Frequently Asked Question: How do you partner with Japanese leaders and churches? Elaine partners with our “home church” Crossroad church in a card making craft class each month. Participating are several new people and many who do not yet know Christ. John signed up for another year as a cooperating missionary at the Nerima Baptist Church. This past year John led training for leadership, evangelism and missions. Thank you for praying for the key meetings…
Gearing Up Feb 2015 Get out your calendars, notepads, and spreadsheets. We plan for successful ministry. Preparation in any endeavor is crucial. Planning is essential preparation. We both have an ongoing process of planning, praying, and preparing for ministry ahead. We plan for multiplication. Much of our mentoring and coaching ministry envisions others who will multiply our leadership. Last month we finished key gospel renewal material with one young couple who could be potential trainers…
Looking back God orchestrated several new avenues for ministry that shaped what last year looked like. Along with our local evangelism, Elaine’s outreach ministries to women, partnering with Rengo churches and leaders, and leadership for the Japan mission God shaped some new openings for significant ministry development in Japan and beyond. CPI in its 20th year embarked on several regional seminars training at least 300 leaders throughout Japan. Several leaders came to us for spiritual…
GOD ANSWERED God blessed with great Christmas activities and events like the Christmas Tea., Agape Group party and others too Agape Group – There is growing enthusiasm among some who attend especially those who were resistant several years before. God is at work. PRAYER PARTNER SPOTLIGHTS After spending some vacation in the US for Christmas, we return to Japan on Jan 1 and hit the ground running. Elaine resumes her busy monthly schedule. CPI has…
Well you prayed and it happened. We were planning to have maybe 50 people at this year’s last Church Planting Institute (CPI) regional training seminar in Tokyo. When registration closed there were 98 listed. This made it the largest regional training seminar of this year, or any year. What a way to celebrate 20 years of CPI! We offered two seminars one on Church Planting Next Steps and another on Walking in the Gospel for…
GOD ANSWERED God was very good through November blessing the Rengo meetings and Church Planters Summit. Our fall Field Council was a great time of sharing and planning, and John’s preaching at Nerima was very effective. Elaine’s Christmas Tea as usual was a highlight for the ladies for the year. PRAYER PARTNER SPOTLIGHTS Keep praying, Elaine has a big charity party preparations for December 8th. Ask God to bless our relationships with the Agape Group…