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Japan Update

Fall 2012 Number 64

Inspire a Generation
Youth participants in the SOLA project, an NPO to help children in disaster areas in Tohoku

InsideInspire a Generation

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Youth Congress

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Interview/Testimony
JEA General Assembly
ReportNews and Notes
Prayer/Editorial

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In the 21st century, churches in Japan
must once again consider the purpose andnecessity of developing younger leadership. This area has challenged churches
for many years, and it relates to all of thechallenges we are facing in Japan today.
It’s become quite common nowadays tohear people saying churches need to appeal more to the younger generation andbuild communities that will attract youth
and keep them. However, the philosophyof leadership I am proposing in this article does not focus on how to bring young
people into the church, nor is it writtenwith the intention to advise on how to expand the church itself.
Rather, I believe a philosophy of Christian leadership should arise from the essential reasoning of why Christians, worship, and churches all exist in this world.
I write from the perspective of a pastor
who works at the actual scene of the challenges we face every day. This message
is dedicated to the future generation andto the pastors (including myself) who arein the position of directing these young
leaders.

by Hiroaki Yonai
Senior Pastor,
Kokubunji Baptist
ChurchThe Hope of the World (Romans 1:16)
The younger generation is highly attuned to the times we live in, mainly
because they have been greatly influenced by events that have taken place intoday’s world. As their elders, we must
understand that their leadership style is areflection of what people today are askingfor.
Nowadays, it is considered normal tohave a church with different cultures andraces mixed together. It is also common
to have vast numbers of cross-cultural
missionaries working overseas. This isalso a time in history in which the majority of the Christian population is shiftingfrom the West (mainly referring to Europe and the United States) to the South,(continued on p. 4)

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Interview with a Younger Leader
By Atsuko Tateishi
Assistant Editor, Japan Update

Miho Hirata is one of the younger leaders who wastrained at Kokubunji Baptist Church (KBC) in her earlyyears in ministry. Now in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Miho shared during a Skype interview how she
grew to be a leader. Excerpts follow.
Atsuko (A): Please tell us how long you were at KBC
and what responsibilities you had.
Miho (M): I was there for ten years, for the first four
years as a seminary student, and another six years as achurch staff member. I worked in the area of hospitality.
I also led Bible studies. I was in my thirties during mostof that time.
A: Share with us some of what you learned from Senior Pastor Yonai regarding leadership development.
M: I believe he’s had a deep influence on me, but it is
not because he led me through a structured training program. Each ministry team member was encouraged tothink through whatever challenge was at hand on theirown, and to act on their ideas.
A: So each of you were entrusted with decision-making power in your areas of responsibility?
M: Well, responsibilities were not clearly demarcatedfor each person in the first place. We made decisions
more through discussions with the other team members.
A: It was a flexible system.
M: Yes, you could say that.
A: Do you see any areas that you wish to be improved, with regard to leadership development at KBC?
M: If you prefer leadership that gives you hands-

Testimony of a Younger Leader
By Fumika Mizunashi
A senior high school student leader with hi-b.a.

“Evangelizing high school students through highschool students” is the motto of hi-b.a. (high schoolborn-againers). I have learned a lot and have been able
to grow as I have been involved with hi-b.a. As I takeup the responsibility of leading meetings and directing
hi-b.a. programs, I am constantly thinking about what
God requires of us and what his mind is for us. I believe
it takes a lot of prayer to know this.
Sometimes I wonder if what I am doing is outside
God’s will. I become anxious—especially when programs do not go as I planned, when meetings are not aslively as I expected, or when only few students show
up. However, when I see everyone praising God andeach face filled with God’s grace, I feel I am in the willof God.
As an emcee standing before a group, I feel it is my2

on instructions, you will likely feel lost at KBC. But I
don’t think that needs to be changed.
A: I suppose you had to take risks, which sometimes
led you to fail.
M: I failed a lot. I have come to believe, however,that the ultimate failure is when you try to prove yourself without asking for help.
A: Now you are leading a children’s ministry in anarea where the Great East Japan Earthquake hit hard in
March 2011. What is important for you in developing
the next generation of leaders?
M: I have been with SOLA (Serve for Others, Livewith one Another) since last April. My leadership style isprobably a lot like KBC’s. Once I communicate the corevalues of our ministry, I expect each member to think andto act on their own by taking risks. I want my team members to challenge
my ideas andmethods, which I
expect will help
me grow out of
my box. There
will be failures,
but we learn mostfrom our failures.
I have come to apoint where I appreciate my own
failures.
Miho Hirata

Director of SOLA (http://solailo.jp) SOLA coordinates
student volunteers to teach children in disaster areas whoneed help with their school work

privilege to receive God’s grace by seeing those in attendance filled with God’s blessings
I have also learned that I cannot do anything by myself. I can do my part only because I have various coworkers working with me. It takes many people, suchas an emcee, a team of musicians, a speaker who shares
about God, hi-b.a. staff, and others. On top of that, we
would not be able to hold meetings unless high school
students belonging to hi-b.a. brought their friends. That
is why I feel we need cooperation on all levels.
I have also learned that when we are serving God, hegives us the things, people, and prayer we need. As I
experience God supplying all our needs I feel God giving his abundant grace and unmeasurable blessing.
If God has chosen us for a position, I believe weshould never use such excuses as “My faith is weak”
or “That person is more gifted to be a leader than I” inorder to run away from or refuse to accept the responsibilities given to us.
I believe a place and responsibility is given to a per-son because of who he or she is.
I have learned and experienced that I will receive
abundant grace as I respond to what God requires of me
where he has placed me.
God has given me a phrase as I have been involved
with planning meetings for hi-b.a.: “In
Jesus, to stand in front of the people
is to be loved by them. To be loved
by them is to love them.” I would
not have understood this truth if I
had just attended hi-b.a. meetings. It
has only been as I have served God
through hi-b.a. that I have been able
to grasp this truth.
Above all, I believe that everything
including myself and hi-b.a. belongs
to God. That is why we need to commit everything to God if we expect
our meetings to succeed. I have also
learned that our meetings must be
acceptable in God’s sight, not according to our value system or our
understanding.
Even when my opinion is not ac-

cepted in the discussion to prepare for the meetings andthings do not go the way we planned, it is important not
to get angry, but to choose what is truly good in God’ssight.
I believe that serving God is our mission and mankind’s way to live.
I believe that it is important to serve
God wherever we are, to share about
him and to use the life given to us by
God for his sake no matter what kind of
job we hold.
I believe that as we young people
become more enthusiastic and on firefor God the name of our Savior Jesus
Christ will be spread all over Japan andall over the world. I believe that is why
hi-b.a. considers it to be important forhigh school students to evangelize otherhigh school students.
I sincerely desire that we walk as
leaders, become more like Jesus as
God’s disciples, abundantly receive
God’s eternal grace, and share thatgrace with others.

Sharing the Vision for Youth Evangelism in JapanThe first Japan Congress on Youth Evangelism, theNihon Seinen Dendou Kaigi (NSD), was held at the
National Olympic Memorial Center in Yoyogi, Tokyo
from September 17 to 19, 2012. It was organized by the
JEA Youth Commission. More than 700, including youth
and leaders who work with youth, gathered to share in
the vision of reaching out to Japan's youth to raise up
the next generation of Christians and church leaders.
Yoshiya Mitsuhashi, Chair of the JEA YouthCommission, said, "We are gathered here today toshare in God's vision to evangelize the youth of Japan.
We may have come from different church groups andorganizations, but we need to be united in God's vision
to carry out His mission. Youth workers in mission
organizations and pastors of local churches need towork together and build strategic relationships in orderto reach out and care for the youth of this generation."
The morning sessions started with Bible exposition.
Participants were challenged to dig deeper into God's
Word and reflect upon their own lives. In project
sessions, several "youth-friendly" churches presented
their worship styles, small group ministries, outreachmethods and so on—and also their philosophiesbehind what they do. The goal was to share different
ideas and methods without criticism, so that attendees
could experience the variety of ways God is working

in Japan. In the afternoons, there were more than fifty
workshops and seminars in small groups through which
participants could meet and network with others withsimilar interests and ministry areas. The leadershipis convinced that personal networks are the key foradvancing God's Kingdom beyond the Congress.
In the evening, "Night-de-Lite," a Christian band
popular even in the secular music scene, was featured
to reach out to more youth. Many participants said they
were encouraged and challenged to take part in God'svision to transform Japan through youth. Pray that theHoly Spirit will move among Christian youth and use
them to reach out and transform the youth of Japan!

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(continued from p. 1)
where 75% of the Christian population now lives.
Furthermore, the introduction of social networking[through the Internet] has established a new dimensionof how people can interact with each other. This means
we are living in a completely different world thanpast generations. Many young people now coexist in
multiple networks. This is bringing in new conflict as
young people establish their own identities at the sametime as they develop acceptance of other cultures andbeliefs. This is why a new philosophy of leadership isrequired to address these challenges.

Youth leading worship for a children's camp

Accepting diversity was also a challenge for the early
Church. At a time when churches were gaining recognition across the Mediterranean world, one exceptional
characteristic that stood out was the Church’s racial andcultural diversity. Another was the fact that the leadersof these early churches were diaspora Jews—including
the Apostle Paul, the martyr Stephen, the missionary (toSamaria) Philip, and the eloquent Apollo.
What I sincerely hope is that our younger generation
will be the hope of the world. And I also hope that thisfuture generation will follow the above early church
leaders in such a way as to nurture a global perspective while at the same time valuing and establishing
their individual identities.
Love the World (Matthew 5:43-48)
In this article, I would like to focus primarily on“globalized perspective” and “independency” as thecore essence of my philosophy of leadership.
“Globalized Perspective”
To keep readers from misinterpreting globalized perspective as “sending missionaries around the world,”
I would like to rephrase this as “contribution to communality.” I believe the development of younger leadership should not aim to have young Christian leaders
be committed to a certain church, but rather it shouldseek to have them be committed to contributing toworld society itself.

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Especially after the Great East Japan Earthquake
took place last year, I could not stop thinking that thecommunality of churches in Japan is being questioned
as never before. Along with that, I also sensed thatyoung leaders have a strong desire to serve not only
the local church but all of society. This is why the development of younger leadership interlinks with how
we in the church consider communality and “becoming
a good neighbor” to people outside the church.
“Independency”
Some people may have the idea that “independency”
means isolation from others, but that is actually theexact opposite of what I understand. For example, in a
sport such as soccer, the team should be composed not
only of players who are fantastic at scoring goals, butalso with players who are excellent at defending theirown goal. In the Ekiden marathon relay race, athletes
are needed who can outrun opponents in the uphill,
but athletes are also needed who can compete in thedownhill. It is a known fact that a team will develop astronger bond if it has a good combination of athleteswith different talents and abilities. A good “communality” cannot exist without valuing the “independency”
of individuals, and churches today must also constructa network not just within its own periphery, but acrossborders in every direction in the world.
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, Japan has
finally come to value the different strengths of urban
and rural areas. The country has started to explore
ways to share the respective strengths of each, rather
than applying a standardized path of growth to all areas. This idea is expected to lead Japan to shed its unified value system. In order to pursue this, urban andrural areas must shift from unquestioningly obeying
standardized directives from the central governmentand get used to sharing and discussing their respective
strengths with each other.
I propose that churches should also incorporate thesame idea to deploy ministries that at the same time

College students are paired up with youth
One on one relationship is important

interface and are mobile. This is the kind of movement
new Christian leaders want to be involved in whenfacing the global challenges we are facing today.
Inspiring the New Generation (Matthew 9:17)
The challenge we face with this particular philosophy of leadership is whether or not churches can provide such a globalized perspective and also support theindependency of individuals. Here I would like to takea close look at some of the difficulties we face in thisand how we can overcome this challenge. I will not
attempt to share a concrete proposal on how to acquire“global perspective” and “individual independency.”
But I will touch on changes taking place in the predispositions of the Church in Japan.
First, we senior Christian leaders need to acknowledge that the future generation always has the “starringrole” of leadership, meaning that we should not impose our own theories and methods on younger leaders in order to pass on our old values.

Junior high girls' camp
Prayer is an essential element for spiritual growth

Leaders of the new generation should seek to become the new wineskins of this world, symbolizing
flexibility and expansibility. Throughout history,
churches have always been faced with this challengeof accepting innovation. Facing innovation is the same
as confronting something beyond your own comprehension. It requires painful self-expansion and the destruction of walls you have created around your identity. This is why many people tend to avoid this sort ofself-examination. However, we must understand that
we cannot break the Church’s current stagnation unless today’s pastors and other Christian leaders decideto accept these changes.
Second, as pastors we must question ourselves as towhether we are incorporating this global perspective
in our church and in our worship service and whether
we are stepping out to support these young leadersin finding hope to experience life transformation. We

A Bible study group for young womenmust make a paradigm shift from simply bringing
young people into “church” to introducing the Church
to young people out in the world.
This also relates to how the worship service and themessage are impacting young people nowadays. I include myself when I say pastors need the experienceand the skills to share messages that are relevant notjust to church members but to those who have neverread the Bible or attended a church service before.
However, this “global relevance” cannot be acquiredby simply altering scripture exegesis or changing theservice. A pastor is challenged to “always be preparedto give an answer to everyone who asks you to givethe reason for the hope that you have” (I Peter 3:15).
In other words, we as pastors must strengthen our interpersonal communication skills, including what we“preach” in our daily interactions with people.
Finally, if I can take the liberty to direct a message
directly to young leaders, I would like to let themknow they should not feel they are simply responsible
to receive a handoff. As those who hold “independency,” they are accountable to select what is good for the
future generation. Only then can they become a true
blessing to this world (Gen. 12:3b). I sincerely praythat together we can become new wineskins, revitalizing churches in Japan and all over the world during
this 21st century.

Junior high boys' group
Imagining 21st century leaders for churches in Japan

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JEA General Assembly Report
The 27th General Assembly of the Japan Evangelical Association (JEA) was held from June 4 through 6
in Kakegawa-city, Shizuoka. In the opening address,
Chair Nosei Ando mentioned the Fukushima nuclear
power plant accidents. “We must be repentant for using
nuclear energy without deep consideration. According
to the Bible, we need to discuss what is right or wrong,
and take responsibility as Christians who have been entrusted with the gospel.”
The Assembly adopted the 2012 project plan whichmainly concerns continuation of relief and restoration
efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Three focus areas are: (1) support for disaster affectedchurches, (2) support for regional church networks, and(3) preparation for future disasters.
During the 2011 fiscal year, the JEA provided financial support to 120 JEA member and related churches
which were affected by the 3.11 disaster. The JEA also
has been planning to expand support to churches outside of JEA affiliation in 2012.
After guest speaker Rev. Kida, Chair of the Fukushima Christian Conference, presented “the voices of Fukushima,” attendants prayed for people and churches inFukushima. Although church networks in the disasterhit areas can be the most effective in responding to local
needs, church staff in those areas often are exhausted.
So the JEA has budgeted 5 million yen for supporting
regional church networks both inside and outside of disaster areas to continue relief and recovery ministries.
In preparation for future disasters, the JEA Relief

Commission is collaborating with Wheaton College
HDI (Humanitarian Disaster Institute) and the Salvation
Army to develop Disaster Response Chaplaincy Training and Church Network Project, in order to increase
the disaster response capacity of churches in Japan.
The Assembly also resolved to hold JCE6 (The 6thJapan Congress on Evangelism, Chair: Teruo Saoshiro)
in 2016 in Kobe. Being one of the first areas Protestantchurches were established in Japan, Kobe has been an
important city in Japanese church history. It is also acity which has experienced a massive earthquake disaster, the 1995 disaster, which resulted in more than 6,000
fatalities. Thus, holding JCE6 in Kobe in 2016 certainly
has a symbolic meaning to Japanese churches.

(from left) JEA Chair Ando, FCC Chair Kida, Rev. Abe
of Sagamihara Church Network, Captain Ishikawa of theSalvation ArmyJEA Takes Initiative in Disaster Response Project
On July 5-6, 2012, the first forum for Disaster
Response Chaplaincy Training was held at OCC(Ochanomizu Christian Center) and more than 60
participated. The JEA Relief Commission and the
DRC Network invited Dr. Kevin Ellers of the Salvation Army USA who has developed extensive training courses in ESC (Emotional and Spiritual Care).
Many of the participants have been involved inrelief work following the 3.11 disaster and they said
they should have learned this before the disaster
happened. JEA general secretary Kenichi Shinagawa said, “With so many earthquakes predicted in thenear future as well as an increasing number of othernatural disasters, every Japanese church should be
prepared to respond to disasters in holistic ways.
Churches are especially able to provide emotionaland spiritual care and to be witnesses to the love ofJesus Christ in the midst of suffering.”
The JEA Relief Commision is also collaboratingwith Wheaton College HDI (Humanitarian Disaster

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Institute) to develop a social networking platform(Web site) and a variety of disaster response support
tools that will provide a structure for Chaplaincy
Training. The second forum for the Disaster Response Project, focusing on church network and disaster preparation will take place November 19-20,
2012. Dr. David Boan and Dr. Jamie Aten of Wheaton HDI will share their experiences and insights.
Please continue to pray for Japan. Send
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NEWS and NOTES
Tohoku Celebration of Hope with Franklin Graham
A three-day evangelism event, Tohoku Celebration of
Hope was held March 2-4, 2012, at Grande 21 in Rifucho, Miyagi Prefecture. The total turnout was 11,720,
with another 884 who watched the live feed in sevenvenues all over the Tohoku region. In response to thesimple and straightforward gospel message delivered byFranklin Graham each day, a total of 299 people cameforward. Over 70% of them expressed their decision tobelieve in Jesus.
Noriyasu Tanaka, Pastor of Sendai Kirisuto Church
and Chair of the Executive Committee of the event,was pleasantly surprised by the large number of positive responses from the traditionally conservative andshy people of Tohoku. “Christian volunteers have been
demonstrating Jesus in Tohoku through their way of life
for the past year,” observes Tanaka. “This, I believe,
has produced trust among the local people, and has led
to the positive results of this event.”
Fukushima Future Forum by Christian YouthOn March 18 to 20, about fifty Christian youth gathered at Inawashiro, Fukushima, for the 2nd Fukushima
Future Forum organized by Fukushima Christian Conference (FCC) and Friends with the Voiceless International (FVI). They gained hope for the future of Fukushima. The aim of this event was that “while [many in]
the young generation are leaving Fukushima, dedicatedpeople who will lay down their talents, time, and life
for the Kingdom of God might emerge.”
TCTS Completes 62 Year History
Tokyo Christian Theological Seminary (TCTS) in
Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture, held its final commencement and the closing ceremony on March 9, 2012, thus
completing its 62-year history of producing evangelicalministers. TCTS was founded in Tokyo in 1949. The
total number of the alumni counts 539. TCTS merged
into the Tokyo Christian University Graduate School of
Theology, which opened in April 2012.
The Tokyo Disaster Blog Started
Rev. Kurihara, newly appointed as CRASH Japan’s
next disaster preparation officer, writes, “According tostatistics from the University of Tokyo, the chances of a
big earthquake hitting Tokyo within the next four years
is 50%. This is a very high percentage, and it means theearthquake can happen anytime soon. So that people
might be prepared for it, I decided to provide information through this blog.”
Rev. Kurihara hopes to establish networks between
churches and local authorities through his blog. “Afterthe Great Tohoku Disaster, the Lord’s work was visible
in many places. I would like to see the Lord’s handiwork in Tokyo before the earthquake hits.”

Food Radiation Detector Installed by Christian Networks
Sendai Christian Alliance Disaster Relief Network(Tohoku Help) and Iwaki Christian Earthquake Reconstruction Support Network jointly opened Inori, afood radiation measurement center, in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture on May 12, 2012. It is their second
center, with the first having been operating in Sendai
City, Miyagi Prefecture since December 2011.
The center is open from Monday through Friday,
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Reservations may be made online atwww.foodbq.com. Measurement is free. Unlike government measurement centers who disclose data on the
Web site, the data will be disclosed only to the client.
This will protect the privacy of the clients, and also thereputation of local farmers against potential damage by
unsubstantiated fear.
Obituaries
Rev. Masatoshi Uchikoshi (Airin Chapel Christ
Church, Sapporo-city Hokkaido) died of colon cancer on April 7. He was 67 and known for his unique
Church School (CS) program, called MEBIG (Memory
Bible Game). Since Uchikoshi’s motto was “CS must
be delightful,” he always tried to create activities into
which children can easily join and enjoy. With MEBIG
having become recognized both in Japan and overseas,
the study center “MEBIG View” was opened in thesummer of 2011 in Niikappu, Hokkaido .
Rev. Junji Hatori (Principal Emeritus/Tokai Theological Seminary, Pastor Emeritus/Jiyugaoka Christ
Church) passed away due to complications from pneumonia on April 20, at the age of 84. In his youth, he
was involved in labor union movements, peace activism, and became a communist. However, in 1954 when
he heard the striking message of Rev. Kiichi Ando,
Hatori repented and become Christian. Hatori dedicatedhimself to broadcasting mission at Pacific Broadcasting
Association (PBA). At the same time, he served several
churches as pastor and played an active part in founding Tokai Theological Seminary.
Rev. Atsuyoshi Saito (The former Chair of Japan
Alliance Christ Church) passed away following a cerebral hemorrhage on June 4, at the age of 75. He wasbaptized at Kasumicho Church during his high schooldays. While working as a lecturer at Seigakuin University, Japan Bible Seminary, Tokyo Christian University and Tokyo Christian Institute, he also served as amember of the board of directors for various mission
organizations such as Chiisana Inochi o Mamoru-kai(“Save Babies from Abortion”), Seisho to Seishin Iryou
Kenkyukai (Bible and Mental Health Study Group), andKinugasa Hospital.

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Please Pray for Japan
1. That the Holy Spirit would give us openness and boldness
to share and act upon God’s vision of reaching out to youth
and raising up the next generation of leaders to transform
Japan.
2. That churches in Japan would continue to support recovery
ministries in the 3.11 disaster areas, and also engage withdisaster response training that will prepare us to be God’srepresentatives when the next disaster happens.
3. That Japanese churches would stand alongside other Asian
churches for a greater impact of Christ’s love in Asia.

JEA Schedule
DATE		

EVENT

PLACE

Oct. 29-30

JEA Missions Forum

SendaiNov. 5-6

JCE6 Theme Retreat

Okutama

Nov. 19-20

Disaster Response ForumTokyo

Dec. 4-7

WEA Youth Consultation

FloridaFeb. 4-6		

Disaster Chaplaincy Training

Izu

Editorial
It was such an encouragement to see so many
young people (both pastors and lay people) participating in the first Japan Congress on Youth Evangelism.
As Japanese society is wrestling with the issue of a
rapidly aging population, churches are no exception. Actually, churches in Japan seem to be facing that issue more rapidly than society ingeneral.
The title of the feature article “Inspire a Generation,” of course, wastaken from London Olympics and reminds us of the image of handing
the torch to next generation. Our task is clear—we need to “inspire” (notforce) the next generation to take the torch. The fact is, we are not able
to inspire anybody without being inspired by the Holy Spirit ourselves.
Let us be moved by the Holy Spirit’s guidance and commit ourselves
to encourage and mentor younger leaders around us.
Kenichi Shinagawa, Editor in Chief

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Japan Update
Fall 2012 - Number 64
Newsletter of theJapan Evangelical Association (JEA)
Chairman :Nohsei Ando
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