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Asian Access trains young SE Asian professionals for ministry

15-Oct-2021 •

15-Oct-2021 • • blog: Mission Network News

Southeast Asia (MNN) — Does a calling to ministry mean no full-time career? That’s a question many...

Southeast Asia (MNN) — Does a calling to ministry mean no full-time career? That’s a question many young professionals in Southeast Asia are asking.
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Asian Access trains young SE Asian professionals for ministry

Christians in SE Asia gain a little more religious freedom

27-Sep-2021 •

27-Sep-2021 • • blog: Mission Network News

Southeast Asia (MNN) — One Southeast Asian country has taken a positive step towards more...

Southeast Asia (MNN) — One Southeast Asian country has taken a positive step towards more religious freedom. A recent decree outlined a path for religious minority groups to be recognized by...

Southeast Asia (MNN) — One Southeast Asian country has taken a positive step towards more religious freedom. A recent decree outlined a path for religious minority groups to be recognized by the state.
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Christians in SE Asia gain a little more religious freedom

Thank you for your prayers during the Tokyo Olympics

21-Sep-2021 • Takeshi Takazawa

21-Sep-2021 • Takeshi Takazawa • blog: A2 Community Blog

Takeshi Takazawa, VP for Innovative Initiatives for Asian Access, thanks our prayer and financial support...

Takeshi Takazawa, VP for Innovative Initiatives for Asian Access, thanks our prayer and financial support team for coming alongside us in prayer to impact the people of Japan and the athletes during the...

UN to discuss Myanmar this week

13-Sep-2021 •

13-Sep-2021 • • blog: Mission Network News

Myanmar (MNN) — The United Nations will decide this week which government gets to represent...

Myanmar (MNN) — The United Nations will decide this week which government gets to represent Myanmar at the General Assembly. The military seized power from Myanmar’s elected officials in a...

Myanmar (MNN) — The United Nations will decide this week which government gets to represent Myanmar at the General Assembly. The military seized power from Myanmar’s elected officials in a February coup. But several of those officials have...

A2 welcomes Prashan De Visser to council of reference

09-Sep-2021 • Joe Handley

09-Sep-2021 • Joe Handley • blog: From the President

I couldn’t be more pleased to welcome Prashan De Visser to our Council of Reference. Asian Access exists...

I couldn’t be more pleased to welcome Prashan De Visser to our Council of Reference. Asian Access exists to empower emerging young leaders and watching Prashan rise as a young man mentored by his father,...

A2 welcomes Prashan De Visser to council of reference

Details: by Eric Takamoto; Category: A2 Community Blog; 06 March 2021

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Reflections on 10th Anniversary of Japan’s Triple Disaster

By Eric Takamoto

So many of the images and memories from the triple disaster are as vivid today as when I experienced them ten years ago. I realize in reflecting on those experiences that they have changed me forever.

Details: by Joe Handley; Category: From the President; 05 March 2021

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But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
— 2 Corinthians 4:7

Details: by Mission Network News; Category: Mission Network News; 04 March 2021

The header photo shows people gathered to protest the coup in Myanmar. (Photo courtesy of friends of Asian Access)

Myanmar (MNN) — After seizing power in early February, Myanmar’s military killed over 30 people yesterday from several different cities. Police deliberately targeted unarmed civilians, including a 14-year-old boy, a 19-year-old girl, and several other young people according to reports from inside the country.

Details: by Kailash Chawan with Thilini De Visser Kodikara & Mary Jo Wilson; Category: A2 Community Blog; 04 March 2021

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A2 launches cohort of Young Professionals

While Asian Access has been known for developing pastors and, more recently, Christian business leaders across Asia, we continue to explore new spheres where kingdom leaders are hungry to grow and to have greater impact. In spite of daunting circumstances in 2020, a vision that God planted in two separate locations has come together in a collaborative hybrid to invest in young professionals. In January of 2021, the Beta version of A2 Young Professionals was launched.

Details: by Joe Handley; Category: From the President; 02 March 2021

Asian Access has been using and experimenting with a remarkable app for the last three years. It's a mobile, micro-learning platform called Gnowbe.

And, So-Young Kang, the app's founder has been a friend since I met her while she was leading another startup called the Awaken Group.

Details: by Joe Handley; Category: From the President; 01 March 2021

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Last week our Global Team met for our monthly gathering of worship, praise, sharing and prayer. The focus was on the persecuted church as you have likely heard the news of what is happening in Myanmar and Nepal recently. The situation in other countries is challenging as well – for one situation that my colleagues face, see this article from the National Review: …Religious Americans Must Lead the Way

Details: by Joe Handley; Category: From the President; 24 February 2021

samson song grace 1 I’m excited to announce the most recent leader to join the Asian Access Council of Reference.

Grace Samson-Song is someone I met during my research on Polycentric Mission Leadership. The insight she offered related to leadership and the Lausanne Movement was most helpful and as you look at Grace's story and background, you’ll see the wisdom and experience that flows from one who follows Christ deeply and knows what it takes to lead well in the present environment.

Details: by Joe Handley; Category: From the President; 23 February 2021

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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 Meetings

This past year, our Asian Access family has been meeting monthly for prayer in addition to our online cohorts and those few countries who are actually able to meet in person. In the face of the pandemic, we are learning to live out the wisdom of this passage from Hebrews as we are such a community-driven ministry.

Details: by Joe Handley; Category: From the President; 22 February 2021

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The last few years, the idea of leadership has taken a beating. Whether it’s the critique of “elites” in our cultures or the overuse of the word leadership by various training and educational institutions. In many ways I agree with these concerns and it is why Asian Access does what it does in focusing on Christ, Character, and Servant Leadership.

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A2 Community blog with posts from a variety of contributors around Asian Access

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Stories about Asian Access published by Mission Network News, a mission news service dedicated to keeping Christians informed on evangelical mission activity around the world. In doing so we hope to educate and motivate Christians to prayer, participation, and support of missionary work to help further the Great Commission.