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Taking

the Good News of

the

Risen

Son

to

the

Land of

the

Rising

Sun.

Pâ

Kathleen

Pratt c h u r c h

P l a n t i n g

c/o Mrs, Mary Lou Bauer student Evangelism

P.O. Box 1525 Literature Evangelism

Carmel,

IN

46032-6525

Tel,

317-578-8808

Leadership

Training

Tim £

Lisa Turner

c/o Dan

Spencer

9699

-

2nd St,

North

St, Petersburg, FL 3370

friends,

Vol. XL, No. 2, Spring, 19

The

Great Hanshin

Earthquake

killed

more

than 5,300, injured nearly 27,

left

300,000

home ess.

apan

Times Weekly, Mar. 27- April 2nd. We are

s

to report that none of the seven Christian churches nor Osaka Bible

suffered much damage to their buildings. Nor were

any

of their membe

or seriously injured. However nineteen families were affected

by

eith

or

by losing their homes. Generous offerings

were

given from

over Japan and other countries. Volunteers also came from all over Japan

from abroad. TIM

TURNER, along

with other Tokyo preachers

went

to serve

rent occasions. Our granddaughter,

KARIS,

and two ladies

from the

S

ra Church went for four days. Karis assisted at Megumi Church in Takaras

y

preparing

the temporary

bath

at the

entrance

of the church. NATSUKI and h

YUKIE led community children to

the

amusement park

each day. Their

even

were spent in preparing hot meals for all in need.

Rumor has it that the road which

is

planned for behind the Machida Churc

will not be built until

1996

or 1997.

However,

Tim

tells

us that bal

and fill dirt

are

being hauled

in

and

dumped in the low places

at thie

Since the Japanese government economists

have been

speaking of

'recess

some time,

my

guess

is that

the

earthquake in

Kobe

will

cause

an

addition

owdown in new road construction and other projects.

The

new college year

in Japan begins in early

April.

Something

new

has

at

G b i r

in.

Several English-speaking students

are

enrolled

in

their

Department.

So the chaplains h a v e

b e g u n a n

English-speaking

service. So

TIM

TURNER has

an

additional opportunity ther e. He is one

the few

chaplains

who can

preach

English. Be

in prayer for him.

Is

God busy

answering

the pra

ers of those who

have asked the

Lord of

the

harvest to send forth

laborers into His harvest ?

We

ha

started a

JAPAN

INTEREST

GROUP at

The Cincinnati Bible College. BIL

WILKINSON is

the

son of

former

mis

sionaries,

DALE AND PEGGY

WILKINSO

He was reared in Japan. ROB HERB

spent five days of his Christmas

cation

with

HIROYASU YAMAGUCHI in

Japan.

Pray for these

and

for Hir

yasu and

EMIKO

who are native Japa

ese

studying in

the Seminary,

TIM and LISA are preparing

fo

_ a

furlough

beginning

in

December

o

this year for four months. They

The

Japan

Interest Group,

Back row,

have asked

Kathleen

and me

to supp

Bill, Hiroyasu, Rob

and Emiko Kobayashi

them.

We

gladly said,

"Yes "


2/10

When

MARK PRATT

went

to

with his parents for

first missionary

jour

it took 13 days Just

to

in Japan. His sons,

and CLINTGN,

traveling

Jet were

gone only

9 days

home

and

spent

7 days in

Though

they

had

left

ago, walking

the

house

their

dad had

and visiting grandma

grandpa's home and

church

back a flood of

mem

was

their guide

friends' homes, to the

and to

the

Five

of Mt.

Fuji.

They

fit

in with

the

Youth Camp

at Shinshu

Bible Camp.

on

a scale of

, CASGN declared

Of

course

would

be

10. CLINTON

re

have

to say it

eleven .

Cason and Clinton with the camp group

While the boys were in Japan, Preacher

HIDETO

YOSHII came

Stateside from

son, HIDEKI-, in Marian College at Indianapolis for an En

orientation. He plans to attend Ball State in the fall. We were able to

at Indianapolis International

Airport.

MAKOTG YAMADA (see winter issue, 1994) will

graduate

from Brevard (N.C.)

College in May. His parents,

MICHIO

and MICHIKO, will be able to visit

us

for

a few days on their

way

to

attend

the

ceremonies.

Both,

of them ar

in the Sannobara Church.

Mr.

Yamada, as

a

teacher at 26 was stricken

polio

in 1960.

He never dreamed he would be able

to travel overseas.

KATHLEEN

and

I

have

been

filling

our spiritual

fuel tanks. We have

atten

five Christian Seniors' Rallies. I

have

also enrolled in two Creationist

and

a

Church Leaders Convention at Cincinnati

Bible

Seminary. We now

forward to the

North

American-National

Missionary Convention,

July

to 20th

at

the

INDIANA CONVENTION CENTER in

Indianapolis.

Visit us at ou

Booth

which is

1321. DON'T MISS

THE

GREAT COMMUNION

SERVICE IN THE RC

ON

THE 16TH. Of course JESUS

will be

there

and possibly 60,000

others.

BOB

RUSSELL

was the

evening speaker

at

our Christian

Seniors

Fellowship W

Conference

at

Daytona

Beach, Fl. We all prayed for his father,

CHARLES

RUSSELL

who had had

a stroke. Just twenty-four hours after we watched

night lift-off of the Columbia

shuttle,

news

came

that

Chap

had

ascended

t

his Father in heaven.

Chap was my sports

hero.

I was the 'unofficial' bat boy

of

his

baseball

and watched

him

play high school

football.

But

greater

than

that,

he and

sister, CATHERINE,

set a truly

Christian example and home training for

thei

children to

prepare

them as servants of God. Now,

their

grandchiIdren and

too, 'follow

in

their

train'. By

means of

his

faith, CHA

In

His service.


3/10

ASL

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a k i n g

t h e

Good

News f h e R i s e n Son

to

the Land

o f

he Rising Sun.

THE

TIM

TURNER

FAMILY

Forwarding

Address

M/M Dan

Spencer

THE PAUL PRATT

FAMILY

Forwarding Address

Mr s

9699

2nd

t re e t

North

Sl

e t e r s b u r g .

FL

33702

813)

77-7523

. ary Lou

Bauer

P.0.

ox

1525

Carmel,IN 46032-6252

317) 78-8808

Japan Address

340-5

N e g i s h i

Machida C i t y , Tokyo 19 4

0427)91-4600

Church P l a n t i n g

Student Evangelism

Literature Distribution

L e a d e r s h i p T r a i n i n g

J a p a n Address

On

u r i o u g h ,

Use

above d dr ess.

fall

i t i SU J i, iy9b

Greetings from the Faui Pratt and

Tim

Turner t ani t iies of Central Japan

Christian

Mission.

Because

Central Japan

Christian Mission

is

one Mission

dedicated to

spreading

the Gospel in Japan, the laembers ol

CJCM

have

decided

to

begin printing a

joint

quarterly newsletter so that all ol our

friends and supporters can know what Is

going

on as a whole. Up until now,

the Pratt family

and

the

Turner

family

have

been printing separate news

letters

and

sending them

to

their respective friends

and supporters.

Prom

now

on we want everyone to know

of

both

families

and the work that they are

doing.

Paul

and Kathleen

Pratt

and

family arrived

in Japan in 1958

to

begin

full-time

work in

Japan. They

were involved in

Church

planting,

student

evangelism, and literature distributing. The last 27 years of their

ministry were spent in Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, working with the

Sannobara Church

and

with student evangelism. They recently retired from

the field in 1993 due to health concerns. Both are tine now and involved

in

promoting

the

work

in

Japan as

well

as recruiting future workers for

mission

service to

Japan.

They

presently live in Cincinnati,

Ohio.

Tim and

Lisa Turner and

family

began mission

work

in Japan in

1969 and

settled in Machida

City, Tokyo,

where

the

Mark

Pratt

family had established

a

Church in 1981.

The Turner family is

involved

with

the

Machida

Church

of

Christ, where Tim preaches, and a campus ministry

with

Gbirin

University.

They also teach at American Christian College and work with children.

Ve

hope that through these combined newsletters that

you will be

able

to

be

more informed of

the families

involved in Central Japan Christian

Mission as well as

the

work

of

the mission.

We

also hope that you will be

able to pray more specifically for the needs of the work and the

mission,

it is our

prayer

that through these newsletters that

you

will

become more

interested in missions and that you will

become

personally involved in

spreading

the Good

News

of

Jesus Christ

throughout

the world. May God

bless

you

all.

TURNERS AND PRATTS

T

EXCHANGE

PLACES

In December, 1995, the Turner

family

is planning

to

take a short

furlough back

to

the

U.S. In order that this

can

be

done, the

Pratts

have

decided to take their place

while

they

are gone. The

Pratts

will arrive in

Japan the end

of

November and the

Turner family

will leave the

first

part

of December.

Tim

will

r e t ur n t o

Japan in

t h e

middle of March,

199b j^hiie

the Pratts

will return

to

Ohio around

that time.

Please be

in prayer for

both families

as

they travel and as

they make

the

necessary preparations

and adjustments. The Turner family

will

make their home in Georgia/Florida

while

they

are back. If you are interested in hearing

about

the work in

Japan, please contact

Paul Pratt

or

Tim

Turner at the

addresses

above.


4/10

NEWS

FROM J P N

classes two afternoons a

Îso

ummer Classes at CBC and attended tde

Karis, Katie, and Sarah

IJorth American/National Missionary

Convention in Indianapolis. She was

given

two assignments at the

Missionary Convention.

She

reported

to a

workshop on "Why Decided

to

be an Intern in Japan." She was

also

asked

to preside when her

roommate,

Emiko

^Kobayashi,

told of

"Problems Young

Persons

Face in

Japan." Well

done,

Karis

Now

Karis

is back

at

CBC

continuing her education.

Campus

Ministry

April is

the

beginning of the

sch|Ool year

in Japan

and with

it our

classes

at the schools that we

teach

at began. Tim and

Dave Cole

Ca

Christian Church missionary) started

up

a new year at Obirin Junior


5/10

Children s Engilah/Blble Classes

Until the end of March, Karis directed the children s classes and did

a

super

job organizing and leading them.

They

stopped

for

a while

during

April

and

May

because Lisa

and

Tim were

busy and

they

knew

that Karis would

be leaving soon.

After

thinking about

It,

we decided to start the classes

back up because

we

wanted to teach

the

Bible to children

at a

young age and

we

also wanted to minister to the parents. So at the end of May

we

started

back up but

this time only one

day a week and only two classes.

Ve

have 30

kids

from 1st

grade to 6th grade

and it

is

very

enjoyable.

On June

18,

we

had

a

Father s

Lav

program

for

the

fathers

of the

children. Ve

had

a curry

rice supper

and

Harold

Sims, a long

time

missionary

to

Japan living not

to

far away, came and spoke

to

the

lathers.

Several

mentioned how much

his

talk

was needed.

Machida Church

of

Christ

The

Machida Church

of

Christ has continued to

see growth

this year.

1994

had

an average

Sunday

attendance of 26 while this year so far

has

seen

average attendance

of

30. Last year we

baptism, Akemi Sorimachi,

a young

mother,

and one transfer

of

membership,

a

college graduate.

This year

tne

Church

has had 4 transfers and several who are at

point where they are ready to make

decisions for Jesus. Ve praise God

for

tne

additions that have been made

and

for tne

^ ^ cLi tiohs that God will provide.

Tim continues to preach

on Sundays, lead

a

Sunday morning Bible

study,

and

a

i hursday

morning

ladies

Bible study.

The Church

continues

to

see

visitors on ;3unday and

people

who are interested in what

Jesus

can

offer. The

Japanese people are searching

for meaning and

we

need to offer them tne

Akemi

Sorimachi

true life

that

only Jesus can give.

Church holds Bazaar

As

a

way of introducing the Church

to the people

in the community ana

a way to raise some money

for

the victims

of

the Kobe

earthquake,

the

ladies of the Church decided to

hold a

Bazaar/Flea Market . M a y 2V

and

invite

the

community.

One

of the ladies helped to organize everything

and

members donated

things

to sell.

We

couldn t

get

an accurate count but

close to lOU

people entered

the building. We put a

letter

from

the church

and

a tract

in every

bag

and pray

that

the people will see

that

we are nere

and that

we are interested

in

helping people.

Through the

bazaar,

tne

church raised over SbOO to send to Kobe.

Church

Calls Associate

MTnister

Because of the

recent

growth in the Church, Tim has

been

discussing

with some of

the

Church members about

calling a

Japanese

minister

to help

with the work. In the

spring

we learned

about

a

senior

at Usaka Bible

inary, Shingo Tsuda. who will graduate in

March

of 1996 and

who

is

looking to serve

somewhere. He

grew up in the

Mejirodai Church wnere

Harold Sims ministers and was a

leader

in

the

youth

activities

here in

okyo during his high school and university days.

Tim

talked to him. he

e and visited

the

Church two times, and in

June we

invitea him

to

come

s

Associate Minister next year.

He graciously accepted the

invitation and

we are looking forward to his coming and

expecting

great thing s for xhe

hurcn

in

the years to

come.


6/10

AaiiViTiBt;

Visitors

-From America

In June,

the

Turners haa

a

wonaer-

ful visit irom some irlends in

G e o r g i j a .

Tim's mother, Betty Turner, came

bringing with

her Dr. Eddie

Groover,

president of

Atlanta Christian Coiiege;

Barbara Shackleford, long time friend

of the lamily; and

Tony

Graham, student

at ACC.

They

were only here

for

B

weeks

but it was a good visit and

and

enoouji—

ageraent

for

us. They spent most

of

their

time

at

Shinshu Bible Camp helping

to

get ready for the camp season. They j d i d

spend two Sundays in Machida with

DrJ

Groover preaching

one

time. We mission

aries

are always thrilled to have visits

from friends.

Dr. Groover,

Betty,

Tony,._ and Barbara

Summer

in Japan

Classes at Obirin, American

Christian

Coiiege, and the kindergartens

e n d e d t h e

m i d d l e o f

J u l y .

S i n c e

t h e n j ,

t h e

T u r n e r s

h a v e

b e e n b u s y w i t h

m a n

activities. From July 24-2b.

we

heid a three day Vacation Bible School

program for

the

children that

we

teach. We

had 2b

students attend

with

several from the Church helping out each day.

The camp season

started

in August with a .junior

high

ana

senior high

cajnp

( . A u g . 1-4). Forty-two campers and staff attended. One gin expresse

a

desire

to be

baptized and will

be baptized

at'her

home Church later

this

fall.

T im

led a

small class each

morping.

Tim

attended and

spoke

at a

Leadership

ketreat

for

young

adults

on

August 13-lb held at the Sannobara

Church

in

isehara City.

it was a smali

retreat

with

only 16

of

us, but it was very

good. The

main speaker was

Kenneth Dale, a Christi an counselor ministeri ng in

Japan.

This

year

the Japan igational Convention was

held

in JJagoya City, 200

miles

south

of

Tokyo, on August lB-20,

Tim

and one member

from

the

Machid

C h u i c h drove down

on

the 18th

and attended

two days

before

leaving early t

get

back for Sunday. Around 2bO

a t t e i i d e d

from all over Japan.

• r t i a n n u a l m i s s i o n a r y C o n v e n t i m i a t S h i n s h u B i b l e C a m p t h i s

year

CAug.20-22)

. Many

of

our

missionaries were

unable

to attend

this year, but there were

30

of us

including

kids.

Roger and

Kaye -

Beard

from

Farkcrest Christian T : ' .

Church in

Long Beach, CA were the

guest

speakers

and lifted us up

with messages on

"worship."

The evening that the Missionary

Convention ended, Dave Cole led an

Enylish

Bible Camp for

coiiege

students

( A u g .

2 2 - 2 5 ) . This

y e a r jW^

1 5 s t u d e n t s a t t e n d e d

a n d

i t w a s a R

T i

great week.

Dave

Tim

and another

missionary, Bill Belew, shared in

the messages.

Two

junior

college

students

expressed

interest in

becoming

Christians and

others showed

interest

studying

the Bible more.

English Bible

Camp


7/10

REWS FROM

AMERICA

Paul

and Kathleen also had

a summer

filled activity with a lot of

traveling, visiting, and

sharing about

the work in Japan.

have had visitsfrom

two families

from sehara

t h i s

s u m m e r ^

T h e I s h i l s

w e r e

c a m e

a s

c o i n m u n i n g

t o g e t h e r i t h

J e s u s

p r e s e n t .

a r k

and Karis came as did Rick

and

Lydia,

Shara

and

Paul, Raoakl, Makiko

Lauren. Mary Joyce came by flight with dreg

(7)

and Yoshiaki

Ishii

and

Doug


8/10

Turner .b'ajnilv J?ews

Sarah, Katie, and

Spencer

Turner are

doing

fine

and ail

growing so fast.j

Sarah

turned 6 in June

and

continues t l o

attend Japanese kindergarten

which

she

loves.

She

is

also rapidly advancing

in

the Japanese language. In September

she

will start some home

school work

jJ n

- i^

lingl

:

>h reading,

riting,

and rithmatic

will

be

4

in

September and also

L

^ 4 —

Kat

e

loves going

to

Japanese

kindergarten,

She

isthe mischievous one in the bunch

but loves to play and

have a

good

t i m e

Spencer turned 1 in July and is

walicing

and

climbing

all

over

the

place. He

loves balls and has a pretty good arm

for

a

todd ler. They ail

love

living i j n

Japan

and fit in well.

Prayer

Requests

Sarah, Katie, and

Spencer

We

ask

for your

continual

prayers' for the Turners and the

Pratts as

they

work in

and

for Japan.

Here

are

some

specific

needs:

1. Furlough

plans. Please pray for the Turners as they

make

plans to

return to the States and as they |travei and

report

to

Churches.

Pray

also for the Pratts as they travel to Japan to take the Turners place.

Travel funds are

still

needed for| the Pratts.

2. Machida

Church.

Please pray tnat the Church will continue

to

grow

and that the Japanese people wilt

commit

their

lives

to Jesus. Also

please pray

that

the coming of

S h ' i n g o

Tsuda as

associate minister will

add to the growth there.

3.

The

Campus Jtinistry.

Please

pray for

the young

people of Japan that

they

may

believe

in

and serve Jesus

Christ.

Please pray for

Tim, Lisa,

and Dave Cole

as

they minister

to|

students at Obirin.

Harry Bauer. Please pray that Harry will recover and be aole to

continue

to

serve the Lord in an active way.

b.

More

Workers. Please pray that'

God will

raise up workers c o m m i t ' f r e d

to

spreading the Gospel

to

foreign lands including

Japan.

The need is

very great.

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9/10

QcfiWi

iAfAH

Taking the Good News oF the Risen

Son

to

the Land of the Rising Sun.

The Paul Pratts' Addresses

States de

c/o

Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer

P.O.

Box 1525

Carmel,

IN

46032-5525

Tel. 317 578 8808

Dear Friends,

Japan

340-5 Negishi Cho,

Machida

Shi,

Tokyo,

Japan 194

Tel. 427 91 4600

The Tim

Turners'

Address

c/o Mr. S Mrs. Dan Spencer

9699 - 2nd St.

,

North

St.

Petersburg, PL 33702

(thru Mid-March, 1996}

Tel.

(813)

577̂ 7523

Vol. XL No. 4, Thanksgiving-Christmas, 1995

Give thanks to the

Lord

Give thanks

to

the

Lord

Give thanks

to

the

Lord

— happy

THANKSGIVING

TO ALL "Thou

hast.

.girded me with gladness;

That

my soul

may

sing

praise to thee, and

not

be silent.

0 Lord

my

God, I

will

give

thanks to

Thee forever. Sing praise to

the

Lord, you His godly ones."

(Psalms

30:11,12,4} We are

thankful for

good health so that we can return t

Japan...for our

friends

at

H

ghv ew Christian Church, in Cincinnati,

who

hav

shared

their

fellowship

and given us an

opportunity

to serve..

.to

have

been

able, along with brother George, to share

in

Dave and June

Lang

s tour

of th

Holy land...for Tim

and

Lisa Turner

and

their tireless efforts with the Mach

cia Church and

at

Obirin

Academy... or having made several contacts with youn

people who

are setting

their

sights

on

Japan...and for

all of

you

who

contin

to stand

by us in this

important

ministry.

Jo n us ij2 thank ng

God

for two recent baptisms.

Hideto

Yoshi

and

the

Onga

Church

Just one month

ago rejoiced to

see T

osh

yuk Shin, a local

polic

man

obey his Lord. About the same time, at Machida, Tim Turner baptized a

young

man, M itsunobu Tsuch kusa,

who graduated

from

Obirin

University.

Kathleen

and^ ill

return to Japan

on

Thanksg

v

i

ng Day. We fly by Uni

ted

Airlines,

via

Chicago arriving at Narita, Tokyo

on

Friday.

We

will

pro

ceed

to Fukuoka

the

next

day to attend

Gnga Christian Churches

15th Anniver

sary Delebration.

The church building was

completed

in 1988. Brother

Hidet

Yosh

i announced

that he

is

confident that

they will

be

able to pay off

thei

mortgage on that day, Sunday, November 26th. If

so,

this will be a kind

of

record

for

our

churches in Japan. Most

often land and

buildings

are provide

basically by foreign funds. Lead on»Onga

Jody Murray

of

Grant, M i ch gan is ass st ng

w

ith

Sannobara evange1i

sm. Two

years ago

she

was

host

to R i

e

Kawa from Isehara. Jody

and her

mother

informed

us

and

we

got

acquainted

with Rie's

family.

This past August, Jody went to Isehara on

a

4H Exchange Program.

At

her

request

we

urged

a

few of our

youth and

the

preacher

to call on the

family and they came to church with her. They

since have

attended

a special Praise Service at

the church. Join us in

praying

for

Rie and

for

her

mother

and

father

and brother.

Please

notice

our

new

letterhead. The Pratts

still use their forwarding address at Carmel for

contributions. The Tim Turners may be contacted at

their forwarding agent's address.

Please do not use

the

Cincinnati address during the four

months. Use

the

Pratts' Japan address to contact them.


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