Bowmans Japan Update

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Mark Athlee Bowman

• In Hokkaido, Japan
• Serving with the EFCM
• Church planting
• Field Administration

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Family
The whole family- December 2002 -Aaron (U of
M)-Peter Sarah Clark (Russia)-David
(Minneapolis)-Athlee Mark (Japan)
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Why Japan?

• Church attendance 2.1 per 1,000
• Churches per Population 116,168
• Church distribution
• 82 towns gt20,000 with NO church.
• Cities, Towns and Villages 3234

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Mission Statement of EFCM in Japan

• Participating with God in building His Church in
  Japan.
• Church Planting with the EFCJ
• Church Strengthening

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Language Study 89
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Tokyo Area
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Sendai EFC 91

• Now independent (100)
• Has full time Japanese pastor
• Planted daughter church 94

Sendai
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Furukawa EFC - 94

• 5th Anniversary Project of Sendai EFC

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Kobori Family in Furukawa
Furukawa EFCs first full time pastor (4/98).
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Furukawa EFC
Site for the permanent Furukawa EFC.11/98
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Furukawa EFCs New Home
Built by volunteers from North America. Started
09/99
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Furukawa EFCs New Home
Completed 12/1999 Seats 100 Park 20 cars
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Furukawa EFCs New Home
Dedicated to the Lord April 2000.
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Prayer Needs for Furukawa
Pastor Kobori resigned 10/2000. Seeking new
pastor.
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19992003 - planting a district of EFCs in
Hokkaido

• Newest EFC district plant
• Population Hokkaido 5.7 mil.
• Minnesota 4.8 million
• Sapporo 1.8 mil.
• Chitose 70,000

Hokkaido
Sapporo City
Chitose
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Home Office in Japan
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Teammates

• Irene Tan from Singapore

• The Kaji family who served in Nagoya for 15
  years.

• Moh Keng Lau from Singapore EFC

• Diana Reuter with the EFCM.

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Ministry Plan

• Evangelize
• Lead people to Christ
• Disciple
• Equip believers to lead others to Christ and
  disciple them so they can do the same.
• Send
• Encourage believers (students) who return to
  their communities to start small groups to
  evangelize, then equip the new believers.

• Primary Target Students
• Sapporo EFC is across the street from Sapporo
  University with 8000 students.
• 40 of the student body is from out of town.

Sapporo
Chitose
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Special Activities
Friends
OutreachEnglish
Campus Crusade
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Ministry Activities
CoffeeChat
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Ministry Activities
CoffeeChat
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Ministry Fruit

• 16 baptisms three years
• Several being discipled
• Some discipling others
• Leading friends to Christ
• Sent two summer teams

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Ministry progress toward three independent
churches in Hokkaido

• April 99 Started with small groups
• Sept. 99 Started services in Sapporo
• April. 00 Started ministry activities
• April 00 Started services in Chitose
• Sept. 00 Started service for students
• Nov. 02 Sapporo EFC independent
• 2003 Plan prepare for next Hokkaido church
  plant

Sapporo
Chitose
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How You Can Pray

• Pray for the building of healthy churches
• Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
• Raising up of church leaders
• Creativity in meeting needs in 2003

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Thank you for your prayers support!
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