2020 vision

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    The 2020 Vision:

    To deploy 100 church multiplication teams:
    • to establish 1,000 reproducing congregations...
    • to enfold 1,000,000 new followers of
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  • Whoever is of God hears the words of God.
    — John 8:47

    A2/Japan Retreat... in-person!

    A few weeks ago, A2/Japan held an encouraging retreat in Okutama. It was the first time in three years that our entire missionary team met together and Silk and I were barely able to squeeze in with the covid restrictions.

  • breakthrough clint mckoy 093ymJ5AgE4 unsplash 1200pxbreakthrough / ˈbreɪkˌθruː /

    noun “a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.” – Oxford English Dictionary

    At the end of 2019, Silk and I felt led to choose a word that would be the focus for

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  • joe happy new year 2020 screengrab 600pxHappy New Year, Friends!

    Looking forward, it's an exciting year as we enter this new decade. 2020 is ahead of us folks and I am super excited because a lot is on the horizon....{addthis off}

  • 2020 is a pivotal year in the life of Asian Access.

    In the early ’90s, Asian Access adopted a vision God had given my predecessor Doug Birdsall. It was a vision he had rested on for a few years but one that came into

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  • dbirdsall-speaking1-thumbAt Asian Access’ fall board retreat, Doug Birdsall shared the powerful story of how the 2020 Vision for Japan emerged. Listening to Doug share is always an inspiration! He spoke about how he was sensing the Lord might be calling him away from the mission of Asian Access—but one night woke up and all he

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  • Olympic Vision 2020 underway in TokyoJapan (MNN) — The strains of the closing anthems have barely faded away in the Fischt Olympic Stadium (Sochi, Russia), and things

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  • Joe and Doug

    Thanksgiving week was inspiring!

    I spent the first few days of Thanksgiving week listening to one of my mentors, Doug Birdsall – Honorary Chairman of the Lausanne Movement, share about vision

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