BIBLE CONFERENCES IN JAPAN 2015
Mottel Baleston was in Japan for 10 days in March to teach a series of Bible Study
Conferences in 3 cities: Tokyo, Nagoya & Osaka. |
Pastor Nakagawa translated the
Bible Seminar by Mottel into Japanese here in Osaka
Part of the large hall. In Osaka
we had 435 people with standing room only
Pastor Nakagawa is an excellent translator
and is effective in encouraging interest in evangelism, discipleship and the Jewish roots of
Christian faith
The Leaders and volunteers of Harvest Time
Ministries with Mottel after a small group meeting in Tokyo
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We had a chance to do a little touring. After the Bible conference in Osaka, these students from the Bible School showed Mottel the old Osaka Fort, with the Osaka Castle, at right, being built around 1580 and recently restored. Thanks Hiromi and Daigo !! |
Tsujimura at left is a graduate of the Bible School and one of the leaders in the Osaka ministry, Daigo at right is a student. |
The Osaka Bible Conference drew over 400 attendees, most carrying their personal Bibles, with most taking the train to be there. |
At the top of the Osaka Castle we took this photo. The city has over 2 million residents, with millions more in surrounding areas. Less than 1% of people in Japan are Christians. Pray! |
NAGOYA JAPAN
- Most of the Harvest Time efforts had been in Tokyo & Osaka. Nagoya is a very
large city and a new one for the
sort of conference we did in a Municipal Auditorium. We were encouraged as over
100 attended, a good start for future efforts
All day Conference in Tokyo
There was an attendance of
over 650 people, with signing for the deaf, in the heart of Tokyo.
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Pastor Kenichi Nakagawa, founder of
Harvest Time Ministries Japan, who served as my translator
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A Christian family attended together |
There were about a dozen people attending who required interpretation/signing for the deaf, which the lady at right provided in a special section. Afterward she approached me with the young man at center who is hearing impaired. He silently 'signed' his Bible question to her, she then repeated it in audible Japanese to my friend Hiroshi who then spoke it to me in English. We reversed the process for my answer! |
The Music Team from the Tokyo conference. They led singing of the Hebrew Bible Praise Songs Havenu Shalom Aleichem, Hine Ma Tov and Hodu L'Adonai Ki Tov. Yes they did! |
Young students from the Harvest Time Bible Institute. The two young men are planning on writing teaching materials in Japanese to teach Bible doctrine. They had lots of questions! Keep Studying!! |
After the conference dinner. The young lady above is Michiko, who is fluent in English & attended several summers at the summer Bible program in upstate New York where Mottel teaches. Husband Souta is a believer, and cutest baby Rieko. At right, the same gathering, Yoshiko is the lady at top center, also a student at the NY Summer Bible program, along with others who are bi-lingual. Thanks Yoshi for arranging this! |
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VIDEO EXCERPTS BELOW ↓ filmed by Mottel in Tokyo & Nagoya
HINE MA TOV
- a Hebrew
Jewish song from Psalm 133:1 Sung by Japanese Christians with an appreciation for Israel and the Jewish roots of the faith. This video shows the singing of Hine Ma Tov as the Tokyo meeting began. |
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The
Covenants of God: Conditional vs. Unconditional Mottel Baleston in Tokyo, Japan, Harvest Time Ministries Bible Conference, Rev. Kenichi Nakagawa, host and translator. 8 minute preview, order DVD set from Harvest Time Ministries |
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HODU
L'ADONAI KI TOV - a Hebrew Jewish song from Psalm 118:1 Sung by Japanese Christians in both Hebrew and Japanese. |
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This
video shows believers greeting Mottel as the Tokyo meeting began. |
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The
Abrahamic Covenant of Genesis 12, A Bible Foundation Mottel Baleston in Tokyo, Japan, Harvest Time Ministries Bible Conference, Rev. Kenichi Nakagawa, host and translator. 5 minute preview, order DVD set from Harvest Time Ministries |
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HAVENU
SHALOM ALEICHEM - sung by Christians in Tokyo Japan translation: 'We Bring Peace Unto You' |
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Bible Foundations
for understanding God's Plan for the Ages Mottel Baleston in Tokyo, Japan, Harvest Time Ministries Bible Conference, Rev. Kenichi Nakagawa, host and translator. 10 minute preview, order DVD set from Harvest Time Ministries |
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HAVENU
SHALOM ALEICHEM sung by Christians in Nagoya Japan Havenu Shalom Aleichem (We Bring Peace Unto You) is a popular Israeli song sung in Hebrew. The keyboard pianist / song leader at this Messianic Bible Conference in Nagoya is not content with just singing it. She belts it out as fluently and enthusiastically as anyone I've ever heard in America or Israel. Kol ha Kvod !! |
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