Church in Japan

Yuya is seeking to start up a surfer friendly church that will be able to accommodate the many surfers CS is reaching out to. At a recent pastors conference he said he was so discouraged by the established churches, "What are you doing that for??!!"

The church in Japan is small (just a 0.1% Christian country) averaging only 25-30 people from a handful of families. It is also conservative and protective, being focused on preserving their own. This is a huge challenge for CS Japan as they seek to build newly converted surfers into a church culture that largely does not want them.

I had the privilege of speaking at David's church from Acts 10 where God challenges the cultural barriers to evangelism and felt called to challenge them to two things 1) Let my people go - in evangelism to the world and 2) let my people come - in embracing new believers to the church. What a challenge!

CSJ is on the cutting edge of evangelism and church development. Whilst it takes Japanese people a long time to come to faith, once they commit they are solid and loyal.