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Giving challenge to expand not only met, but surpassed

12-Jan-2022 • Joe Handley

12-Jan-2022 • Joe Handley • blog: From the President

Dear Friends,
I have great news to share about the 2021 giving challenge issued to Asian Access by some...

Dear Friends,
I have great news to share about the 2021 giving challenge issued to Asian Access by some very generous financial partners last year!
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Giving challenge to expand not only met, but surpassed

Raising Up Leaders who are Abiding in Christ

11-Jan-2022 • Joe Handley

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

Recently I was interviewed by Evangeline Hsiao for her podcast, Care Package for Japan...
The purpose...

Recently I was interviewed by Evangeline Hsiao for her podcast, Care Package for Japan...
The purpose of this podcast is to showcase how much God loves Japan through different stories of people....

Recently I was interviewed by Evangeline Hsiao for her podcast, Care Package for Japan...
The purpose of this podcast is to showcase how much God loves Japan through different stories of people. It is like God sending a care package to the...

Raising Up Leaders who are Abiding in Christ

Yearnings and Callings for 2022

06-Jan-2022 • Joe Handley

06-Jan-2022 • Joe Handley • blog: From the President

Happy New Year, Dear Friends!
This post is a little later than I had hoped because our family was...

Happy New Year, Dear Friends!
This post is a little later than I had hoped because our family was hit with the coronavirus variant over the holidays. We are deeply grateful for your prayers and appreciate...

From chiropractor to international missions: Jeff Mallory’s story

31-Dec-2021 •

31-Dec-2021 • • blog: Mission Network News

International (MNN) — Jeff Mallory worked as a chiropractor, having no desire to get involved with...

International (MNN) — Jeff Mallory worked as a chiropractor, having no desire to get involved with international missions.
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From chiropractor to international missions: Jeff Mallory’s story

2021 Highlights: Top Stories from Asian Access

29-Dec-2021 • Jeff Johnston

29-Dec-2021 • Jeff Johnston • blog: A2 Community Blog

God continues to move during a challenging year
2021 has been challenging for everyone, but God was...

God continues to move during a challenging year
2021 has been challenging for everyone, but God was continuously at work. Here are a few of our top stories from 2021 which help us remember His faithfulness...

2021 Highlights: Top Stories from Asian Access

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

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I am so thrilled to join the board of a great ministry birthed from my home church, ReIGNITE Hope. Several years ago, seeing the plight of the homeless and the prisons of LA, my former colleague Steve Bunyard launched this ministry and now he’s serving with them full time. I joined the board last fall because I’m so proud of what they are doing and because we have a mutual interest in partnership.

Details: by Mission Network News; Category: Mission Network News; 21 January 2021

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Middle East/North Africa (MNN) — Muslims are coming to faith in Christ in unexpected masses, and they need biblically-based leaders. More about that here. Leadership training is an Asian Access specialty, but will it work in a Muslim-dominant context?

Details: by Mission Network News; Category: Mission Network News; 20 January 2021

Middle East North Africa (MNN) — The Middle East and North Africa region is a critical ground for the hope of Jesus. According to the Pew Research Center, Christians comprise less than four percent of the region’s population, whereas 93-percent of the population follows Islam.

Details: by Mission Network News; Category: Mission Network News; 19 January 2021

Indonesia (MNN) — The search for survivors continues today in West Sulawesi, Indonesia. “[A] 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit West Sulawesi on January 15; 81 people die[d] and more than 1,000 houses [were] damaged,” Asian Access leader Juserdi* says.

Details: by Joe Handley; Category: From the President; 15 January 2021

My colleague John Houlette just completed an outstanding book for Japanese pastors. And, the principles and stories are ones that will help you thrive in every season.

Details: by Joe Handley; Category: From the President; 14 January 2021

Perhaps 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 helpful in my devotion times recently: LECTIO 365 is a daily devotional app for your mobile phone or tablet.

My friend has been using it with a few of his prayer partners as a way to share what God is doing in their lives each day.

Here's more information about LECTIO 365 from its website...

Details: by Mission Network News; Category: Mission Network News; 12 January 2021

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Japan (MNN) — Support for the Tokyo Olympics just hit a new low in Japan. The latest spike in Tokyo’s COVID-19 infections has 80-percent of Japanese residents saying the Summer Games should be rescheduled again, or canceled altogether.

Details: by Joe Handley; Category: From the President; 11 January 2021

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Dear Friends,

As 2020 wound to a close, the Lord impressed on me the following passage:

"In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind." —John 1:4

LOOKING BACK ON 2020

2020 was such a disruptive year. Yet the life of Christ is the light of the world. That gives me hope heading into 2021. I pray that your Christmas and New Year’s celebrations brought joy and the reminder of what is most important, even in the midst of the challenges from 2020, some of which continue to persist.

Details: by Mission Network News; Category: Mission Network News; 11 January 2021

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Japan (MNN) — The world’s most populous city is now under a state of emergency thanks to soaring COVID-19 infections. Japan reported 6,100 new cases on Thursday, with roughly half coming from Tokyo. The emergency declaration began Friday and will end on February 7.“

Over the Christmas into New Year’s holidays, we couldn’t change the trend of steep [infection] increases, especially in the bigger cities. Hokkaido and Osaka requested ‘state of emergency’-type restrictions; however, Tokyo never went into that stage,” Takeshi Takazawa explains.

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