“I’ve become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life. I did all this because of the Message. I didn’t just want to talk about it; I wanted to be in on it!”
— 1 Corinthians 9:22-23, The Message
Background Info
Kent is a former Naval Flight Officer who felt the call to the ministry while still in uniform. He resigned his commission in 1996, spent a year and a half in Ukraine as a lay missionary, then returned to Orlando, FL to pursue a Master of Divinity degree at Reformed Theological Seminary. There
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Background Info:
Erik grew up in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. He moved to Oregon to attend George Fox University where he met Rhonda. Rhonda grew up in Newberg, Oregon, the hometown of George Fox. After graduating in 1994, Rhonda flew off to Japan to teach English on the JET Program. When Rhonda was planning to return to the U.S. two years later, Erik decided to fly off to Japan with the JET
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Sue and Eric Takamoto raised their four children in Japan while serving as global workers with A3. For twenty-two years they served as church planters, and during the decade after the 2011 triple disaster they moved to Ishinomaki, one of the areas worst-hit by the tsunami, to be Christ’s hands and feet to the people there. Their family engaged in church planting and relationship building, while Sue started and directed the Nozomi Project, a social enterprise employing local women.
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Background
From 1988 to 2025, Gary and Barbara Bauman served full-time in Japan with A3 (formerly Asian Access). After 37 years as donor-supported missionaries, they transitioned to self-supporting retiree status on January 1, 2026. Although officially "retired" from donor-funded ministry, they
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ROBERTA was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Penn State University she served for three years in Kosovo with The Christian & Missionary Alliance. After completing her term she enrolled in Wheaton College for additional studies in missions.
ROBERT was raised in Texas and is a graduate of Texas A&M University. From 2005-2009 he served in southern Japan with A3. Like Roberta, he
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Background Information
Jeffrey S. Johnston grew up in Wisconsin, Ohio, and North Carolina. He became a Christian through InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduating, Jeff
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200 Years of North American Missions
Today marks the bicentennial of missions from North America. On February 6, 1812, the first ordained North American missionaries were commissioned from the Tabernacle Church in Salem, Massachusetts. We have been celebrating this historic milestone at events
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My interview on the A2/SIM Strategic Partnership for Japan
Mission Network News interviewed me last
Friday (11.11.11), which was the day we announced our new strategic partnership with SIM.
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International (MNN) ― The missionary movement in Asia seems to be growing.
Bruce Johnson of Asian Access reports, "Europe and the U.S. and North America have been sending missionaries over the past
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