What do Japanese Pastors want missionaries to do? NOT do?
Kohei and I continue our conversation from last time. The first 20 minutes or so we talk about church models and Japan, the second half we look at some of the answers Japanese pastors gave at the Asian Access conference when asked what they would like missionaries to start doing and stop doing. Enjoy!
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From Embers to Flames, 2024 Evangelism Conference in Tokyo
Today we talk with Kohei, who helped out at Asian Access Japan's 2024 conference 'From Embers to Flames'. Did you know that, although Japan's Christian population is only about 1% of Japan, 99% of Christians are laypeople? That' means that, if there are 1,000,000 Japanese Christians, 990,000 of them are not clergy. How can these Japanese Christian laypeople, these embers, ignite a Spiritual fire to spread Christianity among their people in Japan?
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Zero to JLPT N1 in under 3 years of part-time study
Today I chat with Noah, a missionary who began self-studying Japanese two years before landing in Japan in early '24. He promptly passed the JLPT N2, and is awaiting his results from taking N1 in December. Noah shares what worked for him, a surprisingly cheap and time efficient system that most missionaries (or any Japanese learners) could benefit from!
Noah's suggested resources:
Tofugu's resource page: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-learn...
Genki Textbook: / 791506.genki_i
Minna No Nihongo textbook: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Jyoukyuu he no Tobira: https://tobiraweb.9640.jp/
A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
Shin Kanzen Master Series: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=kanzen+mas...
Anki flashcards (better on phone): https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks?sear...
WaniKani: https://www.wanikani.com/
Podcasts for learning Japanese:
Haru no Nihongo
Learn Japanese With Noriko
Yuyu no Nihongo
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What books about Japan do missionaries read?
At the biennial Renown (formerly CPI) Conference hundreds of Japan-based missionaries gathered for networking, encouragement, and strategizing. While there JCATS held a survey asking 'what are your favorite books about Japan by Japanese authors?' and 'what are your favorite Christian podcasts?' Jon's friend and fellow Japan missionary Joe comes on to discuss results.
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Challenges for Japanese Churches with Pastor Takuma Kobayashi
Takuma Kobayashi is the pastor of Cloud Church, a fully online Japanese church, and in addition to two Cloud Church youtube channels, runs the Mattari Seisho Labo Youtube channel and podcast which deals with Japanese Christianity. We chat about challenges for Christianity in Japan, online church, relational evangelism, further reading to understand Japanese society, church dropouts, small church challenges, demands on church-goers, geographic challenges, and other topics
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