Japan Initiative

Japanese Returnee Project

 

Focuses on ministering to Japanese who have immigrated to the United States to learn about Christ while finding a place they can have cultural familiarity. When they go back to Japan, we encourage them to find full faith in Christ and place them under thriving Japanese churches bac in their home country to share the gospel.

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The people & the place

We have two branches, one called “Under the Torrance Sun, Diaspora Ministry,” located in Los Angeles, California. The second is in Boston, Massachusetts and is the BJCC, or Boston Japanese Christian Church.

 

Stories of Impact


Keihanna Ministries
In 2002 we were tasked with leading a ministry in place of another missionary couple who had to return to the U.S. for medical treatment. ...
Re-connecting with partners
We are currently on Home Assignment with a return to Japan scheduled for August 2025.  It has been a great blessing to reconnect with our pa...
Osaka Project
Thanks to you and our Rengo Kansai District Church members continuing to pray, God has provided just such a place!  In fact, He provided a p...

Global Workers

Converge global workers are helping to start and strengthen churches together worldwide. Learn how you can become a key partner in accomplishing the mission.

 
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Jeff & Eri Erickson (Eri Kobayashi)
Torrance, California
Join Eri and Jeff in reaching Japanese children and their parents living in the U.S. temporarily or applying for residency. Their hearts are wide open in the new land!
Ken & Debby Milhous
U.S. Ministries – Japanese
Partner with Ken and Debby as they reach the Japanese diaspora in the Greater Boston area.