I'm a missionary in Japan. The name of my mission agency is WEC International. That's supposedly Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ, but I think I have a better idea about what it stands for...
2006-02-13
"Laity Mobilized"
Two quick quotes:
Indeed, there were never more than four foreigners in the work during the entire history of the Orthodox church in Japan- Jim Stamoolis, An Examination of Contemporary Eastern Orthodox Missiology
And yet:
More remarkable during this same period was the development of the Russian Orthodox Church under the leadership of Bishop Nikolai. By 1900 the church had trained 376 Japanese clergy and 25,698 members.- Mark Mullins, Christianity Made In Japan
Four missionaries, twenty five thousand converts. Not too shabby a ratio.
lathos: Going from iPod 1.x to 2.x and severely regretting it.
