Instructor: Dan Iverson (Mission to the World – Tokyo, Team Leader)2007/11/07 (Rough Notes) Current Church to population ratio in Japan… 1:16,200 people (about 1:400 in USA) First starting? Become a “Contact Making Machine”Church growth study – 75%-90% from Family/friend contacts Have contacts? Become a “Bible Study Machine” Vital Signs for
Speaker: Gary Fujino (International Mission Board, JCPI Vice-Chairman)2007/11/06 – Evening Meeting (Rough Notes) Habakkuk 1:2-3 – Habakkuk begins to complain to God about the evil in the land. Hab 1:5-7 – God’s response is to send the ruthless Babylonians to attack the nation. Hab 1:13-14 – Habakkuk complains that the
Today, I went to a luncheon for the missionaries working in the church. After a delicious roast beef dinner with all the trimmings, we were to play a team-building game called “Marshmallow Majiwari (fellowship).” We were split randomly into teams and each team was given a handful of raw spaghetti
During my last visit to the States, I was asked a number of times if I was happy to be in Japan. Well, the true answer was “no, not always” but that didn’t mean that I was not joyful in being there. This seemed to create some confusion with some
I had a Japanese assignment to take a survey in Japanese of only Japanese people and present the results. I choose for my questions “Who do you go to for help?” and “Why do you chose that person?” I ask these questions because it is a common experience that everyone