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Pray for the introductory course to the Christian faith which Kusatsu church will start in March.

Praise God for Mrs Suzuki who was baptized in Megumi church, Hikone this month, and for Mrs J.T. who was baptized in Kaori church last year. Pray for their walk with the Lord now and for our teams as they seek to teach and encourage them.

The Lees will start a church meeting in their house in Yamashina from 19th February. Pray for this new work, which will be called Izumi Christian House.

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History

Our history

At the end of the Second World War, General MacArthur called for a thousand Protestant missionaries to Japan. WEC's work began as a response to that call when Lon and Yvonne Fulton arrived in Japan on February the 23rd, 1950.

Opposition and Openness, but not much fruit

Aaron Tay continues our series on Japanese mission history, taking us from 1640 to the present day...

Why still just 1%?

The gospel message first came to Japan 450 years ago. Many are now asking why it would seem that the message has, as yet, failed to reach significant numbers of Japanese. Just thinking about this prompts a number of questions. Is this assumption even a fair one to make? What has been achieved? What has hindered Japanese from being more responsive? What hope is there for change?