We are in Tohoku area! Tohoku is one of the seven major areas in Japan. It’s the northmost area on mainland. Tohoku area is twice the size of the Kanto district (which includes Tokyo) but the population is less than 1/3 of Kanto. Except for larger cities, local industries cannot fully support the economy, and people in their prime of life leave home to work elsewhere. Fukushima is the only prefecture whose church-per-population ratio is better than the national average.
<Tohoku Area>
- Population: 9,750,366
- City with no church: 1
- Towns/villages with no church: 245
- Churches per person: 1:18,090
Feb 27: Pray for the people of the Tohoku region that they come to know the Living God. Pray for the 539 Protestant churches in the six prefectures. The number of churches has increased by 27 in the last en years. Praise the Lod for this advance and pray for more! Each year, Gideon ministries distribute thousands of Bibles throughout the area. Pray that many will be attracted to Jesus through His Word.
Feb 28: Seven of the unchurched towns have populations over 20,000. Pray that a special strategy will be developed to reach the remote mountain villages. Pray for the missionaries in this region. With a declining number of missionaries, declining population, and slow response to the gospel, the ministry can be discouraging.
*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.