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Fighting Korea’s Loneliness Epidemic with Cafés and Convenience Stores
Seoul recently introduced free public services to tackle social isolation. Christians have been doing that for years.
The Pastor Who Rescues People from Japan’s ‘Suicide Cliff’
Yoichi Fujiyabu has spent three decades sharing God’s love to people who want to end their lives.
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US Visa Uncertainty Upends Plans of Chinese Christian Families
Some homeschool and Christian-school students are looking to attend college elsewhere.
Missions and Evangelism in a Shinto-influenced Culture
“We must avoid both excessive fear and uncritical sentimentalism of Shinto,” evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi argues.
Christianity and Shinto
Japanese believers must be wary of falling into syncretism again, evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi warns.
Shinto’s Historical and Contemporary Influences on Japanese Society
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi shares how Shinto influenced the development of emperor worship and the ways Christians responded.
Shinto’s Key Teachings
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi explains why Japan’s indigenous religion lacks a transcendent notion of God.
What Christians Should Know About Shinto
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi on the indigenous religion’s key teachings, its historical development, and ways to evangelize effectively in Japan.
Learning to Forgive the Country That Oppressed Mine
On Korea’s 80th Liberation Day, I exhort fellow evangelicals to view Korea and Japan’s relationship through one of Jesus’ parables.
China’s Quiet Revival, One Handwritten Bible Verse at a Time
A church sought 1,200 participants when it launched a Scripture-copying initiative. Millions of believers across the country responded.