Here are prayer requests for the youth in Japan. Pray for the churches to find effective ways to reach for the youth and for their cooperation with youth-targeting ministries to be smooth and effective!
Feb 23: Hi-b.a. (High School Born-Againers) began in Japan in 1951 and focuses on evangelism and discipleship among Japanese high school students. Kirisutosha Gakusei Kai (KGK, similar to InterVarsity) was begun by Japanese Christian students in 1947, and is active on about 250 college campuses, ministering through Bible studies, prayer meetings, summer camps, etc.
Feb 24: Japan Campus Crusade for Christ (JCCC). There are 88 missionaries and 47 Japanese staff active in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Sendai, Fukuoka and Okinawa. They target major universities and also have a ministry for young working adults, and a developing Family Life ministry. Summer teams from other Asian countries and the US distribute evangelistic material in cooperation with local churches to reach unchurched areas of Japan.
Feb 25: Navigators is a discipleship-centered group with 39 Japanese and 26 foreign staff working in ten different cities throughout Japan. The ministry includes working with students, business people and families. Summer programs bring in university students from other countries to assist in campus evangelism.
Feb 26: Youth with a Mission (YWAM) , an international missionary organization, is active in the Tokyo and Osaka areas with various programs including youth ministry, discipleship training, and church-planting. YWAM had 82 career and short-term missionaries in Japan in 2005.
*All information and prayer requests taken from “Operation Japan -Prayer Guide- Third Edition” -Japan Evangelical Missionary Association, 2005. To purchase a copy of “Operation Japan” book or the Interactive CD version, go to: http://www.jema.org/joomla15/index.php?option=com_banners&task=click&bid=10.