting processes. Short and long-range goals were set in five areas: leadership, prayer, training, strategy and national team. The team from Japan continues the direction of the Church …

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Total numbers were overwhelming with over 640 people registered, making this the biggest CPI conference ever! We have absolutely packed this newer and larger resort. Now we are in a flurry of activity getting ready for this record-breaking event on October 25-27. Please pray for the preparations, the entire staff, and that God would truly bless with the theme of Gospel and Mission. Besides leadership and administration, Elaine and John will be training in spiritual …

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In late September William Carey Library Publishers, publisher of the Perspective course, released John’s book Multiplying Churches in Japanese Soil. A Japanese translation of the book is currently under way.

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Does God ever surprise you? When we returned in January we had no idea the expanding influence there would be for church planting vision for Japan. Influence was building late last year, but this year John has been scrambling to keep up with the developments. There are several streams of interconnected movements and leaders partnering together toward a Japan national church planting initiative to see the dream of over 50,000 churches in Japan. If you …

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GOD ANSWERED Our mini-tour to the US is nearly completed. We return to Japan August 18th. The time has been extremely busy but very rewarding. We visited two churches and one pastoral couple while driving 2,000 miles. Elaine had a family reunion, John met doctors and dentists, and we both had great times with our children and grandchildren. The CPI Conference preparations continue Japan National CPI Conference, October 25-27. Pray as September and October are …

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