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Independent Christian ChurchSay Yes To JapanSay Yes To Japan is a Japan missions resource hub connecting churches, missionaries, potential workers, and…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Say Yes To Japan
Say Yes To Japan — Organization Profile Say Yes To Japan is a Christian missions information and networking ministry that serves as an unofficial bulletin board for Christian Church/Church of Christ missionaries in Japan. The ministry showcases current missionaries, points…
Say Yes To Japan — Organization Profile Say Yes To Japan is a Christian missions information and networking ministry that serves as an unofficial bulletin board for Christian Church/Church of Christ missionaries in Japan. The ministry showcases current missionaries, points readers toward resources, and helps churches and individuals better understand the spiritual needs and mission opportunities in Japan. The ministry is associated with the Christian Church / Church of Christ and focuses on Japan, Japanese people, and Japan-related mission connections in the United States and other countries. Say Yes To Japan represents Japan and Japan missionaries each year at the International Conference on Missions, usually held in November. Its website states that the ministry brings decades of Japan missions experience…
Say Yes To Japan — Organization Profile
Say Yes To Japan is a Christian missions information and networking ministry that serves as an unofficial bulletin board for Christian Church/Church of Christ missionaries in Japan. The ministry showcases current missionaries, points readers toward resources, and helps churches and individuals better understand the spiritual needs and mission opportunities in Japan.
The ministry is associated with the Christian Church / Church of Christ and focuses on Japan, Japanese people, and Japan-related mission connections in the United States and other countries. Say Yes To Japan represents Japan and Japan missionaries each year at the International Conference on Missions, usually held in November. Its website states that the ministry brings decades of Japan missions experience to this work.
Say Yes To Japan began through a cooperative Japan missions exhibit at the 1999 National Missionary Convention. The exhibit was created to help renew interest in Japan missions, and it has been operated by missionaries on furlough, former missionaries, and mission recruits. That history reflects the ministry’s core role: connecting people who care about Japan with those already serving, praying, recruiting, teaching, or preparing for mission work.
The organization’s website provides several practical resource areas. Its Missionaries section includes photos, summaries, and contact information for current Christian Church/Church of Christ missionaries serving in Japan. Its Job Ideas section points readers toward possibilities such as teaching at Christian schools, teaching English, and exploring creative ministry options. Its Resources section gathers links for Japanese-language Bible study and Christian media, churches in Japan, Japanese language and culture, Japan news, college-related resources, Christian organizations, missionary sending organizations, and prayer and outreach tools.
Say Yes To Japan also serves people who are exploring mission service. The ministry states that it advises potential Japan mission workers of all ages, educates readers on Japan’s spiritual climate, offers strategies for prayer and witnessing to Japanese people living in the United States, connects Japanese seekers to Christians and churches, communicates with missionaries to encourage and assess needs, and networks with missionaries of other denominations, Christian organizations, and campus ministries.
People can engage with Say Yes To Japan by using its missionary directory, contacting the ministry for personalized guidance, visiting its ICOM exhibit, exploring job and mission resources, praying for Japan, sharing Japan-related mission needs, and connecting with missionaries or sending agencies listed on the site. Its distinct contribution is a specialized Japan missions hub that connects churches, potential workers, missionaries, seekers, and resource organizations for Gospel work among Japanese people.
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Independent Christian ChurchEmmaus Road InternationalEmmaus Road International equips churches, mission teams, agencies, and colleges with resources for cross-cultural ministry, missionary…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Emmaus Road International
Emmaus Road International — Organization Profile Emmaus Road International (ERI) is a Christian missions education and resource ministry focused on helping churches, mission agencies, colleges, and mission teams serve well in cross-cultural ministry. The organization describes itself as a “come…
Emmaus Road International — Organization Profile Emmaus Road International (ERI) is a Christian missions education and resource ministry focused on helping churches, mission agencies, colleges, and mission teams serve well in cross-cultural ministry. The organization describes itself as a “come alongside” ministry that provides resources to ignite, develop, and expand involvement in cross-cultural mission. Its work centers on mobilizing churches, training goers and senders, and networking churches and teams with ministries requesting help. Emmaus Road International is based in San Diego, California, with ERI Resources connected through Boulder City, Nevada. Its resources and ministry relationships serve churches, agencies, colleges, missionaries, mission teams, and cross-cultural workers around the world. ERI was birthed on February 28, 1983, when Neal Pirolo and several…
Emmaus Road International — Organization Profile
Emmaus Road International (ERI) is a Christian missions education and resource ministry focused on helping churches, mission agencies, colleges, and mission teams serve well in cross-cultural ministry. The organization describes itself as a “come alongside” ministry that provides resources to ignite, develop, and expand involvement in cross-cultural mission. Its work centers on mobilizing churches, training goers and senders, and networking churches and teams with ministries requesting help.
Emmaus Road International is based in San Diego, California, with ERI Resources connected through Boulder City, Nevada. Its resources and ministry relationships serve churches, agencies, colleges, missionaries, mission teams, and cross-cultural workers around the world. ERI was birthed on February 28, 1983, when Neal Pirolo and several ministry friends sensed a calling to continue missions education through an independent ministry serving many churches globally.
ERI’s core focus is missions preparation, missionary care, cross-cultural training, sending-team development, reentry support, and practical mission education. Rather than asking people to “join” the organization, ERI provides books, seminars, media resources, and training tools that churches and ministries can use in their own contexts. This allows local congregations, sending churches, and mission organizations to better support missionaries before they go, while they are on the field, and when they return.
The ministry is widely associated with resources such as Serving as Senders Today, The Reentry Team, I Think God Wants Me to be a Missionary, Internationals Who Live Among Us, Prepare For Battle!, Partners in the Gospel, and Keeping in Touch. These materials address the practical and spiritual responsibilities of sending churches, missionary support teams, prayer partners, financial partners, communication partners, logistics helpers, and reentry caregivers.
ERI also offers seminars and training experiences. Seminar topics include Serving as Senders, Solutions to Culture Stress, Internationals Among Us, What’s the Big Deal? They’re Just Coming Home!, For Those Who Go, Prepare for Battle!, Steps to the Field, Eight Possible Next Steps, Personal Involvement in Cross-Cultural Ministry, and Nothing Good Just Happens. The ACTS training emphasis and related media resources help prepare believers for cross-cultural service with humility, cultural understanding, and long-term faithfulness.
People can engage with Emmaus Road International by using its books and digital resources, inviting a seminar presenter, accessing the free media library, translating ERI resources, supporting orphan or refugee sponsorship opportunities, participating in ministry trips, ordering resources through ERI Resources, praying for the ministry, or giving financially. Contact is available through both the San Diego ministry office and ERI Resources in Boulder City.
