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Collaboration for Transformation: A Team Effort in Indonesia

13-Jun-2022 • Noel Becchetti

13-Jun-2022 • Noel Becchetti • blog: A2 Community Blog

Asian Access’ mission is to equip and unify visionary Christ-centered leaders to influence Spirit-led...

Asian Access’ mission is to equip and unify visionary Christ-centered leaders to influence Spirit-led change. I just saw a great example of this value being put into action at the gathering of the Asian...

Collaboration for Transformation: A Team Effort in Indonesia

The Primacy of Christ-like Leadership

11-Jun-2022 • Joe Handley

11-Jun-2022 • Joe Handley • blog: From the President

Christ-like Leadership: A Gospel Imperative

“Church planting is moving at the speed of a bullet...

Christ-like Leadership: A Gospel Imperative

“Church planting is moving at the speed of a bullet train with leadership development following on a bicycle.”1

We are living in an era of unprecedented...

Christ-like Leadership: A Gospel Imperative

“Church planting is moving at the speed of a bullet train with leadership development following on a bicycle.”1

We are living in an era of unprecedented change. What we may not realize is that this includes...

Asian Access passes baton to Japanese leadership

07-Jun-2022 •

07-Jun-2022 • • blog: Mission Network News

Japan (MNN) — Asian Access has officially passed the baton of ministry in Japan to the Japanese leadership.
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Asian Access passes baton to Japanese leadership

International Day for the Unreached 2022

03-Jun-2022 • Jeff Johnston

03-Jun-2022 • Jeff Johnston • blog: A2 Community Blog

June 5, 2022 is the International Day for the Unreached
A third of the world still lacks access to...

June 5, 2022 is the International Day for the Unreached
A third of the world still lacks access to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There are no local churches, no Bible in their own language, and no local...

International Day for the Unreached 2022

Celebrating the 2020 Vision & Passing the Baton in Japan

31-May-2022 • Joe Handley

31-May-2022 • Joe Handley • blog: From the President

The 2020 Vision:
To deploy 100 church multiplication teams:

to establish 1,000 reproducing congregations...
to...

The 2020 Vision:
To deploy 100 church multiplication teams:

to establish 1,000 reproducing congregations...
to enfold 1,000,000 new followers of Christ...
who will, in turn, send 1,000 missionaries...

The 2020 Vision:
To deploy 100 church multiplication teams:

to establish 1,000 reproducing congregations...
to enfold 1,000,000 new followers of Christ...
who will, in turn, send 1,000 missionaries from Japan to the cities of Asia...
that...

Celebrating the 2020 Vision & Passing the Baton in Japan

Details: by Dan & Casi Brown; Category: A2 Community Blog; 07 March 2021

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Reflections on 10th Anniversary of Japan’s Triple Disaster

By Dan & Casi Brown

We all have triggers in our lives. These triggers could be an event, a word, a certain place, or circumstance. For many in Tohoku, earthquakes are a trigger. On February 13th, almost 10 years to the date from the March 11th, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Northeast Japan, we experienced a 7.3 magnitude earthquake, labeled an aftershock of that disastrous event. This aftershock was a trigger for many in our community in which we live.

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.

From the President

From the President blog by Joe Handley

A2 Community Blog

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

Mission Network News

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.