Some Resources for Potential Workers
Support-raising and Finding Senders: www.raiseyoursupport.com
Help for Senders—Emmaus Road International: http://www.eri.org/
Serving as Senders Today; The Re-Entry Team
Ministering to Senders
Donor management programs—Donor Manager: www.donormanager.com
Donor Elf: www.donorelf.com
Practical Help
Printing brochures, response envelopes, postcards, etc.—Not for Profit Printing: https://notforprofitprinting.com/
Books, Resources for Japanese culture/ministry—Upward, Outward, Inward; Fukuda, Mitsuo; Cultivating a Life for God, Cole, Neil; Cross Cultural Connections, Elmer, Duane
Japanese language Study
Japanese Language study—On-line: www.iknow.jp
Japanese Language schools—TAC Japanese Institute: www.tacli.com
The House of Praise, Saku-shi, Nagano-ken: Nagahata, Minoru and Machiko, Tel. & Fax 0267-63-1159; Cell 090-3003-0223; Email:
Missionary Care
Missionary Pastoral Care, including fornchildren, singles, and many other areas of care—Missionary Care, Ron and Bonnie Koteskey:
www.missionarycare.com
Barnabas International; http://www.barnabas.org/
Children:
"Third Culture Kids"—TCKWorld: www.tckworld.com/
Missionary Preparation, Debriefing and Re-entry
Mission Training International: www.mti.org
Center for Inter-cultural Training: cit-online.org
Missionary Retreat facilities (US):
cleftRock, Mt. Vernon, KY: cleftrock.org
Fairhaven, Roan Mt., TN: fairhavenministries.net
Mission to Missionaries, Eden Ridge, Crossville, TN: edenridge.org
Missionary Retreats:
ELIM Retreats: elimretreats.org
Many different resources—Brigada: http://www.brigada.org/
Member Care Associates: http://membercareassociates.org/
Servant Care: servantcare.org
Japanese National Healthcare alternative Insurance and Christian Healthcare Sharing:
Good Neighbor Insurance: www.gninsurance.com
Christian Healthcare Ministries: http://www.chministries.org/
Medical Cost Sharing: http://www.medicalcostshare.com/
Missions Studies, Conferences, Statements
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: http://www.perspectives.org/
Urbana Student Missions Conference:https://urbana.org/
Lausanne Covenant: https://www.lausanne.org/content/covenant/lausanne-covenant
Japan Missionary Associations and Ministries
Japan Evangelical Missionary Association (JEMA), includes many missionary resources on its site, too: jema.org
JEMA Church Planting Institute: http://jcpi.net/
Rural Japan Church Planting Network: www.rjcpn.upgjapanmissions.com
Banking
No ATM-fee (fees reimbursed) Schwab High-yield Investor Checking: https://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/banking_lending
On-line Japanese bank, no “name seal” required, English site/help available: https://www.shinseibank.com/english/
High-yield Savings account (US): https://www.discover.com/online-banking/