Christar and TMC?
11 Aug 2025TMC
Due to our unanticipated move out of EFC Canada ServeBeyond, we have been searching for a mission agency that could adopt our team of church planters at Tokyo Multicultural Church. Christar Canada’s “Safe Landing Zone” is good for Ann & me. But others at TMC also need a mission agency. This is a tall order because not only is TMC an unusual multicultural church planting project in a monocultural country. TMC also desires to become an EFC church in Japan. But the Free Church ethos seems somewhat unique and difficult to duplicate outside the EFC world. Can an inter- or non-denominational mission agency really champion the planting of a denominational EFC church in Japan?
To our surprise, and despite what we wrote in our Jul. 31 newsletter, it seems that perhaps Christar International might be able to do just that. We learned this at Christar Canada’s orientation on Aug. 8. Much of the day was focussed on learning about Christar’s church planting vision and strategy from Peter Bowers, Christar Church Planting Director based in Spain. So we are now pursuing the possibility of Christar International onboarding any TMC missionary pastors who would like a mission agency connection for missionary care and support team building.
To our surprise, and despite what we wrote in our Jul. 31 newsletter, it seems that perhaps Christar International might be able to do just that. We learned this at Christar Canada’s orientation on Aug. 8. Much of the day was focussed on learning about Christar’s church planting vision and strategy from Peter Bowers, Christar Church Planting Director based in Spain. So we are now pursuing the possibility of Christar International onboarding any TMC missionary pastors who would like a mission agency connection for missionary care and support team building.