November 5, 2026
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Independent Christian ChurchReaching JapanReaching Japan is a church-planting ministry serving Nagoya through Japanese-language Gospel ministry, discipleship, Recon Tours, internships,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Reaching Japan
Reaching Japan — Organization Profile Reaching Japan is the church-planting ministry of James and Rosie Miyashita, focused on planting churches in urban Japan and helping Japanese people hear the Gospel through long-term, Japanese-language ministry. The Miyashitas describe their work as…
Reaching Japan — Organization Profile Reaching Japan is the church-planting ministry of James and Rosie Miyashita, focused on planting churches in urban Japan and helping Japanese people hear the Gospel through long-term, Japanese-language ministry. The Miyashitas describe their work as church planting in Japan, with a current focus on Nagoya, one of Japan’s largest metropolitan areas. The ministry serves in Nagoya, Japan, with sending and support connections through Eastwood Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia, and MissionGO in the United States and Canada. James and Rosie moved to Japan in 2019, served first in Niigata, and moved to Nagoya in 2021 to plant Owari Baptist Church. Their stated goal is to help start a church in each of Nagoya’s 16 districts…
Reaching Japan — Organization Profile
Reaching Japan is the church-planting ministry of James and Rosie Miyashita, focused on planting churches in urban Japan and helping Japanese people hear the Gospel through long-term, Japanese-language ministry. The Miyashitas describe their work as church planting in Japan, with a current focus on Nagoya, one of Japan’s largest metropolitan areas.
The ministry serves in Nagoya, Japan, with sending and support connections through Eastwood Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia, and MissionGO in the United States and Canada. James and Rosie moved to Japan in 2019, served first in Niigata, and moved to Nagoya in 2021 to plant Owari Baptist Church. Their stated goal is to help start a church in each of Nagoya’s 16 districts by 2030.
Reaching Japan’s ministry model centers on church planting, discipleship, leadership training, Japanese-language ministry, relationship building, and missionary preparation. The ministry emphasizes that disciples are made and leaders are trained in the context of biblical local churches. Its approach is church-focused, relational, and aimed at long-term sustainability rather than dependence on foreign structures.
The ministry also provides pathways for people exploring mission work in Japan. Reaching Japan hosts Japan Recon Tours for serious ministry inquirers who want to understand life and ministry in Japan before taking next steps. These tours are designed for people praying about ministry generally or Japan specifically, and they include exposure to Japanese culture, ministry realities, and missionary life.
Reaching Japan’s internship program is designed to prepare people for long-term service connected to church planting ministry in Japan. Mini internships last three to six months and help college students or recent graduates gain ministry experience, language exposure, and cultural understanding. Standard internships last one to two years and are intended for those seriously considering full-time ministry in Japan, with language school, church involvement, relationship building, and preparation for possible church-planting team service.
People can engage with Reaching Japan by praying, subscribing to ministry updates, supporting the Miyashitas through MissionGO, watching ministry videos and seminars, applying for a Recon Tour, exploring an internship, or contacting the ministry about Japan church-planting opportunities. Its distinct contribution is focused church-planting work in Nagoya that combines Japanese-language Gospel ministry, local church formation, missionary preparation, and a goal of catalyzing 16 churches by 2030.
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Independent Christian ChurchMustard Seed NetworkMustard Seed Network plants gospel-centered churches in urban Japan through church planter training, disciple-making, leadership development,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Mustard Seed Network
Mustard Seed Network — Organization Profile Mustard Seed Network is a Christian church-planting organization with the mission “to glorify God by making disciples through planting gospel-centered churches in Japan.” The network focuses on gospel proclamation, disciple-making, leadership development, and the…
Mustard Seed Network — Organization Profile Mustard Seed Network is a Christian church-planting organization with the mission “to glorify God by making disciples through planting gospel-centered churches in Japan.” The network focuses on gospel proclamation, disciple-making, leadership development, and the formation of local churches in major Japanese cities. Its work began when a team of church planters moved to Japan in 2007, and the first church was planted in Nagoya in December 2009. The ministry has a U.S. mailing office in Oronogo, Missouri, while its church-planting work is centered in urban Japan. Mustard Seed Network serves Japanese cities including Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Tokyo, Sendai, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Sapporo, Saitama, Fukuoka, and Chiba. The organization identifies Japan as a major mission…
Mustard Seed Network — Organization Profile
Mustard Seed Network is a Christian church-planting organization with the mission “to glorify God by making disciples through planting gospel-centered churches in Japan.” The network focuses on gospel proclamation, disciple-making, leadership development, and the formation of local churches in major Japanese cities. Its work began when a team of church planters moved to Japan in 2007, and the first church was planted in Nagoya in December 2009.
The ministry has a U.S. mailing office in Oronogo, Missouri, while its church-planting work is centered in urban Japan. Mustard Seed Network serves Japanese cities including Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Tokyo, Sendai, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Sapporo, Saitama, Fukuoka, and Chiba. The organization identifies Japan as a major mission field because of the country’s low percentage of Christians and the need for gospel-centered churches and trained Christian leaders.
Mustard Seed Network operates as a network of church-planting churches in Japan. Its model includes recruiting and training church planters, catalyzing new church plants, and supporting existing church planters and church plants. The network emphasizes biblical teaching, expository preaching, discipleship, evangelism, church leadership, and culturally engaged ministry in urban settings.
The organization’s churches describe themselves as gospel-centered, disciples-making-disciples, and diverse. While many worshipers are Japanese, Mustard Seed Network notes that its churches include people from multiple countries. Its churches seek to proclaim the person and work of Jesus, equip believers for discipleship, gather in Christian community, baptize believers, and establish healthy local congregations.
Mustard Seed Network’s Kingdom Campaign expands this strategy by focusing on church multiplication, leadership development, church revitalization, and ministry training. The campaign describes a goal of helping establish additional churches and supporting ministry training in Japan. The network also maintains specific city pages for church plants, giving donors and prayer partners information about local church-planting teams.
People can engage with Mustard Seed Network by praying for Japan, giving to the general church-planting fund, supporting church planters, learning about ministry preparation, sharing the organization’s work, or connecting through its contact page. Its distinct contribution is long-term, cross-cultural church planting focused on making disciples and establishing gospel-centered churches in Japan’s cities.
