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,…