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JEA Earthquake Response		 3
Celebrate Recovery		 4News and Notes		 6

Japan Update

Spring 2011 Number 61

A Diaspora People Led by
Pillars of Fire and Clouds

Stories of a congregation evacuated from FukushimaF

orced to evacuate from their hometown due to the danger of radiation
after the Great East Japan Earthquake hiton March 11, the members of Fukushima
First Baptist Church, located near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, were
scattered to various evacuation shelterswith hardly with any belongings.
Little did Pastor Akira Sato know when
he preached the message “Hezekiah, An
Urgent Prayer” in the worship service on
March 6 that he himself would have torequest urgent prayer within a week. He
closed his sermon with the prayer, “We area small group of people, but the same God
is behind us. Let us not mourn nor complain…We depend on none but you, God.”At the time the earthquake struck, Satoand his wife were in Chiba Prefecture,northwest of Tokyo. Unable to go home

Originally published in Revival Japan
Translated and summarized
by Mizue Uchida

immediately after the earthquake, he tried
to contact some church members on a pay
phone. As he spoke with each one, tears
streamed down his cheeks as he thought tohimself, “Is this a nightmare?”
One church member came up with theidea of gathering church members fromvarious shelters and moving together to asafe place. Ultimately, 70 members headed
toward Aizu Chapel in another part of Fukushima Prefecture. On March 15, theyreceived a warm welcome by the Christians there. The following day, Pastor Satoand his wife joined them and heard someamazing stories of how God had saved
various lives.
Realizing this was going to be a long-term evacuation, Pastor Sato decided the group should
move on to Meeko Memorial Hall of Yonezawa Chapel in Yamagata Prefecture. Some decided to stay withfriends and relatives, so a total of 12 cars with 50 people
drove through a blizzard to Yonezawa on March 17.

Next Pastor Sato made the decision to leave Yonezawa
and head for Okutama Bible Camp (to the west of Tokyo) on March 31, as they had been kindly invited tostay there for a period of time. The risk of radiation was
not going to go away for a while, children needed to go
to school, people had to find work, and all needed tolive in a place with some level of privacy.
He wrote, “Brothers and sisters are bringing us foodand clothing from all over Japan. I feel like Elijah, sustained by God with food carried by a raven.”

Meeko Memorial Hall in Yonezawa

His mind swirled with questions, such as, “Will weever be able to go back to our town and homes?” and“Will the church be closed down and the history of mission in this region end forever?” He felt depressed, but
he believed and confessed that the Almighty God andLord of History who reigns over everything including
nature would open a new page of mission and lead themon.
He wrote in his diary, “The most miraculous thing tome is that I never get asked questions like ‘Why did
God allow this?’ or ‘I can’t believe in God. There is noGod.’ From the 160 members I have been in touch with,
all I hear are words like, ‘God is great. I want to trust
Him as I walk with Him from now on.’ Is this the beginning of an Exodus into a new frontier that the Lord is
opening for us? Like the Israelites in the desert, all we
can do is follow God as He leads us with pillars of fireand clouds.”“The church schedule, and my own, has been totally
wiped out. Now the Lord gives us our daily timetable. It
seems that when earthly things are shaken to their foundations, the Lord leads us into His own sphere. Now
that He is leading us on, I would like us to go with His
flow, without struggling, and to enjoy this world that He
has prepared for us.”

He prayed, “Lord, how long should we remain in thislimbo? Give us permission to start rebuilding. I want tomake a new start. Give us a sign. When you give it tous, then I will lead the flock you have given me, encouraging them to hope for that day. If you are not going togive us a sign, give us perseverance. Help us wait on
you and discipline ourselves.”
Pastor Akira Sato and his wife2

All photos in this article provided by Revival Japan

Summary of the JEA Response to theGreat East Japan Earthquake Disaster
On March 11, 2011, at 2:26 p.m., an enormous
earthquake hit the Sanriku Coast affecting the Tohoku Region and other areas of eastern Japan. The
magnitude of the earthquake was 9.0, the biggest
in Japan’s recorded history. The massive tsunami
caused by this quake destroyed towns along an approximately 500 kilometer stretch of coastline from
Chiba to Iwate. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Plant was also affected by the earthquake
and many towns around the power plant have been
evacuated.
In response to this national crisis, the Japan Evangelical Association (JEA) held an expanded meetingof the Disaster Relief Commission on March 22 anddecided to cooperate with CRASH Japan, a disaster
relief organization led by Rev. Jonathan Wilson,
a member of JEA Disaster Relief Commission.
CRASH Japan is also endorsed by JEMA (Japan
Evangelical Missionary Association) and the JEA isclosely partnering with JEMA to organize Christianrelief to help the churches and people of Tohoku andaffected areas.
On March 25, an emergency JEA board meeting
was held and the following decisions were made:(1) The JEA Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Recovery Office was established in Ochanomizu
Christian Center, with Rev. Takao Nakadai, Chairman of the JEA Disaster Relief Committee, as thehead.
(2) In order to centralize the project and cooperate with CRASH, Tokyo-based volunteers will besent from denominations and Christian organizations
to the headquarters of CRASH.
(3) All registration procedures for volunteers
will be handled by CRASH headquarters; all further
volunteer work will be coordinated through CRASH
with the assistance of the JEA Great East Japan
Earthquake Disaster Recovery Office. Training seminars for volunteer workers will be held as necessary
so that volunteers can learn how to be both safe andeffective while engaging in the relief and recovery
operation.
(4) Personnel will be sent in turns to local

Praying at a site where a church was washed away
in Natori, Miyagi (photo by Takaki Nakadai)

CRASH base camps (Rifumachi in Miyagi, Hitachi in
Ibaragi, Tono in Iwate, Nasu-shiobara in Tochigi) forthem to serve as the base camp leaders while cooperating with local churches.
(5) Reception and distribution of necessary supplies
will be done in cooperation with CRASH.
(6) Financial personnel will be assigned to manage
and report income and expenditures concerning financial donations from within Japan and from overseas.
Please send donations to the JEA Disaster Relief
Commission in one of the following ways:
Japan Postal Bank (furikae)
Account Name: (JEA) Nihon Fukuin Domei
Enjo Kyoryoku Iinkai #00190-5-7790
Mizuho Bank
Kudan Branch 532-1673098
JEA Enjo Kyoryoku Iinkai
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present
help in trouble. therefore we will not fear, though theearth give way and the mountains fall into the heartof the sea, though its waters roar and foam and themountains quake with their surging.
—Psalm 46:1-3
Please continue to pray for Japan and for Japanesechurches to receive wisdom and passion to share thelove of God with people at this time of national crisis.

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Recovery as a Lifelong Process of Sanctification
by Atsuko Tateishi, Assistant Editor
Our difficulties in life often derive from our
dysfunctional family relationships. When people
come to church with baggage from their respective families, it can affect relationships within the
church. This is only natural, because a church is,after all, a family of God. How can a church embrace hurting people and be a truly healing community? To obtain some clues, I went to observea weekly session of Celebrate Recovery (CR) on
a Friday evening at The Biblical Church of Tokyo(BCT).
The ministry of CR originally started in 1991
at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in California.
While the practice of CR is similar to that of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), its concept is solidly
rooted in biblical principles and, in particular, theEight Recovery Principles that are based on theeight Beatitudes. CR is designed to let Christians
and non-Christians celebrate God’s healing power
through release from their life’s difficulties including hurts, bad habits, and obsessions.
Seiji and Kathy Oyama experienced significant
recovery through CR while they were living in theUSA. After the couple took on the pastoral leadership of BCT, they introduced CR to their church inthe spring of 2005. Today, roughly 30 percent of
the church members are involved in CR in one way
or another. The Oyamas welcome members of theother churches as well. Some have “graduated” andstarted CR in their own church. As of this writing,
the CR Japan website lists two churches in Kawasaki, just south of Tokyo, and one church in Kobe,
west of Osaka, as CR venues.
Supper
For people who come rushing to the church directly from their day’s obligations, volunteers prepare supper for 400 yen per person. As people startcoming in around 6:30 pm, they serve themselves,
and typically sit with a few others to talk over the
meal. Some come by to talk to Seiji and/or Kathy,
who also join them for supper. Eventually, thedining room is comfortably warmed up by about
15 men and women from their twenties throughmiddle-age. It is the hour for winding down, andpreparing themselves mentally and physically before the large group session.

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Large Group Session
The first hour of the weekly meeting from 7:30
p.m. is devoted to the large group session, when
everyone meets together in the sanctuary. The mainpart of the session is either teaching one of the CR
lessons or a testimony. They take place on alternat-

ing weeks.
There were altogether more than 30 people inthe sanctuary this evening. A middle-aged ladygave a testimony. She is a long-time BCT member
and a CR veteran. She appeared quite comfortablewith sharing her recovery story in an open andmatter-of-fact manner. She demonstrated how she
had experienced significant healing for the last five
years of her involvement in CR. The intercessory
prayers of her small group members sustain her ona daily basis. As she believes recovery is an ongoing process, she wants to be involved in CR as longas possible.
Open Share Groups
The crowd now breaks into gender-specificsmall groups. During the second hour from 8:30
p.m., groups share what impressed them most inwhat they just heard, and what they believe theyneed to work on.
I was allowed to observe a women’s group for
those who are relatively new or have not yet committed themselves to CR. The leader opened thesession with prayer. The group of 11 women thenrecited the five simple guidelines for small groups,
which are printed on the back of the program of theday.
Next was the sharing. One by one, in random
order, group members spoke briefly of their issues
and thoughts. Some chose not to speak, and there
was no pressure to speak up. The group listened
attentively to each other, and was highly considerate of the time so that everyone wanting to speak
would have a chance to do so. Some issues seemed
more clinically serious than others, but each andevery issue, I could see, was critical for the person
who was tackling it. The last few minutes werespent sharing praises and prayer requests, and theleader’s prayer closed the session. Once the official
program was over, some rushed home and otherslingered for a chat in the lobby.
CR: Its Strengths and Challenge
CR serves as an outreach, too. Non-believers
come for CR through the CR and church websites.
For those who are new, the low-key and nonthreatening approach of CR works well. It works
because of what Kathy calls “the onsen gensoku”(“Hot Spring Principle”). Whether you are a Christian or not, you are fearful the first time you attend
a CR session, like a non-Japanese who ventures
into a communal hot spring bath for the first time.
When you are in it, however, you realize you havelittle to fear. After all, you see everyone else is naked as well!
As casual as CR sessions may be, some of thesubjects are quite heavy and the sharing can be intense. And, yes, the majority of the issues I heard
being discussed involved family relationships. CR
provides a safe place for people to process their issues with the support of their small group. Througha combination of study, testimony, sharing, andprayers, CR lets participants grow, and some eventually emerge as leaders. Some study the CR lessons over and over and still find something new. As
Kathy says, recovery is a lifelong process of sanctification. As long as we live, there is room for us togrow more like Christ.
The only downside of CR is that few churches
in Japan currently offer the program. Two hours aweek for at least several months takes a high levelof commitment, especially if you have to commutea long way. As it is, some come to BCT to attend
CR sessions from out-of-town. It would be good if
more churches offered CR, and more options wereavailable.

A Family in the Making
An Interview

Keisuke and Maki, a young couple at BCT,
graciously agreed to share with Japan Update (JU),their experience through their involvement in CR.
JU: How and why did you become involved inCR?
Keisuke (K): I used to work as a fishing guidein Alaska in the States during the summer. Garyand Lynne, a Christian couple I was working within Alaska, shared the gospel with me. I believed inJesus in June 2003.
Maki (M): I went to visit Keisuke in Alaska in
September 2004. We were thinking of marriage by
then. While I was there, Gary and Lynne told me
about Jesus. I had noticed some positive change
in Keisuke during the previous year or so. I didn’tknow he had become a Christian. I simply thought

he was caring for me more deeply. How wrong I
was! It was Jesus who changed Keisuke. My quest
for God began in Alaska, and I eventually becamea believer.
K: Maki and I got married in November 2004.
In the meantime, I settled down in Japan, andstarted looking for a church. Maki and I landed in
BCT and got baptized together on Easter Sunday,
April 2005. A little before then, BCT hosted a conference on John Townsend’s book entitled Boundaries. I knew something was not quite right withmy relationship with my parents. The conference
showed me that there was a way to work on myfamily issues. So I decided to be involved in CR, as
it was beginning just around that time at BCT.
M: I, too, was aware of the difficulties in myrelationship with my parents. I wanted to attend
CR sessions, but my work as a full-time nurse andmy pregnancy with our first child got in the way. I
finally was able to attend CR sessions regularly inspring 2006.
JU: Both of you have been involved in CR until
today. Will you share some of the positive results
you have experienced?
K: The biggest issue for me has been forgiving
my parents, particularly my father. I have learned
that forgiving them is really for my benefit, not for
theirs. Over the years, I have learned to accept myfather for who he is, and also to accept that God
has given me such a father. In addition, CR has letme realize that I am in a co-dependent relationshipwith my dominant mother.
M: CR provides me with a safe place where I
am allowed to grow and learn at my own pace. My
father had such strong control over me that when I
began to be involved in CR, I didn’t know how to
express my feelings or desires. I have been learning to do just that. I have also come to believethat I can empathize with other people’s wounds
because of my wounds. Now that I have three little
children, I try to pay attention to my own feelings
while dealing with them. I am very glad to havegiven up being a perfect mother!
JU: Does it mean a lot to you to have the support of your respective small groups?
K & M: Oh, yes!
K: I hope there will be more groups and morechurches doing CR. I particularly want to help
young families struggling with raising children.
Maki and I are happy to have been volunteering inchildcare during the CR sessions on Friday evenings since last April.
M: My father and I are still estranged, but I hopethings will change some day.
JU: So do I. Thank you very much for your
time.

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NEWS and NOTESAnnual Church Survey Results

September 5, 2010
The Christian Shimbun conducted their annual
church survey in Japan in March 2010, and published the results in their Christian Data Book 2011
(in CD-ROM for 5,000 yen). According to thesurvey, the total number of Protestant churches decreased to 7,997, coming down below 8,000 for the
first time in four years. Only 13 new churches werestarted following the 2009 survey, while 39 churches
either closed or have been consolidated, resulting ina net decrease of 26 in the number of churches.
Both the average membership of 64.0 and average
worship attendance of 40.8 remained relatively flatcompared to the previous year. For the same period,
the Protestant population and the percentage of theProtestant population to the total population of Japan
were also essentially unchanged at 511,522 and 0.4%
respectively.
When we look at the changes in total populationand the number of churches by region, the two seemto be in a reverse relationship. While the Tohoku region saw the largest decrease in total population, thenumber of churches increased by four. Only the Kanto region experienced an increase in total population,
but the number of churches decreased by ten. The
Kinki region, where the total population declined
slightly, saw a decrease in the number of churches
by eight.

Mission Forum in Nagoya

September 19, 2010
The JEA hosted Mission Forum Nagoya on September 6-7, 2010, under the theme Transforming
Crises into Opportunities for Mission Breakthroughs
in Japan. Nearly 100 attendees gathered to evaluate
the discussions held during the Fifth Japan Congress
on Evangelism (JCE) in 2009, and to develop themfor building the framework of the Sixth JCE scheduled for 2016. Session meetings explored issues of
diaspora, lay ministries, cooperation among churches
and denominations, youth, religious liberty, and disaster planning. The discussions will be further developed during the next Mission Forum.

Japan and Korea United in Songs

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October 31, 2010
As part of the God Bless You (GBY) Project, aseries of concerts by Japanese Christian musiciansdelivering God’s blessings through music aroundthe world, the GBY Concerts in Korea took place inSeoul and Incheon, Korea on November 8-10, 2010.
The picture of Korean and Japanese musicians jointly performing on stage presented a strong message ofreconciliation. Makoto Iwabuchi, one of the featured
musicians from Japan and the composer of the song

God Bless You, thanked his Korean friends withtears during the concert on November 10, for theirforgiveness and friendship in spite of the way Japan
treated them in the past. The concerts were received
by Korean audiences quite positively, with somevoicing hope that such concerts will be repeated.

Gospel Merit Award Given to Minato, Heckand ItoNovember 1, 2010
The Japan Gospel Advancement Association
awarded the Gospel Merit Award for 2010 to three
persons. Akiko Minato served as President of Tokyo
Woman’s Christian University for eight years from2002-2010, and has been one of the most prominent
female leaders in education and the Church. Douglas Heck was a missionary in Japan for 36 years
from 1972, planting churches in Kagawa and Tokyo,
while serving in a number of important roles in the
missionary world including Chair of the Board of
TEAM. Akiei Ito was Chair of the Board of the Japan Assemblies of God (AOG) for 15 years. He wasinstrumental bringing about Japan AOG’s membership in JEA, and was also involved in many interdenominational efforts. During the awards ceremony inTokyo on November 1, 2010, each of the recipientswas recognized for their long-standing contributions
to the advancement of the gospel across churches.

Church School Convention 2010

November 7, 2010
The Church School Convention 2010 was held inTokyo on October 26-29, 2010. Over 200 students
and teachers from nine schools all over Japan enjoyed this annual opportunity to network and reconnect through a very full program of classes and chapel time in the morning, sports and free time in theafternoon, and worship in the evening. The students
praised and danced to God with great energy during
the worship, and the biblical messages challenged
them to grow in faith, friendship, and study.

Opening of the Japan Christian Heresy Consultation OfficeNovember 28, 2010
Troubled by the increasing influence of heresy
originating in Korea, Jang Cheong-ik, a Korean missionary of the Global Mission Society and pastor of
an independent church in Shinjuku, Tokyo, launched
the Japan Christian Heresy Consultation Office inShinjuku. The opening worship service was held on
November 9, 2010, with Jin Yong-sik, a heresy expert in Korea and collaborator for the Office, speaking on the topic that Bible study is the way to bringback people from heresy. The Office is in partnership with the Christian Council of Koreans in Japan,

and is expected to help those affected by heresy
including the New Heaven and New Earth group, anemerging Korean sect. The Office may be contactedby phone (080-3216-3475) or by e-mail (jako0153@
yahoo.co.jp).

Crossover Fellowship of Young Adult Christians

December 12, 2010
Prompted by his own felt need for Japanese Christians in the marketplace to encourage each other, in
April 2008 Taro Kaji, a businessman and memberof a Presbyterian church in Chiba, initiated Spread
Jesus, a crossover Christian fellowship for young
adults in marketplace. A total of seven groups in
the Kanto, Tokai, Kinki, and Shikoku regions currently meet typically at a restaurant once a month ona weekday after work for sharing, discussion, andprayer. The members, mostly in their 20’s through40’s, also fellowship on an SNS website. Visit http://spreadjc.exblog.jp/ or write to spreadjc7@gmail.com
for more information.

The 16th Anniversary of the Great Hanshin
Earthquake

January 30, 2011
Shukugawa Bible Church Riverside Chapel in
Nishinomiya City held its annual early morning memorial worship service on January 17, 2011, the 16th
anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, andobserved a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time
when the devastating seismic wave shook the area.
The 16th memorial service at Kobe Christ Glory
Church in Kobe City on January 16, featured gospel singer Yuri Mori, who sang and spoke from her
tragic experience of losing her brother in the disaster.
Pastor Wataru Sugawara exhorted the attendees toovercome hardships and to become strong by walking with God who strengthens us.

TV Program to Support Youth

February 6, 2011
Japan Christian Global Network TV (JCGNTV), a
Christian satellite TV station, airs You Are Special,a program to empower Christian youth. Each episode features a girl or boy sharing his or her dreams
and vision. The program helps create a support
system among their pastors, church staff, friends,
and parents so the youth can pursue their dreams.
As of January 24, 2011, 95 young people had beenfeatured, with a number of them professing a desire
to be directly involved in ministries. The 15-minuteprogram is aired on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. with reruns
on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. (adedicated receiver antenna is required), and may beviewed on the Internet at http://japan.cgntv.net/

Christians and
The Great East Japan Earthquake
Prayer Meeting on the Evening of the DisasterMarch 27, 2011
The Eleventh Annual National Prayer Dinner, hosted by Connecting Business and the Marketplace toChrist Japan, was held as planned on the evening ofMarch 11, 2011, the very day of the disaster. In spiteof all the confusion and paralyzed transportation
system in the wake of the earthquake, 81 people outof the pre-registered 420 showed up at the banquet
room of a hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Some walked
2-3 hours to get to the hotel. The main speaker, Mitsuharu Akudo, President of Seigakuin University,
began his speech with a prayer, seeking God to remind Christians that an unexpected trial would open
the door for the work of God. Akudo then urged
the audience in this difficult time to live out andspread the hope that Christians have. Among the six
people who were scheduled to offer a prayer at thedinner, only one made it to the venue. Five others
were asked to pray on the spot, and all others joined,
prostrating themselves on the floor while asking God
for the unity of national leaders, the strength of thechurches in Japan, and help for people afflicted by
the disaster.

Christian Firefighter on a Rescue Mission

April 3, 2011
Taku Fujimura, a 22-year-old firefighter with theTokyo Fire Department, was dispatched on March
14, 2011, for a six-day search and rescue mission in
Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture. When his teamsaw the daunting scale of the massive devastation
caused by the tsunami and ensuing fires, they felt almost numb. Working in the snowy weather, Fujimura
stuck to his belief that God was very much present even in the heaps of rubble. If he didn’t know
where to look for potential survivors, Fujimura told
himself, God knew everything. In spite of their highhopes, the team was only able to retrieve four bodies. Fujimura kept working in the hope of relieving
the pain of survivors by returning to them the bodies of their loved ones. He was strongly supported
by Katayanagi Evangelical Free Church, his current
church home. Originally from Morioka, a Tohoku
city also severely damaged by the March 11 earthquake, Fujimura now dreams to go back home some
day to be a firefighter there.

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Please Pray for Japan
1. For churches and people affected by the Great East Japan
Earthquake Disaster.
2. For the government and its leaders, so that Japan willremain a peace-loving nation.
3. For denominations, churches, and para-church organizations that are going through leadership transition.
4. For the Holy Spirit to pour out His blessings upon all theactivities of churches in all regions.
5. For more young people to be inspired to be involved infull-time ministries.

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