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
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JCPI – Faithfully Waiting for God’s Glorious Intervention in History
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
Not Your Typical “Marshmallow Message”
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
What a birthday present!
(Photo: “Ah, that’s not good”… a dramatic recreation of my Monday afternoon escapade) Wow, what a week. Monday was my birthday and I received a birthday present that I didn’t understand until this Friday how great it was. Monday afternoon, Wendy, our computer teacher, walks in looking anxious and says
“The Hope” video
(Photo: The HOPE: The Story of God’s Promise to All People) “The HOPE is an 80 minute dramatic presentation of God’s epic story of redemption as revealed in the Bible.” (From their website) Maybe you or others that you might know have always wanted to know what the Bible was