Vision Festival

Just last week John joined 90 people to study case studies of new church plants and work towards movements of new churches in Japan. The Church Multiplication Vision Festival was held in Tokoku, the region of the triple disaster of March 11, 2011. Since the disaster church numbers in some areas have tripled!  Also evangelism results, such as people trusting Christ and being baptized, has increased nearly 700% from what is normal! God is building his church. This was the 4^th time we have had this Vision Festival and it is exciting to see the vision and momentum for new churches grow. These events are Japanese led and designed for Japanese. We shared with many of you last year how this 20-year dream of John’s may be developing before our eyes. Continue to pray for this as momentum and planning has already begun for the next Vision Festival. Many of these same Japanese leaders will be involved in some key meetings in September (see below). John made a video from the Vision Festival that you can view or show in your small group or worship service