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Church Planting in the Heart of Japan

June 15, 2018 by Drew Glosson Leave a Comment

This week, Acts 29, one of our partner organizations published an article about our church plant with an accompanying video that details the early years of our church and how God worked though Yoshito to plant his church in the heart of Tokyo. Click here to read the article and be sure to check out the video below.

 

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2017 – The Year in Review

January 11, 2018 by Drew Glosson

What a year it has been for us. As we look back at what God has done through us and our church plant this year, it’s evident that his grace has been at work amongst us the whole time. Thank you to each and everyone one of you who prayed for and supported us this year. Here is a look back at 2017 and what’s in-store for us in 2018.

Just Getting Started

2017 was our first full year in Japan. The year started off rough as we struggled with loneliness and worry but through God’s grace, we were able to grow through it. We learned to be patient with each other and communicate better. We also grew in learning to show grace and love towards each other and our children. Whenever it was evident that we were believing a lie God was quick to speak to us through his word or brothers and sisters in Christ to remind us of our identity in himself. As a family, we were able to bless our neighbors in various ways and sow seeds of the gospel. We were given multiple opportunities to proclaim the truth about Jesus to our friends.
Despite difficulties and struggles in our marriage and family this year. We were able to see that God is using us here for his glory as we served his church together.

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Megumi sharing the story of Easter at our picnic in the park

His Church On Mission

At our first ever staff retreat in January, we prayed that God would use our small church family at Soma Fuchu to make much of his name in our city. As we grew together, God gave us the opportunity to serve nearly 80 kids at what is now our annual English Camp. We also welcomed over 150 folks to our annual Christmas party where we were able to share the hope of Jesus with many for the first time. We multiplied from 3 missional communities to 5 in an effort to reach more of our city. Through these efforts, several folks in our communities began to put their faith in Jesus.
Beyond our city, God gave us the opportunity to equip fellow leaders throughout Japan to make disciples in the everyday stuff of life. We did this through two saturate events that we held in the spring and fall. Through the events, we shared our experiences as a church plant and taught how our missional communities enabled us to better reach the busy, overworked folks in our communities. As Japan lacks an abundance of gospel-centered resources, Megumi also began working on the first of a series of translations that we hope to publish in an effort equip the Christian community of Japan with more resources.

A Big Vision

As we look to 2018 as a church family, our vision is to see our church double. We hope to accomplish this by God’s grace through a focus on growing our MC’s and equipping them to be more effective on mission. We also aim to make our Sunday Gatherings more accessible by gathering in public spaces. We’ve been blessed by the support of partner churches over the past two years that have enabled us to have a space to grow intimately as a church family. Gathering in public space is the next step for our church to engage our city with the gospel.

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Drew and Yoshi together with the Saturate team in Nagoya.

We also have the vision to build off the momentum of our Saturate events in 2017 by providing coaching for those who are working to put into practice what they learned. We also desire to develop a program that will help raise up a new generation of leaders in Japan through the hands-on experience of serving in our church. To help our church accomplish this Drew will be taking on an executive role, overseeing the planning and execution of church gatherings, events, and other daily activities. I will also oversee the creation of our coaching network, immersive learning experience, and translation projects. We hope to publish our first project, the Saturate field guide in early 2018 and Megumi will begin her second translation then as well.

Family Vision

Our family vision for 2018 is also one of growth. We desire for our home to become a gospel lighthouse to our community.  We recently launched a missional community, in our neighborhood, and our hope is to establish regular rhythms with our neighbors and invite them into our home as often as possible. We pray that God would give us the patience to listen to their stories and present the gospel to them when opportunities arise. Takumi will begin kindergarten in April which will provide us with new opportunities to meet even more neighbors. We pray that as we strive to parent our children with the gospel that even more opportunities to share the good news of Jesus would come. We are also praying for physical growth in our family. Over the years our hearts have been stirred towards adoption so in 2018 we want to begin taking steps to do just that.

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Happy New Year from the Glossons!

Support Us in the New Year

We have been overwhelmed by your faithful generosity and continued prayers for us throughout the year. After a year on mission here in Tokyo, we’ve gained a better understanding of what finances look like for as a family on mission. In order to remain faithful to the work God is calling us to, we’ve realized that we’ll need to increase our funding for 2018. We will be seeking to raise an additional 2000 dollars in monthly reoccurring support to cover additional expenses and help establish an adoption fund. Would you prayerfully consider partnering with us to help us meet this goal in the new year? Thank you!

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Announcing 5 over 4

May 17, 2016 by Drew Glosson Leave a Comment

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We started off in November with a goal of $15,000 in one-time gifts to cover our moving costs and $6000 in monthly reoccurring support to sustain our ministry in Tokyo. God has been faithful to meet our needs through his people by covering the cost of our moving expenses and bringing us closer to full monthly support.

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Pray for the Groves

April 25, 2016 by Drew Glosson Leave a Comment

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Jeremy and Leanna Grove are members together with us at Karis Church. They have answered the call to join us in Tokyo next year and join our church planting efforts. Please pray for them as they begin to raise support. Check out there video and learn at their website.

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10 Days

August 25, 2014 by Drew Glosson Leave a Comment

In just 10 days from now I will be touching down in Tokyo. I never foresaw myself making 2 trips to Japan in 1 year but i’m thankful for how the Lord has worked. During our time with Yoshito this spring he hinted at how great it would be if we could come back at the end of the summer for the SOMA training seminar he was hosting.
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