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Buddhist SymbolBuddhism is growing in many Asian countries and people in the West are turning to Buddhism in unprecedented numbers. Discover how the message of God’s love is spreading in the Buddhist world and how you can play a part in God’s great plan to reach Buddhists.

The Prayercast website provides helpful resources for praying for Buddhists.

He Sets the Lonely in Families

By Frank Johnson on October 26, 2020 0

Businesspeople in Osaka

In Japan, if you are lonely, you don’t have to be alone. You can rent a family or friends. Loneliness has reached epidemic proportions in Japanese society, but God has a cure for the epidemic. He is a “father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,” and He “sets the lonely in families.” And He is sending a gregarious, joy-filled family to Japan to plant a community of believers that will become a family where God will place the lonely.

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Church Planting Along a Japanese Travel Corridor

By Frank Johnson on September 6, 2020 0

Tsukuba Express Line

The church has a history of using travel-related infrastructure for the rapid dissemination of the gospel. Just as the apostolic band made strategic use of the Roman system of roads, the Tsukuba Express line in Japan represents a strategic opportunity today. Assemblies of God missionaries Chris and Lindsey Carter, along with their developing church-planting team, are taking advantage of that opportunity.

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Hope in the Land of the Rising Sun

By Frank Johnson on July 29, 2020 0

Japanese Children

Over 43,000 children and teenagers in Tsukuba, Japan — raised in an honor-shame culture — are desperately in need of hope. Who will tell them of Jesus and His love? Who will tell them of the sun of righteousness who rises with healing in his wings? Josh and Erin McCoin, Assemblies of God missionary associates, have answered God’s call! Learn how God has uniquely qualified them to reach children and youth in Japan for Jesus!

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Using Media To Reach The Lost In Japan

By Frank Johnson on December 11, 2019 0

Justin Canavan, Media Missionary to Japan

Justin Canavan has a wealth of experience in using creative media. He has served as a videographer, producer, director, camera operator, lighting director, stage manager, tech team facilitator, director of photography, etc. He graduated cum laude from Evangel University with a Bachelor of Science in Film with minors in Broadcasting and Biblical Studies. But in all his experience, you will find two common threads: 1) he uses creative media to spread the gospel; and, 2) an obvious love for the people of Japan.

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Jesus Knows Their Names

By Frank Johnson on October 3, 2019 0

Holy Men in Nepal

In a 2010 paper written for the Cape Town 2010 Congress of the Lausanne Movement, S. Kent Parks and John Scott deliver an impassioned plea for the “Forgotten Fourth” — the almost 2 billion people without access to the gospel. These “separate peoples” are mostly Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist, and include significant urban populations.

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Buddhist Woman Freed From Anxiety

By Frank Johnson on October 1, 2019 0

Japanese Woman

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Buddhist Woman Freed From Anxiety
In an article entitled A Shelf Full of Gods — and No Hope, Brianna Langley tells the story of Machiko — a Japanese woman who suffered from depression and a severe social anxiety disorder known as hikikomori. Through a variety of God-ordained encounters, this Buddhist woman was drawn to a group of believers and after several months of observing the life of her new friends and being immersed into their expression of Christian community, Machiko converted to Christ. And she was set free from her depression and social anxiety! Click the button below to read the rest of the story!

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Photo courtesy of Jeff Juit. Used by permission.
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Reaching Buddhists

By Frank Johnson on September 30, 2019 0

Buddhist Temple

In an article entitled Proclaiming the Glory of God among Buddhist Peoples, Justin Caudill — a missionary to the Buddhist peoples of Southeast Asia — shares six strategies for reaching Buddhists.

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Written by a group of Evangelical mission "reflective practitioners" committed to developing effective ways to win Buddhists to Jesus, this book describes some of the best models of mission approaches among Buddhist peoples.

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  • Change The Map: A Prayer and Advocacy Movement to Reach the Buddhist World
  • Lausanne Movement Content Library: Resources on Buddhism

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  • Reaching Buddhists with Mark Durene (The Antioch Initiative)
  • Understanding our Buddhist Friends and Neighbors (Global Missions Podcast)

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  • Sharing the Gospel with a Buddhist: It Can Seem Hard to Know Where to Start (Radical)
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  • 4 Keys to Sharing the Gospel With Buddhists (ABWE International)
  • Proclaiming the Glory of God among Buddhist Peoples (IMB)
  • Beyond Buddha to Beloved: How I Became the First-Ever Christian in My Family Lineage (Christianity Today)

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  • Respectfully Engaging Buddhism — Harold Netland and Darrell L. Bock (Dallas Theological Seminary: The Table Podcast)
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  • Karma and Merit (Change The Map Teaching with Mark Durene)
  • The Gospel Through Buddhist Ears (Change The Map Teaching with Mark Durene)

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Lord Jesus,

This day, we cast our souls upon Your sacrifice as our only hope for purpose, meaning, and fulfillment here on earth and for life in the age to come.

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Until that day, we commit ourselves to loving our brothers and sisters in Christ — no matter what their people group, no matter what their language, no matter what their race, no matter where they are from — and to living in community with them — that the world may know that the Father loves them and that He sent You to save them.

This day, we devote our lives — our time, our money, our passion, our mind, our strength, our everything — to see Your gospel proclaimed in every corner of this world.

And we thank You for the astounding privilege of playing a small part in carrying Your name to the nations!

Pray for the Tsukuba Express Church Planting Team

Tsukuba Express Line

  1. Please pray for the areas surrounding these twenty rail stations: Akihabara, Shin-Okachimachi, Asakusa, Minami-Senju, Kita-Senju, Aoi, Rokucho, Yashio, Misato-chuo, Minami-Nagareyama, Nagareyama-centralpark, Nagareyama-otakanomori, Kashiwanoha-campus, Kashiwa-Tanaka, Moriya, Miraidaira, Midorino, Bampaku-kinenkoen, Kenkyu-gakuen, and Tsukuba
  2. Pray that God would raise up church planters and send forth laborers into the harvest fields surrounding these stations (Luke 10:2-4).
  3. Pray that God would help these church planters identify persons of peace in the areas surrounding these stations (Luke 10:5-8).
  4. Pray that God would enable these church planters to speak the word of God with boldness in these areas (Luke 10:9b).
  5. Pray that the proclamation of God’s word in the areas surrounding these stations would be accompanied by demonstrations of God’s compassion and power (Luke 10:9a).