If you are interested in donating to help send relief to the victims of this disaster, we can recommend two organizations that are in a unique position to not only help to meet the great physical needs of the victims of this disaster, but also their equally great spiritual needs. If you would like to make a long term commitment to helping the people of Japan, we encourage you to consider becoming a monthly financial partner in our ministry as we eagerly prepare to move to Japan and begin sharing the hope and love of Christ Jesus with a people that has suffered so much.
SEND International has an ongoing church planting partnership with the Japanese Evangelical Church Association (JECA), of which Tomo’s home church in Japan is a member. SEND has established a project to equip local churches to minister to those who have been affected by this tragedy. Money given to this project will be distributed to churches in Japan, some of whom were in and near the actual disaster zones, to aide them in reaching out to those around them.
CRASH Japan is a Christian Japanese disaster relief organization. In the past they have responded to smaller scale disasters in Japan and neighboring countries in Asia. They currently have set up one base camp in the midst of the disaster and are receiving supplies from the government and other organizations to distribute to evacuees and those still living in the diaster areas. The scale of this disaster is far greater than any they have faced, and they are in great need of additional resources.
When the cities are rebuilt, the need will still remain…
Because of this terrible tragedy, Christians all over the world have turned to Japan with a heart of compassion. However as great as the physical needs of Japan are now in the wake of this disaster, the spiritual needs have been just as great for far longer. SEND International, along with many other mission agencies began work in Japan following the devastation caused by World War II. It is our prayer that God will send a second wave of missionaries to share the love of Christ with a nation that so desperately needs to receive it.
If God is calling you to a longer term commitment, we ask you to prayerfully consider becoming monthly financial partners with us. If you will commit to sending us to Japan, we will go to minister to the needs of the Japanese for the long term. God is calling us to plant new churches in Japan. Will you join us in this effort?