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    Are you thriving in life?

    A week ago, our Missional Partner Team in Japan was on retreat in Okutama, and it was a rich time together.

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    ALL IN with God

    One of our core values is so crucial to life and ministry… We call it All in with God As I’ve been reflecting on this meaning, it struck me how often scripture references this preposition in relation to our

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    “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you shall glorify me.”
    — Isaiah 50:15

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    Recently I came across a book that caught me by surprise. Retired Bishop Hwa Yung wrote an excellent critique of the modern ‘leadership’ popularity within the Global Church and World Mission: 

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  • Herman Moldez

    by H.A. Moldez, National Director of A2/Philippines 

    “Your people will rebuild the ancient ruined and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairers of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets and Dwellings.”
    — Isaiah

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    Bangladesh (MNN) — Christians make up just 0.3 percent of the population of Bangladesh. And it’s difficult for that number to grow.

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    “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
    — Hebrews 10:24-25

    A2 Prayer

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  • Lectio365 logoPerhaps you've resolved in 2021 to read more Scripture or to pray more consistently. If so, I think you’ll enjoy this new prayer app that a friend recommended to me. It helps me do both—to actually pray the Scripture every day!

    It’s a short, simple, daily reading and prayer prompt that I’ve found to be

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    2020 turned into an unexpected, unwanted mishmash of uncertainty, anxiety, cancellations, frustration, fatigue, exasperation, anger, exhaustion, disappointment, a kind of seeming unending ethos of dashed hopes, spiraling fears, sadness and grief.

    Now I have an enhanced appreciation of the Psalms that so

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  • The last few months I have been fairly regularly attending bible reading sessions hosted by the Grace and Mercy

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  • Gideon selects his army"With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand."

    I trust you remember the story (read Judges 7). Israel was facing a formidable challenge from the Midianites and God had called Gideon to lead them. As Gideon worked to select those who would serve in the army,

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  • road trip with raj cbKur5I60A unsplashWhen COVID-19 started becoming a public concern, I was en route to a conference with 5,000 leaders from China. The conference did a remarkable job at communicating with us and managing the situation. It’s a tribute to them and to the Lord’s hand that to this date, none of us

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  • 00369 00643aUntil I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
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    A wonderful new resource has been released here in Japan, one which I believe will make a lasting impact. One of our partners, the ...

  • phil group dinnerMinistry Flowing Out of Training

    The men and women who volunteer to serve as faculty for Asian Access are experienced pastors and ministers. They teach out of their own ministry experience, and their dream is for our

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  • A2 50th psmAsian Access has released a brand new series called, Eastern Voices: Insight, Perspective, and Vision from Kingdom Leaders in Asia In Their Own Words. We'd like you to meet Peter...

    Freeing Bible Teaching from the Bonds of Culture

    Why we lack good

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