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Missional partnership just part of larger, collaborative vision

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10 November 2011

A3 and SIM partner to send more church-planting missionaries to Japan

Missional partnership just part of larger, collaborative vision

Strategic partnership just part of larger, collaborative vision

TOKYO, JAPAN (A3) — A missional partnership uniting A3 and SIM USA is aimed at sending more church-planting missionaries to Japan. By leveraging the strengths of the two...

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A3 and SIM USA partner to send more church-planting missionaries to Japan

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10 November 2011

A3 and SIM USA announce a missional partnership for Japan

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A3 and SIM USA partner to send more church-planting missionaries to Japan

GLENDORA, CALIF. (A3) — A missional partnership uniting A3 and SIM USA is aimed at sending more church-planting missionaries to Japan. By leveraging the strengths of the two mission-sending agencies, they hope to...

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Big announcement on 11.11.11

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10 November 2011

A3 is set to make an exciting announcement on November 11, 2011. We are changing the way we do missions in order to accelerate our work toward the 2020 Vision in Japan.

So stay tuned . . .

Check back tomorrow to read all about this new development.

 

Big announcement on 11.11.11

 

 

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Japanese church seeks help with rebuilding plans

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13 October 2011

Japanese church seeks help with rebuilding plans

The Daily Herald, a Chicago suburb newspaper covered one of Pastor Sato's "Exodus Church" presentations. Here's an excerpt from Deborah Donovan's informative article "Japanese church seeks help with rebuilding plans" . . .

"It was very difficult to get food for the 70 people at once. We had no gas. The mountain road was

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Christian Post story on Pastor Sato's 'Exodus Church' presentation

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12 October 2011

Pastor Akira Sato and Chieko SatoPastor Akira Sato of Fukushima First Bible Baptist Church recently shared his congregation's collective experience with several audiences in Southern California and Chicago. The presentation was called "Exodus Church," because his entire congregation was forced to evacuate as a result of the Fukushima nuclear power plant damaged by the...

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Exodus from Japan's Ground Zero

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26 September 2011

Pastor Sato heads to the U.S. to personally share about Fukushima First Bible Baptist Church's experience following the nuclear disaster in Japan!

Exodus from Japan's Ground Zero

Meet Akira Sato, Senior Pastor of Fukushima First Bible Baptist Church—located just a few miles from Japan’s failed nuclear reactor site. His town evacuated. His congregation displaced. And...

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He Reigns Over All The Earth . . . even Japan

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23 September 2011

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A3 announces a song to benefit Japan Tsunami Relief

C.L. Hunter, CEO of "Christ Hu Nterz Productions" (pronounced "Christ Who Enters") recently approached A3 to partner with him in promoting a great new song by Fahren Johnson, "He Reigns Over All the Earth."

Hunter shared with us:

"Fahren
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Fair Wind is Good, Adversity is also Good

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09 May 2011

Pastor Akira SatoPastor Akira Sato and the First Baptist Church of Fukushima

Pastor Akira Sato is a pastor, faculty for the A3 JCGI Network leadership development program and author. His most recent book was written before the earthquake and published just days afterward. It is entitled, "Fair Wind is Good, Adversity is also Good." The day of the Tohoku earthquake (March 11), Pastor Akira Sato was in Tokyo for his son’s university commencement ceremony. Pastor Sato's church, the First Baptist Church of Fukushima, ...

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Would you rather push or be pulled?

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07 May 2011

 

 

by Dorrie Takazawa (with Takeshi Takazawa)

 

Would you rather push or be pulled?

 

Without knowing the context, I would have to say that the image of being pulled is much more appealing than the image of pushing something!  This is true if we are taking about little red wagons or stalled vehicles. It is even more so if the subject is water skiing!! All that is required of me is to trust the one doing the pulling and make sure I keep on course. This concept can be applied to the current context of A3 disaster response ...

 

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  3. Update from Rikuzentakata and Minami Sanriku
  4. Eric returns to Sendai!
  5. Tohoku, here we come... again!
  6. Japan Disaster Relief Trip: Looking back, looking forward
  7. God has burned in my heart the 86 communities washed away!
  8. Inside an evacuation center
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