2006 Ministry Goals: Ann

Results During 2006: Ann

*Continue twice a month English classes at Tomioka Community Center

*Did the twice a month English classes. In September I expanded to two classes each time. I also did a spring and Christmas party with the students.

*Research a suitable puppet play to perform

*Did not do a puppet play

*Meet with former Sunrise Chapel students on a personal level

*Met with only one student from Sunrise Chapel.

*Teach craft/cooking classes at Kodama church ladies meetings.

*Taught 2 crafts and 2 cooking classes for the Kodama ladies.

*Give leadership and direction for the annual retreat and day of prayer for Japan Evangelical Missionary Association Women in Ministry. Look for other ways to "enrich, encourage and enhance women in ministry in Japan."

*Women in Ministry retreat went very well, also the annual day of prayer. Added three new members to the committee.

2006 Ministry Goals: Dale

Results During 2006: Dale

*Continue to help lead the new church plant at Tomioka, along with the pastor and the leaders of the mother church (Kodama EFC).

*We have a very good working relationship with the pastor of the mother church. Leading the project together in 2006 was a privilege. Yet there are some indicators that the work will not progress quickly and that the continued commitment of the key lay people might depend upon faster results. We shall see.

*Continue feeling out the possibility of and negotiate the beginning of a second part time church plant in partnership with another mother church in the Tokyo area.

*Discussed our second church planting placement several times with the pastor leading a group of three churches as they together try to plant a fourth. However, they want to buy a building before beginning the project. They have the money, but no property has become available. So they have not started the project yet. As long as they place such a high priority on the facility perhaps their understanding of church planting is at variance with ours. We continue to pray about this.

*Continue negotiations on establishing a Church Planting Institute of Theology at Tokyo Christian University.

*Negotiations have stalled on the matter of financial resources. Until TCU gets excited enough about the proposed institute to help fund it, I will not likely be able to establish it. So I need to do a better job of convincing TCU of the importance of such an institute.

*Continue publishing my quarterly column in Japan Harvest magazine, titled “Thinking Theologically About Church Planting”

*Done. Articles can be found at http://www.cptheo.net/ .

*Provide leadership to the partnership between the EFCCM and the EFC of Japan Central District (Nagoya) for the outreach English program of that district.

*Provided orientation for the new short term teacher in the fall of 2006, helped recruit the second teacher who arrived in Dec. Terms of service of both end in July 2007.  Rewrote the partnership agreement, visited the Central District churches once, preaching in one of their churches and meeting with the program leaders for evaluation.

*Teach another semester of Contemporary Theology (in Japanese) to fourth year students at Japan Bible Seminary.

*Done. The first semester at JBS runs from March through October.

*Teach Theology of Church for one semester at Tokyo Christian University (in English for non-Japanese students).

*Done. The first semester at TCU runs from March through June.

*Attend the Evangelical Theological Society meeting in Nov in the US, while building relationships with North American seminaries.

*Done. I continue to seek opportunities to teach about church planting theology in various North American seminaries, while remaining based in Tokyo. This should help in recruitment of future church planting missionaries. At least that is the idea!