Nagoya, Japan
- Pray for the growth of Christianity in Nagoya.
- Pray for the Seminary to help train and equip national leaders to rise up and lead within the Church. Pray especially as they are renovating their space and preparing for their “Deeper Further” Conference on October 31-November 1, 2025.
- Pray for the church planting works in our Presbytery. One is our own church plant, another in our neighboring prefecture Mie, and one in Okinawa! Pray for workers for these works and wisdom as they all are in their infant stages. Pray for the leadership within the Presbytery in how to adjust phase to phase. (Michael is on the Mie Church Planting Committee!)
- Pray for Nagoya Christian School. This is a relatively new mission school east of Nagoya. Pray for the leadership and all the new teachers who they have recruited to come to the field.
The Carters – October/November 2025
Interns & Short-Term Workers
- Pray as a new intern has joined the field! She originally came to Japan and did a month internship with our church. She has returned and is serving with the Nagoya team, but will serve at our English program once a week. We are excited to have Kristi return! Pray for her transition.
Leadership Needs
- Please pray that God would provide a Japanese pastor and more Japanese-speaking missionaries to support the ministry at Nagoya Central Church.
- The Japanese man who preached in August unfortunately has decided he doesn’t want to be in a Pastoral role and wants to remain as staff and doing freelance ministry. Although we are disappointed by this we are grateful for his support of the Presbytery and desire to help us with some IT/Website work.
Michael’s Leadership & Preaching
- Pray for Michael, that God would be glorified through his preaching and that his messages would lead people to faith in Christ.
- Pray for wisdom as he leads the church plant into its next phase, makes key decisions, and has many important conversations.
- Also pray for discernment and strength as he serves on various Presbytery committees.
For Us Specifically
- Please also pray for our children:
- For deep Christian community and fellowship.
- For wisdom as we walk alongside them through their different life phases.
- Michael will be in Huntsville, Alabama, and Virginia for three weeks in October 2025. We’re also planning a family trip (minus Tobin) in 2026 for 2–4 months. Please continue praying as we work through the logistics.
