Here are some daily prayer requests for Ibaraki prefecture. Ibaraki prefecture is in Kanto area, which includes Tokyo (Marked below in green). The northern part of Ibaraki is mountainous while the south is quite flat. Ibaraki has a strong agricultural industry and the least number of people claiming to have religious beliefs.
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Towns/villages with no churches: 33
Churches/person: 1:17,808
Average church attendance: 28
August 30: Pray that the people of Ibaraki will come to know that there is no security except in Jesus and that their temoral and eternal hope lies in Him (Matthew 8:20).
August 31: Four radio programs on Ibaraki Radio are sharing the gospel, and in Tsuchiura and Tsukuba churches are cooperation in providing cable TV programs for evangelism.
September 1: Ibaraki Christian Gakuen with 2,760 students—pray that this school will remain faithful to the gospel. Pray that the Hakujuji Nursing School will send many faithful Christian nurses to hospitals around Japan. Hakujuji General Hospital is one of the few Christian medical facilities.
September 2: Pray for the many who have no faith. Kashima and Inari Shrines are two well-known Shinto worship locations.
September 3: Facilities for the elderly: Tsukuba King’s Garden with 50 beds, Hakujuji Home and Aiyuen with their long history of service, and others.
September 4: Ami is the largest unchurches town in the prefecture with 46,873 people. The other five larger unchurched towns, Chiyoda, Ina, Makabe, Ishiege, and Yachiyo have a combined population of over 120,000.
*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.
Thanks for the prayer list. Sure helps me to have a greater burden!