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Missions in Japan

Although the traditional religions in Japan are Shinto and Buddhism and numerous religious rites are observed in public and private life, two thirds of the population claims to have no religion. Japan is gripped in materialism, ancestor worship, and group conformity. Most consider Christianity a good, but irrelevant, foreign religion and firmly resist the call to follow Christ. An overwhelming majority think that right and wrong are determined by the circumstances of a situation rather than by universal absolute laws of morality.

Japanese people pray to their ancestors and to nature. Less than 50% say that they pray to a Creator God. Yet the majority feels that no one really...

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Current Opportunities

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  • Business Administration

    Business mangers to handle administrative and financial tasks for the fields.

  • Youth Ministry

    Working with national youth (middle school through college and young career) to evangelize and disciple.

  • TESOL Teachers

    Teaching English in both formal and informal settings in order to evangelize.

  • SEND Me! (Short term) Japan TESL

    Do you have a certificate in TESL?  Several churches in Japan with whom SEND works would like qualified native English speakers to help with English classes as an outreach of...

  • Bible Study Leader

    Men and women to lead small, informal, evangelistic Bible studies in order to plant churches.

  • Camping Ministry

    All roles related to camping—cooks, counselors, maintenance, administrators, etc.

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  • Update on Adult English Camp

    1 day AGOMitsuo and Akiko Fujishima

    We thank you so much for your prayers. Adult English Camp ended on Tuesday. Nineteen adults participated....

  • Adult English Camp

    6 days AGOMitsuo and Akiko Fujishima

    We are getting ready for the Adult English Camp that starts on July 24th. This is an evangelistic...

  • Spring activity for kids draws whole families in Japan

    54 days AGOJon and Chieko Reasoner

    At Tokorozawa Megumi Kyokai (the church plant),  we had a spring activity for neighborhood...

  • Latest News Video - Spiritual Darkness of Japan

    66 days AGONathan and Michelle Mikoski

    Our latest news video, May 2010, is viewable on our website TellJapan.com or YouTube. If you are...

  • 0 AGOCharles and Anne Marie Smoker

  • 0 AGOJim and Chris Milby

Featured Missionaries

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  • Tim & Chie Burns

    Tim & Chie Burns

    As God called Tim and Chie to Himself in different places, in different ways, He also has called them to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. ...

  • Dave and Eileen Barkman

    Dave and Eileen Barkman

    Urban Japan is a very different place than rural Kansas which we call “home” in the US. We have raised four children here in Japan during...

  • Joy dela Cruz

    Joy dela Cruz

    I am originally from Manila, Philippines, and now work in Greater Tokyo. I used to be in the corporate world until I followed God’s Great Commission...

  • Don and Janet Ekstrand

    Don and Janet Ekstrand

    Don first came to Japan in 1987 as a short-termer and Janet joined him a year later, where they both taught at the Christian Academy in Japan until...

  • Leigh and Jana Fehr

    Leigh and Jana Fehr

    Both of us were brought up in Christian homes. jana was born and raised in Austin, TX; Leigh was born in Saskatoon, SK and grew up mostly in Calgary,...

  • Jeff and Tamara Hershberger

    Jeff and Tamara Hershberger

    "Why on earth would you go to Japan?", people ask. There is certainly more than one way to answer this question. Japan has a critical need...

Prayer Requests

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  • Joel had a good meeting with a Japanese pastor yesterday.  Joel met with this pastor in order to make a connection with him for future connections with SEND missionaries.  Pray...

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  • Pray for the administration, council, and support staff of SEND Japan. Ask the Lord to strengthen them for their tasks, provide wisdom in working through challenges and the joy of...

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  • Pray for me (Joel) as I meet with several people on this coming Saturday, for English conversation and Bible.  I'm meeting a guy for the first time whom I met at the public bathhouse....

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  • Please pray that we will remain focused on what God has called us to do in Japan.

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