Cross-fertilization

...PCN is the tag for "Parent Church Network" regional meetings that take place every three months or so among church planting teams from 4 churches in the kansai area...PCN meetings represent a crucial part of asian access' vision and work of church multiplication (to find our more, visit www.asianaccess.org)...

...a friend of ours recently asked us about our observations of the unity and cooperation between churches in japan...while PCNs do not represent the full spectrum of partnerships in japan, they are our chance...

...to glimpse into the reality and rewards of Christian unity within the framework of an overwhelmingly unreached nation...

...to join other japanese christians to dream together in the passion and promise of the gospel...

...to hear testimonies of kingdom work in different ways...

...testimonies like the one we heard from a woman who has been delivering brief gospel messages during chapel time in her church's weekly english classes for children...she shared the burden and anxiety she experienced each week as she prepared and preached the message...

...as she was experiencing this burden, God brought an elderly man into her church...while this man heard the gospel as a child, he never stepped foot into a local church for most of his adult life...following a recent crisis, God led this man back to church whereupon he joyfully received salvation and baptism in Christ...seeing God's work in this man's life, God reminded this woman that His ways are higher than our ways and that God does have a plan for each person, even if the pace of that plan lies outside our understanding and patience...this truth about God's ways and His work released her to prepare and preach the gospel to her children with courage and confidence in the power of God's Word...

...thanks again eric for doing the heavy lifting in translating for us...you're a huge reason why we can enjoy PCNs...