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Out of 127 million people, only about 200,000 regularly go to a protestant church. The average size church is 35 and attendance about 25 on an average Sunday. Many of these wonderful Christians came to know Jesus at an early age just after WWII. Most are now elderly people. Without new growth the Japanese church will actually go backwards.
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Many people ask ¡Æwhat¡Çs wrong with Japanese people ? Why aren¡Çt they open to God.?¡Ç This is actually a very important question. If we give the wrong answer there is no solution to the problem. But if we get the right answer, we can actually do something about it
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9 False reasons I¡Çve heard missionaries and Christians leaders use.
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1.Japan is hard
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2.God has hardened their hearts
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3.Japan has an evil history and culture.
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4.The Japanese are unrepentant for their history.
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5.The land is full of ¡Ædarkness¡Ç.
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6.Everybody says it¡Çs hard so it must be.
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7.Christian literature says it¡Çs hard so it must be.
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8.Japan is a special case- the Word of God doesn¡Çt apply here.
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9.Pray for revival - let God move here when it is his time to do so.
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Note: these reasons say the problem is mainly God or the people. That cannot be true!
If we stay with these false reasons, we will never see things changed!
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5 Real reasons why there are so few Christians:-
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1.People are simply not telling them about Jesus..
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2.People don¡Çt think they are open so they don¡Çt tell them.
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3.So few youth are being reached at all.
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4.So few children are reached at all.
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5.So few churches reaching out in a culturally relevant manner.
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The true fault is not with God. Nor is it with the Japanese people. It is the responsibility of the church to simply reach out to Japanese people in meaningful ways.
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In closing ¡Ä. Let¡Çs give up our flawed way of thinking, and simply start reaching out effectively to these wonderful Japanese young people all around us. I believe we can change Japan in the current generation. Let¡Çs do it together!!!
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One Response to “Why are so few Japanese christians? ¤Ê¤¼ÆüËܤˤϥ¯¥ê¥¹¥Á¥ã¥ó¤¬¾¯¤Ê¤¤¤Î¤«¡©”

  1. Joel Kaylor Says:
    March 21st, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    Excellent post! well said!!

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