JEMS Missionaries in Nagoya, Japan
Japan is well-known as being a country with many obstacles and challenges to the gospel. Despite centuries of evangelistic efforts, the Christian population remains less than 1%. One of the many challenges facing missionaries is how to contextualize the gospel … Continued
Do you love trivia? Do you live in Florida? Woodmen of the World is sponsoring a night of trivia fun in downtown Lakeland on November 20 from 6-9pm. All proceeds will benefit the Nagoya City Church Plant we are helping … Continued
The Wilson’s are the full time music ministry missionaries on our team. Tom leads two Gospel choirs which came together for a Christmas Performance. Below are videos from the musical. (One song is in English and one in Japanese.)
There are a group of churches in America who are specifically committed to helping the mission in Japan and thus created the “Japan Partnership.” A group from various churches through America came to tour the various ministries in Japan … Continued
Today Moriyama Church, a neighboring church in our Presbytery, celebrated the retirement of their Pastor (35 years in the same church!), their 50th Anniversary, and the installation of their new Pastor. As you can imagine it was quite the celebration. … Continued
This Sunday and Monday many gathered in our Presbytery for a time of worship and retreat. The speaker was a seminary professor and although his lectures were challenging many members were grateful to have attended. T and I went with … Continued
So the title I used is a loose translation of the event we had this past week. The event was a gathering of all the churches in the area. Each church sang a song and then gave a brief update … Continued
