GROWLIFE Fundamentals - Want to empower others to focus on their goals, work smart, and pursue their calling? Want to help develop people around you and develop leaders. Use GROWLIFE coaching. Learn about, experience, and use the GROW process (Goal, Reality, Options, Will do) and LIFE skills (Listening, Inquiring, Focusing, Encouraging)-all in the context of Christian beliefs about empowering others. This is the same training offered at the 2007 CPI Conference. Your ¥5000 fee covers snacks/lunch, materials, tuition, and facility usage.
* May 23, 9:00-4:30 * SEND in Higashi Tokorozawa, Saitama
* To sign up, please contact growlifeworkshop@gmail.com ASAP-14 people are already signed up! * To learn more, please visit: http://closethegapnow.org/training/photos/20080104coach/index.htm
Also endorsed by the JEMA Missionary Care Committee.
Spiritual Life taught by Gary Fujino is about applying the truths of the Gospel practically for the Christian.
- Dates: 4/12 & 4/26
- Time: 9:30-4:00
- Cost: 5,000 yen
- Location: Christian Life Training Center (CLTC) in Higashi Kurume
- These seminars are in Japanese (limited English helps available) and designed for training Japanese lay people. Please bring your Japanese partners with.
For more information in on CLTC and the SPRING Seminars in Tokyo see http://cltcjapan.com/2008springseminar/
Personal Ministry Evaluation is about discovering and using your gifting and is taught by Paul Nethercott.
- Dates: 5/17 & 5/24 (Sat)
- Time: 9:30-4:00
- Cost: 5,000 yen
- Location: Christian Life Training Center (CLTC) in Higashi Kurume
- 9:30-4:00 5,000 yen
- Christian Life Training Center (CLTC) in Higashi Kurume
- These seminars are in Japanese (limited English helps available) and designed for training Japanese lay people. Please bring your Japanese partners with.
For more information in on CLTC and the SPRING Seminars in Tokyo see http://cltcjapan.com/2008springseminar/
The 2009 Japan CPI National Conference will be held November 3-6, 2009 at Fuji Hakone Land.
Plans are in process right now on format, schedule and the like. We hope to have more information up shortly.
In the mean time:
- Begin praying for this national conference, ask others to pray as well.
- Mark your calendars and the calendars of your ministry partners so you can attend together.
- Set aside some money and budget so you can attend.
- Help us get the word out by promoting the conference and this website.
- Thanks.
Evangelizing Japanese: Personal Evangelism & Church Centered Evangelism
This seminar will equip you in personally evangelizing Japanese and how evangelism can be more central in your local church ministry. This Seminar will be conducted in English for missionaries, church planters, tentmakers, pastors, leaders, lay people, and church workers facilitated by Dan Iverson (Keiyo Team) and others.
Effective Evangelism in Difficult Japan
Practical training in …
- making increasing numbers of contacts for the gospel
- developing a warm church community in which non Christians come to faith
- sharing the gospel content personally, in small groups, in our worship, events, etc
- helping mobilize our members to participate in leading people to Christ
- tackling the many difficult problems that make evangelism difficult in Japan
- leveraging the advantages missionaries have in evangelism
Date: May 5 (Monday - national holiday) Time: 9:30-4:30 Cost: 3,000 including lunch if you register in advance. Location: Shiga Ken
For people serving in Shiga, Mie, Nara, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Gifu, Aichi, Wakayama, and elsewhere.
For Registration and other information contact: Martin Crowhurst by email or phone 0749-20-4955 mobile 080 5365 5404.
For an informational flyer evangelism-seminar-flyer.
Previous attendance at a CPI National Conference is not required. Please attend this CPI regional event.
Developing Coaching Support for Women
- April 4 (Friday)
- Ochanomizu Christian Center Room 901
- Time 10am to 4pm
- Cost 2,000 yen (includes an obento lunch)
The purpose of the seminar is to equip those supporting women in ministry in developing coaching networks or teams for on going coaching and support. This equipping seminar is for any women concerned for supporting women in ministry. This Seminar is in English. Women’s Coaching Seminar Promotional Flyer
Some of the topics to be covered:
- What is coaching? Why is it helpful to women in ministry?
- Coaching skill training and practice. How do we coach others?
- How to develop coaching networks and teams for women?
- Who should be involved in these coaching groups?
- What should these coaching groups look like?
- What are some of the key issues for coaching women?
Facilitator: Peg Windmiller 
Peg is a key trainer and Board Member for the Baptist General Conference LeadNet women’s coaching networks. She has been instrumental in starting several women LeadNet networks in Minnesota and Florida and strategizing others. Each group is built relationally, spiritually and missionally! Her husband, Don, has served as a pastor in Florida for 20 years. They have been married for over 38 years and have two grown sons.
“I have a real heart for Pastor’s Wives. They often bear the burden of everyday matters and ministry issues silently and alone while their husbands, no matter how loving and caring, fulfill their calling as faithful Shepherd. I love helping provide them the tools to better handle those demands.”
Sponsored JEMA CPI and the BGC Japan Mission
For reservations and other information please contact the JEMA office (03-3295-1949).
Previous attendance at a CPI National Conference is not required. Please attend this CPI regional event.
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SHIPPING AND PAYMENT: For those in Japan payment can be made after shipping. For those outside of Japan please leave a comment with your order or contact the JEMA office for information on shipping costs and payment.
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Highly Recommended Books
The Unseen Face of Japan
Author: David C. Lewis
Price: 1,800 yen
David Lewis’s excellent and well-researched understanding of the folk religion of Japanese culture and how the gospel can be relevantly shared with Japanese. This is a book that will be a valuable asset for anyone reaching Japanese.
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Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens
Author: Neil Cole
Price: 2,500 yen (Hardcover)
Cole shows readers how to plant the seeds of the Kingdom of God in the places where life happens and where culture is formed - restaurants, bars, coffeehouses, parks, locker rooms,and neighborhoods. Organic Church offers a hands-on guide for demystifying this new model of church and shows the practical aspects of implementing it. ————————————
Cultivating a Life for God: Multiplying Disciples Through Life Transformation Groups
Author: Neil Cole
Price: 1,300 yen
This book outlines how you can use Life Transformation Groups (LTGs) to simply grow and develop disciples. ————————-
Overcoming Spiritual Barriers in Japan: Identifying Strongholds and Redemptive Gifts
Author: Keith Webb
Price: 400 yen
This book examines the invisible spiritual reality behind the 17th century persecution of Christians and the subsequent spiritual strongholds that were established. These spiritual and cultural barriers are still effectively holding the Japanese people in spiritual bondage. Though this evangelical survey you will learn the historical reasons Japanese are resistant to the gospel, three spiritual strongholds of today, how you can overcome these strongholds, and three redemptive gifts the Holy Spirit waits to release.
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CPI 2007 National Conference Resources CD-Rom - Price: 200 yen.
Other Books and Material Resources
Natural Church Development - Christian Schwarz 2,000 yen.
Natural Church Development JPN - Christian Schwarz 1,700 yen.
The ABC’s of Natural Church Development - Christian Schwarz and Christoph Schalk 200 yen.
Implementation Guide for Natural Church Development - Christian Schwarz and Christoph Schalk 1,500 yen.
Servants of the Servant: A Biblical Theology of Leadership
Author: Don N. Howell Jr.
Price: 1,200 yen
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Ministry Nuts and Bolts- Albrey Malphurs 1,200 yen.
Born for Battle. A must read, classic book on prayer by Arthur Matthews. 700 yen.
Building a Church of Small Groups. Highly recommended by the CPI leadership for those who wish to use small groups and cell-based strategies for building community-fellowship, evangelism and disciple making in their church planting. This is a Willow Creek resource. 1,200 yen.
Cross-Cultural Connections. Duane Elmer has given us a tremendous resource for the 21st century. A must read for Christians or non-Christians, local churches, mission organizations, Christian colleges and Universities and those connected to the market places. (J Paul Hiebert, CPI Conference Speaker 2004). Many of the problems encountered in ministry in Japan are due to a failure to recognize cultural differences and different ways of viewing the world. This book speaks to basic principles of effective cross cultural communication. 1,300 yen.
Books related to Spiritual Formation and Gospel Renewal
Discipline of Grace ENG - Jerry Bridges 1,500 yen. This is our annual all time best seller.
Discipline of Grace JPN - Jerry Bridges) 1,800 yen. This is our annual all time best seller.
Gospel for Real Life ENG- Author: Jerry Bridges Price: 1,200 yen
This book is highly recommended for everyone involved in CPI at any level. It has been suggested that this would be the best book to read, followed by Bridges “Discipline of Grace”, before moving on to the books on church planting and church development. These two books present the core of the Gospel message for those who are in ministry.
Gospel for Real Life JPN- Jerry Bridges 1,800 yen.
Thoughts Along the Way- Elaine Mehn- Weekly devotion readings from daily life and Japanese culture. 500 yen.
Living in the Light- Neil H. Williams - 6 lessons for Christians to understand the gospel more deeply. 1,000 yen.
REGIONAL CHURCH PLANTING NETWORKS
Often people ask CPI, how do I get from this lofty vision of bringing the Glory and Kingdom of God to my community to the very hard reality of my place of ministry? Often all that is needed is a little more focus, a bit more intentionality in what we do. Church Planting Networks have been instrumental in providing extraordinary support and training to church planters to lead to further church planting.
1. What is a Regional Church Planting Network?
“A Church Planting Network is an intentional Kingdom Partnership between 3 or more church planters and leaders (normally from the same denomination, agency, etc.) to share a common vision or advancing God’s Kingdom in their city and/or region through starting, growing and multiplying churches and to resource one another to help fulfill that vision.”
Q: Are there two others like you in your region that share a similar vision for church planting? With some intentionality and coordination you can expand your vision.
2. Ten Steps to Starting A Network *
1. Pray for Network Partners
2. Identify them
3. Build a Relationship with them
4. Share the Vision with them (Use resources below)
5. Have a Planning Meeting (Use resources below)
6. Ask for a Commitment (within one month).
7. If 2 or more commit (need 3 minimum)-Find a Network Coach
8. Begin Network Meetings
9. Be Flexible (It’s always a MESSY network)
10. Pray
Q: What stage are you at today? What are your next concrete steps in starting a network?
CPI can assist any group with vision materials (#4) and planning meeting content (#5), securing a network coach (#7), as well as ongoing support of network meetings (#8).
* Presented by Dr. Steve Childers at the 2007 CPI National Conference Networking Luncheon.
3. Resources on Church Planting Networks
How to Start & Strengthen New Church Networks ENG v2.1
Ten Steps to Starting a Network Bilingual Handout
Steve Childers audio message at the 2007 CPI Conference on the role of networks in developing Kingdom movement.
(more coming soon)
PLEASE leave a comment to CPI leadership and staff about your current interest and progress with church planting networks.
A Vision for the Gospel of God
Josiah Bancroft
November 9 (Fri) morning bilingual message interpreted by Yoshihiro “Mappe” Matsudaira.
Japan 2007 CPI National Conference
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Tatsuya Dedachi
November 8 (Thu) evening bilingual personal testimony interpreted by Roger Lowther.
Japan 2007 CPI National Conference
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A Vision for the Power of God
Akira Mori
November 7 (Wed) evening bilingual message interpreted by Gil Zinke.
Japan 2007 CPI National Conference
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Judith Newland
November 8 (Thu) evening personal testimony interpreted by Ai Tsukamoto.
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A Vision for the Gospel of God
Scotty Smith
November 7 (Weds) morning bilingual message interpreted by Takeshi Takezawa.
Japan 2007 CPI National Conference - Fuji Hakone Land Hakone Japan
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A Vision for the Gospel of God
Josiah Bancroft
Luke 8:40-56
November 8 (Thu) evening bilingual message interpreted by Yoshihiro “Mappe” Matsudaira.
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A Vision for the Kingdom of God
Dr. Steve Childers - Global Church Advancement
November 7 (Weds) morning bilingual message interpreted by Takeshi Takezawa.
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Audio from the Japan 2007 CPI National Conference
Fuji Hakone Land Hakone Japan
- Listen on line or download these bilingual MP3 audio files to your computer or mobile device.
- Do not forget to check the resource area for ministry resources and training materials from these sessions at the 2007 Conference.
1. Main Sessions
Faithfully Waiting for God’s Glorious Intervention in History - Gary Fujino (coming soon)
The Power of Communicating Images - Koichi Hirano (coming soon)
Vision, Venture, Victory - Nobuji Horikoshi (coming soon)
A Vision for the Kingdom of God - Steve Childers
Your Gospel is Too Small - Scotty Smith
Revelation of God’s Power - Akira Mori
A Vision for Church Multiplication Movements in Japan - Mitsuo Fukuda (coming soon)
Faith Transcending Shame - Josiah Bancroft
Grace Story - Judith Newland
Grace Story - Tatsuya Dedachi
The Core Competency - Josiah Bancroft
Future Dream - Jude Hama (coming soon)
Fellow Workers for the Kingdom of God - John Mehn (coming soon)
2. Core Training (coming soon)
3. Elective Sessions (coming soon)
JAPAN 2007 CPI CONFERENCE
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These are the listings and descriptions of the Core Training offered by CPI at this National Conference. We would hope to also offer it in Regional Equipping Seminars in the future.
CPI Core Training English
CPI Core Training Japanese
For the Elective listings and descriptions, click here.
Missional church” & your ministry: A personalized vision for how they can fit together
What is the “missional church”? Does it relate to what I’m doing right now? How does this concept relate to who I am as a Christian? Do I have to change the way I ‘do church’ to be more effective missionally? This part of the training track will explore these important questions. Different models of the church, diversities in generational worldviews as well as varieties of personal ministry styles will be examined and integrated so that participants can begin to implement lessons learned immediately upon returning home from the CPI national conference! Come prepared to think, reflect, and write…about yourself and your own vision for His church! Faciliated by Gary Fujino, Strategy Coordinator for the Southern Baptists and vice chair of the CPI Leadership Team.
“I really enjoyed the fellowship around the table, a good chance to meet up with ‘new’ ladies and share a little of our experiences.”
All of the ladies are gathering for lunch Wednesday in Meeting Room S1 for a time of fellowship and encouragement. Mika Tsuneda will be warming our hearts with music and Anne Marie Smoker will be bringing a word to draw us to Christ. Our time will end with praying for each other.
If your kids are at the conference, this is an opportunity for them to spend time with dad. If your child(ren) are here but your husband is not, please let us know so we can make arrangements for child care.
Today we see many churches in Japan reaching and baptizing more people and growing like we have never seen in Japan. And, in the same city, with the same Bible and Holy Spirit, we see many churches NOT reaching people, not baptizing people, not growing. 65% of our protestant churches in Japan had no baptisms last year.
YET, Jesus promises that MANY will come to the great feast from the EAST as well as the west (Matt 8:11). He promises a multitude too big to count (Rev 7:9). I believe this. And though we may not yet see revival here in Japan, we do see the wind blowing. We see many people hungry and thirsty like never before. We do see people coming to Christ in many churches like never before. Of course, gifts of the pastor/church planter, experience, our machi, etc, all under God’s sovereign rule affect the effectiveness of our evangelism. But, we can all learn and grow as personal evangelists, and as leaders in helping our churches reach people and make disciples that in turn make disciples. It IS happening in Japan. May it happen more! May God use this CPI conference and this track to that end.
This track will be practical training in
• making increasing numbers of contacts for the gospel
• developing a warm church community in which non Christians come to faith
• sharing the gospel content personally, in small groups, in our worship, events, etc
• helping mobilize our members to participate in leading people to Christ
• tackling the many difficult problems that make evangelism difficult in Japan
- leveraging the advantages missionaries have in evangelism/church planting. Though we certainly have handicaps, we also have advantages to use.
There will be small group time for sharing ideas and applications with each other.
Pastor/Church planters Dan Iverson, Yoshinobu Hirohashi, and other special guests will lead and share in this track.
Mitsuo Fukuda has been gracious enough to offer at this conference his new Ten-Gai-Nai Training (Grass-roots Discipleship Development Program) 1st Story.
This is 10 hours of concentrated training. But to benefit fully if you are interested, there are several aspects that you need to be aware of.
1. If you elect to sign up for this track of training you are requested to all of the sessions. You cannot come for just a part of it.
2. You will be able to attend every Main CPI Session of worship and the speakers. But attending the 10 hours of this track means you will not be able to take any other CPI Core Training or Elective on Weds or Thu.
3. The training is presented in Japanese (with some English helps).
The description of the training is below. Use this form to sign up for the training or for more information.
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Ten-Gai-Nai Training (Grass-roots Discipleship Development Program) 1st Story
This training introduces 4 skills for new believers which can be implemented from the very day that they believe: how to do a devotion, accountability group, personal evangelism and interactive Bible study. The first session show a simple theology using several Chinese characters like ① 天 (’ten’ - heaven), ② 外 (’gai’ - outward), ③ 内 (’nai’ - inward) and 人 (’hito’ - person) for the three types of love relationships we are to live by. Participants will learn how to train new believers to be able to explain this on their own. This simple theology is the foundation for the skill training in the four subsequent sessions. Through the daily practice of these skills, new believers will be expected to repeatedly rehearse this theology so that they may be able to understand it holistically. The aim of the first story of this training is to have new believers take part in actual evangelism and discipleship training immediately after they themselves have become Christians. This track will include a practicum during the CPI conference, an evangelistic field trip to Moto-Hakone, where participants will engage in personal evangelism with non-believers using the simple theology and tools learned in this training.
天外内トレーニング 1st Story（草の根弟子育成プログラム）
イエス様を信じた人が、信じたその日から実行できる４つのスキル（デボーション、アカウンタビリティグループ、個人伝道、対話型聖書学び会）を紹介する。まず、人間は３つの愛の関係に生きる者だというシンプルな神学を、天、外、内、人などの漢字を用いて、新しい信者が自分で説明できるように訓練する。それに続くスキルトレーニングは、信者が日常生活の中で実践し続けることで、シンプルな神学を繰り返し思い出し、統合的に理解することができるように設計されている。「1st Story」の目標は、参加者が伝道と育成の現場を、信仰に入った直後に持つようになることである。このトラックには、元箱根に出かけて、実際に未信者に個人伝道をするフィールドトリップが含まれている。
For our expanded Core Training at this conference we have an acute need to borrow more equipment to enhance the learning environment. If you have any of this equipment and would love to help “the cause” we would appreciate it. We have a Media Team that supervises the equipment.
WE NEED:
- Video Projectors (need 5-8). Any lumens is fine. Please bring along the cables too.
- Computer External Speakers (need 2-3). Don’t forget the power supply.
- Digital Recorders (need about 5). These can be MP3 recorders, digital voice recorders, digital audio recorders, mini-disk recorders. Also appreciated is microphones to go with them if you have them. We will have batteries if they need them.
We are trying to save money by borrowing things rather than rent. That keeps more money for training and such.
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Intercession Team volunteers to pray for participants and the conference. After the Concert of Prayer on Wednesday night and after the evening meeting on Thursday the Intercession Team will have private prayer sessions with people who have special requests for prayer.
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Youth will have the opportunity to catch a vision for a Japan for Christ as well as mature in their faith through fellowship, discipleship, and service. Youth will have the opportunity to test their gifts while working with teams in children’s ministry, media, and administration. Youth will be able to participate in the overall conference as they attend various sessions and electives. Youth will also have a special time and place to hang out and build friendships through a group time that will allow for open discussion of topics that are close to their hearts. The conference promises to be rewarding, challenging, and fun. We look forward to seeing you there!
実生活のための福音
（クラス内容の紹介）
福音には人と社会を変える力があります。問題の多い日本の社会に、この福音が唯一の答えであることをクラスの中で話します。私たちは罪深さを知っていますが、同時にキリストの素晴らしい贖いの賜物によって赦され、神の子とされていることも知っています。だから確信を持って、他人のことを思うようになれます。そしてキリストから日々いただく忍耐、愛と弱さに同情できる心を持って、人に仕える者となれるのです！一般的に、宗教は人が願っているものを神から受けるために、人間的な努力が必要だと考えられています。しかし、福音を信じている者は、努力なしで必要としているすべてのものを無料でいただいていので、感謝と誉れをもって、主のために生きるのです！どなたにも役に立つクラスになると思います。
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Expectations and the Ministry – special elective for women (Bilingual)
Are you a woman struggling with expectations? You are not alone! Come join us as we talk about the difficulties of expectations and discuss God’s all sufficient answers. This is a very interactive elective designed to encourage both missionary women and Japanese pastors’ wives. It will be taught in both Japanese and English with small group discussion by language group.
Facilitators:
Elaine Mehn – Baptist General Conference missionary to Japan since 1985. For the last several years she has been involved in spiritually mentoring missionary women.
Nozomi Saito – Her husband is pastor of the Nakano Baptist Church. Over the last year and a half she has written a column on women in ministry for the Christian Shimbun.
This is the schedule for the CPI Core Training. Electives are listed elsewhere.
These are tentative titles please see the CPI Core Training catalogs for more information. English descriptions catalog.
Weds (10:30am & 2:00pm)
- Renewal For Leaders - Scotty Smith (continues Thu)
- 霊的形成と福音による刷新
- Spiritual Formation and Gospel Renewal Josiah Bancroft (Cont Thu)
- コーチング技能トレーニング（バルナバミニストリー）
- Coaching Skill Training (continues Thu)
- Networking - Bilingual (continues Thu)
- Lay Mobilization for Kingdom Impact Bilingual (continues Thu)
- Developing Christ-Centered Communication Bilingual (Continues Thu)
- Preparing: Focus, Vision, Models, Strategy (Continues Thu)
- ビジョン、価値観、宣教理念、教会のモデル、戦略
- Witnessing: Personal Evangelism
- Communing: Building Christian Community
- 弟子化：学ぶ共同体の作り上げる
- 祈り：御国の祈りを深める
- 奉仕：憐れみの奉仕を発展させる
- House Church Training 天外内 [Ten Gai Nai] (Up Out In) (Continues Thu)
Thu (10:30am & 2:00pm)
- Renewal For Leaders - Scotty Smith (continues from Wed)
- 霊的形成と福音による刷新
- Spiritual Formation and Gospel Renewal (Continues from Wed)
- コーチング技能トレーニング（バルナバミニストリー）
- Coaching Skill Training (Continues from Wed)
- Networking - Bilingual (Continues from Wed)
- Lay Mobilization for Kingdom Impact Bilingual (continues from Wed)
- Developing Christ-Centered Communication Bilingual (continues from Wed)
- Preparing: Focus, Vision, Models, Strategy (Continues from Wed)
- ビジョン、価値観、宣教理念、教会のモデル、戦略
- 証し：個人伝道と教会中心伝道
- 共同体：クリスチャン共同体を建て上げる
- Worshipping: Gospel-centered Worship (Bilingual)
- Praying: Cultivating Kingdom Prayer
- Serving: Developing Compassionate Ministries
- House Church Training 天外内 [Ten Gai Nai] (Up Out In) (Continues Thu)
Worship Renewal Think Tank Elective
(Wednesday afternoon)
(Bilingual)
Renewal = rekindle, revitalize, restore, rejuvenate, make something new again, recover from decline, give somebody or something new energy
Come and join us in exploring ideas for bringing biblically based-renewal (depth, meaning, life, creativity, freshness) into the worship life of our churches in Japan. This will be a highly interactive session, so come prepared to share your own thoughts, ideas, questions, and creativity. Come with an open heart and mind as we seek together to see God renew us and our churches…and thus have an impact in our communities for the salvation of many.
Facilitators:
Dr. Nancy Nethercott - TEAM missionary/CAN (Christians in the Arts Network) Alleluia! Seminars leader/CLTC (Christian Life Training Communities) teacher/ church planter
Paul Nethercott - TEAM missionary/CAN Director/Alleluia! Seminars teacher/CLTC Dean and teacher/JEMA Member Development Coordinator/ church planter
Mika Tsuneda - CAN staff/Alleluia! Seminars teacher/CLTC staff/worship leader at Tachikawa Ev. Free Church/singer-songwriter with WINGS
Fuyuki “Faith” Amano - CAN staff/musician/interpreter/worship leader at Kanto Plains Baptist Church
Gospel-Centered Worship Training
Thursday only (bilingual)
What is worship? Is there a biblical framework for what we do in our corporate worship at church? How do I actually design and plan a worship service that leads the people into meaningful worship of God?
If these are questions you have, this workshop is for you!
In this highly practical workshop we will first set the foundation with a biblical theology of worship. Participants will then build on that foundation as they learn and apply principles for designing and planning meaningful, biblical times of corporate worship.
These principles can be applied to small or large group worship and even to our personal worship life. In the afternoon we will break into small groups and actually apply principles learned in the teaching time.
Trainers:
Dr. Nancy Nethercott - TEAM missionary/CAN (Christians in the Arts Network) Alleluia! Seminars leader/CLTC (Christian Life Training Communities) teacher/church planter
Mika Tsuneda - CAN staff/Alleluia! Seminars teacher/CLTC staff/worship leader at Tachikawa Ev. Free Church/ singer-songwriter with WINGS
Fuyuki “Faith” Amano (interpreter) - CAN staff/musician/interpreter/worship leader at Kanto Plains Baptist Church
Case Studies from Tachikawa Ev. Free Church and Rifu Christ Church
We are blessed by many great specialist agencies and ministries that are here in Japan. Some of those have people here as delegates at the CPI Conference. In between being in seminars they have made themselves available to us and can be found at the resource tables. In each case we ask them to be ready to show you the specifics of how they can help you in your church planting ministry.
Additionally, some of those ministries offering help available will have delegates at the conference:
This year we intend to have a display of information pockets for those who wish to give out information about their ministries. If you would be interested in having your material hosted in an information pocket, if would be helpful if you could give us the following details about your work:
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Please note
- Your application is not complete until we receive the 4500 yen charge for use of a pocket.
- If you want left over materials returning to you, you are responsible to arrange for this to happen.
Thanks for your interest to have either table space or a booth at the 2007 CPI Conference.
We make no charge for you doing this as it’s our desire that we can as always openly share resources and we welcome your co-operation with us in doing this. However, we do ask that you read our guidelines and would be willing to take time to even change your standard display to both fit with them and to sharpen your presentation of how what you present relates to church planting.
It would help us greatly, and we hope you, if as you are applying for space you could answer each of the following questions:
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- Give us the name or names of those attending the booth during 2007 CPI conference
- Contact information for the person planning and responsible for the booth
- English name of your ministry or the item you are presenting in no more than twenty characters
- Japanese name of your ministry or the item you are presenting in no more than twenty characters
- Please give us a 300 character (max) summary of what the resource you are presenting are. This will be used to help people know what is available at each of the booths and should encourage them to want to come and see you. Please do one in Japanese and one in English. (They don’t have to be a translation, of each other. 300 characters for each is okay)
- If you want to bring display boards, you are (for the first time) free to do that this year. However, you need to tell us this as we will plan the room layout with this in mind.
- Do you require 110volt power supply?
- One booth space is 180cm x 180cm. This should be enough for most resources being presented. If you feel you need more space than this you can ask for multiple spaces. Multiple spaces will be allocated at our discretion.
For your information.
This year as well as booths or table space, we are for the first time providing space in the resource centre for a wider group of ministries to present themselves and some free take away literature. This will be done by allowing a presentation of the ministry on two sheets of A4 paper with a pocket underneath them for the free literature. This means the ministry doesn’t need to have a delegate at the CPI conference, or even if they do, they don’t have to be in attendance at their booth. However, we will charge, (4500 yen for each pocket) something that we envision covers our possible costs in doing this.
Other new ideas
Please check back on the website to see details of other ideas we are looking at. E.g. possibility of posting job opportunities etc
You can contact me directly at
- mjc@megumi.org.uk
- 080 5365 5404
- 0749 26 1839
- 602 Gosanjo cho
- Hikone City
- Shiga Ken
- 522-0086
- クローハースト マーティン
- 〒522-0086滋賀県彦根市後三条町602
This year we will offer an experimental people wanted service. You can use this to make others aware of people you are looking for to be part of a Ministry. There is no charge for this. Information should be written on an A6 card. If you want the information to be bilingual, use one card for each language. Please hand the cards to us on arrival at the conference. We will also have cards available for people to write whilst at the conference. The cards will be posted on a notice board. People looking at the cards will have to write down their notes for contact details etc. (Jobs can be paid or unpaid positions, you just need to describe what requirements there are.)
Another experiment. If you are able to offer short term teams, music or drama ministries etc, or as a translator etc, why not make people aware of ways in which you can help them in their CP ministry. This may be an excellent way not only for missionaries to help each other, but also for missionaries to help Japanese Pastors with their CP vision. May be there are also Japanese lay Christians with gifting they want to make available to other CP ministries. Write details on an A6 card, use two if you are able to give the information in a bilingual format. Indicate clearly what charges or costs need to be considered if people want to use you in their ministry.
This is new for 2007. Our intention is to allow a wider group of agencies to present their ministries to CPI delegates. This can be done even if you don’t have a delegate at the conference.
To be part of this you would need to supply us with two pieces of A4 size material that present your ministry. Preferably they should include both Japanese and English explanations. These will be attached to a display board. Below this introduction will be a pocket which we will keep stocked with free materials that you supply for any delegates that want to receive further information.
To cover expenses involved in you presenting your ministry in this way, we are asking for a 3500 yen contribution. This should be sent within one week of application to have a pocket, or by 31st October. Whichever is the sooner.
In the pocket should be a single item. This will therefore either be one pamphlet, or, if you want to give more than one item or piece of paper, all the items must be in a single envelope or clear plastic bag. The pockets will be kept stocked by resource centre volunteers.
We will ask you to send materials to Fiji Hakone Land to arrive on 5th November. They should be marked CPI RC pockets - your group name. If you want left over materials returning to you, please talk with us about how that can be done.
富士箱根ランド
〒419-0101静岡県田方郡函南町桑原笛場１３５４
TEL：055-985-2111/FAX：055-985-2382
Fuji Hakone Land
Tagata-gun, Kannani-cho Yuwahara 1354
Shizuoka-ken,
419-0101
055-985-2111
FAX 055-985-2382
Contextualization: Walking the biblical tightrope of cultural relevance
Description: How can our faith can be both culturally relevant and biblically counter-cultural? Participants will learn practical steps for understanding cultural practices (such as ancestor rites), evaluating these biblically, and arriving at contextualized Christian alternatives. We will also consider contextualization of church ministries in ways that fulfill biblical purposes while employing culturally relevant methods. This seminar is of interest to those seeking creative approaches to ministry and who desire to develop expressions of the Christian faith that are less foreign.
Trainer: Dr. Craig Ott is associate professor of mission and intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, USA. He previously served 21 years in Germany and Europe as a church planter, theological educator, and mission consultant. He has ministered in over 25 countries on five continents and is author of Das Trainingsprogramm für Mitarbeiter (Training for Lay Ministry) and is coeditor with Harold A. Netland of Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity.
Wednesday Electives 4:00-5:30 PM
- Contextualization: Walking the biblical tightrope of cultural relevance - Dr. Craig Ott
- Spiritual Formation and Gospel Renewal (Eng) [Short]
- Spiritual Formation and Gospel Renewal (Jpn) [Short]
- How to Start Church Planting Network from Scratch (Eng) [Short]
- Parent Church Networks (Jpn) [Short]
- Jesus Lifehouse - Church Planting Case Study - Rod Plummer
- Alpha Groups
- CRASH (Bilingual) - Jonathan Wilson and others
- Coaching (Eng) [Short]
- Coaching (Jpn) [Short]
- Dealing with Conflict in Ministry - Janet Kunnecke (Eng)
- The Power of Three (Evangelism) - Scott Parrish (Eng)
- Praying: Cultivating Kingdom Prayer [Short]
- “Good Soil” Movie and how to use it for Evangelism
- Worship Renewal ThinkTank [Short]
Thursday Electives 4:00-5:30 PM
- Expectations and the Ministry – Special Elective for Women (Bilingual)
- SPECIAL How to Train People for Ministry in Japan (Bilingual)
- Communicating: Gospel-centered Communication for Preachers, Teachers and Workers [Short]
- Spiritual Formation and Gospel Renewal (Eng) [Short]
- Spiritual Formation and Gospel Renewal (Jpn) [Short]
[Short] Is a summary of the CPI Core Training Sessions
Local Bus time table (from Atami Station)
At the Atami Train Station, find bus terminal #1 (バス一番乗場）. You want a local bus towards Moto Hakone. It takes about 45 minutes to the hotel. You may want to show the driver the name of Fuji Hakone Land and he will remind you when to get off. You may see the signs for the CPI Conference. The local bus costs 990 yen. It is great if you have correct change, but the driver can also make change.
Leaving the Atami Station - Arriving at the Fuji Hakone Land
- 09:15 - 10:02 (D)
- 09:45 - 10:30
- 10:20 - 11:05
- 10:55 - 11:40
- 11:30 - 12:17(D)
- 12:20 - 13:05
- 13:10 - 13:57(D)
- 14:00 - 14:45
- 14:50 - 15:37(D)
- 15:35 - 16:22(D)
- (D) Direct to the Fuji Hakone Land
- The others do not stop at the Fuji Hakone Land, but please inform the bus driver that you go to the Fuji Hakone Land.
- Conference Registration opens at 10AM
- Worship Music begins at 2:30 PM
- Main Program Begins at 3:00 PM
Local Bus service from Atami Station - Click here for the bus schedules.
Fuji Hakone Land Bus - Click here for reservations.
- from Tokyo Station, Monday 11/05
- from Fuji Hakone Land to Tokyo, Friday 11/09
- from Atami Station, Tuesday 11/06
Come by car if at all possible. Access is very easy and we have ample parking for 300 cars. Rail transportation is very convenient to the area but buses connecting you to Fuji-Hakone Land do not run very often.
Please call Fuji Hakone Land (TEL: 0559-85-2111) directly for any similar information regarding directions.
By Car - Traveling by Car from the Tomei Expressway
- From the Atsugi Interchange on the Odawara Atsugi Road and the Hakone Shindo about 60 minutes.
- From the Odawara Interchange Gojo Shindo then take the Ashinoko Skyline about 50 minutes.
Be aware that the roads in Hakone are mountain roads and there is often heavy fog. Please drive carefully.
By Train
From Tokyo/Kansai area to the Atami Station on the Tokai Line. [From Hanada airport take the train to Shinagawa where you can connect with the Tokai line.] You can take a local line which is slower, the Shinkansen which costs more, or another express train (Acty) which will be quicker than the local train (please check schedules).
- Fuji Hakone Land is accessible from Atami Station on the Tokkaido line (Shinkansen). Atami station is just a few stops out of Tokyo Station and takes about 50 minutes. There are local buses to Fuji Hakone Land which take about 45 minutes.
- From Odawara Station on the Odakyu line you can take a bus to the Check Point (Sekijo) and then a bus to Fuji Hakone Land.
By Bus - Take the Local Bus or the Fuji Hakone Land Bus Click Here.
Please be aware of those schedules so you arrive on time. Please do not plan to take the last bus as you may regret it and be late.
By Taxi
Another option is a taxi from the Atami station but a taxi will cost a lot of money maybe 5,000 yen ($50) or more.
Local Access Map Click Here.
If you have things to ship to the conference site, please mark it with
JEMA CPI
富士箱根ランド
〒419-0101静岡県田方郡函南町桑原笛場１３５４
TEL：055-985-2111/FAX：055-985-2382
Fuji Hakone Land
Tagata-gun, Kannani-cho Yuwahara 1354
Shizuoka-ken,
419-0101
TEL 055-985-2111
FAX 055-985-2382
PAYMENT INFORMATION: All funds are to be sent to JEMA directly. To send money to the JEMA office there are two ways. Post Office Furikae is recommended.
- Postal Furikae (recommended)
Account Number: 00130-4-180466 Account Name: JEMA-Japan Harvest
Please use this CPI account number and write details of payment on the furikae sheet.
- Genkin Kakitome Futou
Address: JEMA OCC Bldg., 2-1 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062
Fuji Hakone Land Bus ONLINE REGISTRATION
- You must be registered for the CPI Conference to make bus reservations.
- Maximum number of passengers is 20. First come, first served. So please register early.
- Baggage is limited to what you can carry on your lap. Please no large bags.
- Payment is on board.
- In consideration of others, please also inform us immediately if you want to cancel your reservation.
TOKYO STATION TO FUJI HAKONE LAND 11/05
- Monday November 5, 2007 (This arrives at the conference one day early.)
- Departure Time: 3PM (Arrival time before dinner on Monday)
- Meeting Place: Tokyo Station opposite the Tokyo Central Post Office (Marunouchi Side)
- Costs (one way): Adult: 1,800 yen (married couples 3,000 yen). Children under 12 are 1,500 yen.
FUJI HAKONE LAND TO TOKYO STATION 11/09
- Friday November 9, 2007 Bus from Fuji Hakone Land to Tokyo Station. Time: 1:00 PM
- Meeting Place: Fuji Hakone Hotel
- Costs (one way): Adult: 1,800 yen (married couples 3,000 yen). Children under 12 are 1,500 yen.
ATAMI STATION TO FUJI HAKONE LAND 11/06
- Tuesday November 6, 2007 Bus from Atami Station to Fuji Hakone Land.
- Departure Times: 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM
- Meeting Place: Atami Station (just look for the Fuji Hakone Land bus)
- Costs (one way): Adult: 500 yen. Children under 12 are 300 yen.
If you have problems using this online registration system or do not get a confirmation of registration
please contact us by email with your problems and information.
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Making Vision a Reality – Focusing God’s Vision for Your Ministry
Vision is crucial to every ministry and every leader. Participants will understand more clearly what vision is, how to avoid vision busters, and how to seek vision from God. The session will include practical exercises to help you focus your vision for your ministry. Participants will be equipped with examples to continue this process with a mentor after the seminar. Presented by John Mehn, Field Leader for the BGC Mission and Leadership Team Chair of CPI.
What is worship? Is there a biblical framework for what we do in our corporate worship at church? How do I actually design and plan a worship service that leads the people into meaningful worship of God? How can I be a real “worship leader” and not just an MC of a program?
In this intensive seminar participants will be involved in seeking the answers to these questions and then creatively apply what they learn. We will spend significant time in groups designing meaningful, biblical, times of worship and then sharing those ideas with each other. Seminar leaders are Nancy Nethercott and Mika Tsuneda. The seminar will be held in Japanese with some English handouts available.
If one person from a church attends it is highly unlikely that they will affect much change in thier church so we strongly recommended that church worship teams (those involved in designing, planning and leading the worship service – including the pastor!) come together. To learn, process, and grow in unity. To facilitate this, there is a discount for groups of 3 or more from the same church/group.
The seminar will be held in Higashi Kurume (Tokyo) on Saturday, October 13. The cost is 5,000 yen per person. For more details contact the CLTC office. Phone: 042-446-8344 or Email: cltcjapan@yahoo.co.jp
Biblical Worship Service Design and Planning Flyer
D.A. Carson of Trinity Seminary will be conducting a seminar on “What is the Gospel? What is its impact in the future in the church in Japan?
The seminar will be translated from English to Japanese.
September 22, 2007 (Saturday) 9:30-11:30am
Ochanomizu Christian Center 8th Floor Chapel
For more information contact the Keiyo Team of the Japan Presbyterian mission by email or call the Oyumino Christian Center at 043-292-5007.
Sponsored by Christ Biblical Seminary, JPM, & JEMA Church Planting Institute
View or download the one page flyer. DA Carson Seminar Flyer
D.A.カーソン博士 セミナー
トリニティー神学校教授
『福音とは何か？日本の教会の将来に与え得るそのインパクト』
９/22 (土) 午前 9:30-11:30
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問合せ先： 日本長老伝道会 京葉チーム Eメール
043-292-5007(おゆみ野クリスチャンセンター)
共催：キリスト聖書神学校（CBS）／日本長老伝道会（JPM）／JEMA/CPI
A dedicated area will be provided for people to display their home grown resources. We consider this to be a key part of the resource centre. In order to encourage you to bring such (non-professionally published) materials, we want to offer to exchange resources with you. If you bring homegrown resources to display, we will give you a DVD of your choice from a previous CPI conference.
We are looking for pre-evangelism evangelism, compassion, prayer, fellowship, small groups, leadership, preaching, renewal, discipleship, and anything else that is helpful in evangelizing for church planting multiplication. Something you have spent time developing. It does not have to be perfect or proven in every context. People are looking for ideas and answers. Maybe you have them for them. Please leave your name and contact information and the resource you know about. It will bless others.
Larry Kirk is the senior pastor of Christ Community Church (Evangelical Free Church denomination) in Daytona Beach Florida, a church he planted and has continued to pastor for 20 years. Larry is a graduate of Covenant Theological Seminary, holds two masters degrees, and has taught preaching at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando for five years as a visiting lecturer in Practical Theology.
Scotty Smith has planted two thriving churches, including the one which he currently serves as lead pastor in Nashville, TN - Christ Community Church - with attendance of over 3,000 members. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Covenant Theological Seminary. He co-authored books with Steven Curtis Chapman (“Speechless”) and with Michael Card (“Unveiled Hope”), and authored the books “Objects of His Affection”, “Reign of Grace” and “Restoring Broken Things”.
Steve Childers is the President of Global Church Advancement, Inc., an inter-denominational ministry that provides training, consultations, and resources for church planters, pastors and missionaries throughout the world. Through his conferences and seminars he has trained Christian leaders from more than 25 countries representing over 100 denominations and mission agencies. Since 1993 he has trained hundreds of pastors and Christian leaders in Korea and over 1700 missionaries and nationals in Japan.
Steve is also a Professor of Practical Theology (since 1995) and the director of the doctoral program at Reformed Theological Seminary, in Orlando, Florida, where he teaches church planting, missions, evangelism and spiritual formation. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, having served two churches (urban and suburban) as church planter and senior pastor for 15 years.
His educational background includes earning Master’s degrees from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago and a Doctorate from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. Steve has also done doctoral studies in global mission at Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of World Mission in Pasadena, California.
Josiah Bancroft is a former Associate Director or Missions and Field Director for Ireland with World Harvest Mission (WHM). WHM’s vision is Movements of churches empowered by grace for the world’s good and God’s glory. Josiah along with others was instrumental in developing the Sonship spiritual renewal curriculum. He currently serves as co-pastor of Grace Community Church in Fletcher, North Carolina, USA. Josiah spoke at the 2005 CPI National Conference.
Mitsuo Fukuda is the Executive Director and Mission Strategist of the RAC Network (Rethinking Authentic Christianity Network). He also coaches many church planters. He has authored several books, “Mentoring like Barnabus“, “Developing a Contextualized Church As a Bridge to Christianity in Japan“, “Paradigm Shift for Contextualization“, and “Readings in Missiology: Japanese Culture and Christianity” (editor).
Koichi Hirano was born in Shibamata, Katsushika-ku Tokyo. He received diploma from Tokyo Bible College and went on to study abroad in the US. Koichi attended Duke Divinity School and received the Master of Divinity degree. He pastored several churches in the US. In 1991, Koichi started church planting in Machida, Tokyo and successfully established Tokyo Horizon Chapel. With two main locations (Setagaya and Machida), Tokyo Horizon Chapel is planting churches in 15 different locations throughout Japan. Koichi is also an author of many books. He established Horizon Bible College and Horizon International School, which prepare and equip future evangelists and pastors.
Craig Ott is associate professor of mission and intercultural studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. After twenty-one years of missionary experience with the EFCA-IM in Germany as a church planter, consultant, and theological educator, he joined the Trinity faculty in 2002. His particular fields of expertise include church planting, contextualization, and theology of mission. He has planted churches in Schaumburg, Illinois, and in Munich, Ingolstadt, Neumarkt, and Markt Indersdorf, Germany. He has published a book in German book Das Trainingsprogramm fuer Mitarbeiter (in English “training program for lay ministry”) and has been translated into Russian and Portuguese.
For a more complete biography click here .
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
| Tuesday November 6 |
Wednesday November 7 |
Thursday November 8 |
Friday November 9 |
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BREAKFAST |
BREAKFAST |
BREAKFAST |
| Registration opens at 10 am |
Worship Music |
Worship Music |
Worship Music |
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Movement of God |
Kingdom of God |
Gospel of God |
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Core Training - Session 1 |
Core Training - Session 3 |
Fellow Workers for the Kingdom of God |
| Worship Music 2 pm |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
| Orientation |
Core Training - Session 2 |
Core Training - Session 4 |
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| Glory and Kingdom |
Electives |
Electives |
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| DINNER |
DINNER |
DINNER |
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| Worship Music |
Worship Music |
Worship Music |
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| Church of God |
Power of God |
Gospel of God |
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| The Church in Japan |
Concert of Prayer |
Grace Stories |
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This workshop handout in Japanese on determining your ministry core values (中心的価値観の資料発見と明確化). Enclosed are step by step means for you to determine your ministry core values along with several examples from churches including personal and organizational statements and ones from churches such as the Makuhari Grace church, Redeemer Church NYC, Willow Creek, Saddleback Church, Bob Logan and others. This would be very helpful for a leader to work through with their team or church regarding their ministry direction. Core Values Handout JPN
Children’s Conference Housing and Meal Costs
These are prices for the entire conference. For partial attendance please contact the JEMA Office.
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Fuji-Hakone Hotel
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Schole Plaza Hotel
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Less than 2 years |
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