Japan Outreach Team: Serving @ the Takamatsu Christian Center

We had a chance to clean up at the Christian Center in town yesterday. The center got some flooding after from the typhoon that passed by us on Tuesday. The center was started by Ralph and Stella Cox. They are missionaries that have served Japan for the past 55 years! They felt God leading them to Takamatsu and they had a vision of starting 100 churches. Talk about dreaming big! To date they have started 80 churches on the island and saw thousands of Japanese people come to Christ. Ralph passed away recently but his wife Stella is carrying on the mission.

They center has a library/bookstore, sanctuary w/ a baptistry, housing for missionaries, banquet area, and English school. The center is used as a hub for the Cox's minsitry. They have been able to plant the 80 churches by using the center as the first meeting site. Once they have enough people meeting at the Christian center they plant a church and move the people their, then they start all over. It's a very efficient model that's proved effective.

DY & Tina stay on the 5th floor of the center and have been able to connect and encourage the missionaries and ministry team there. They've been able to join and teach English classes, share Christ w/ the students, and get our team involved with the ministry. Here's some pictures of the Christian center and our team cleaning it up:

Worshipping at the Christian Center. Mrs. Cox is at the front right in the pink dress. She preached the first service we attended at the center. It was an honor to hear someone with such a strong background in missions speak.