Serving with the Reaching Japan Together Association - An Invitation

Christians feeling a possible calling to use their gifts in Japan are invited to explore service with RJTA. Check out the information on this site, pray, and please contact us if you have additional questions or to begin the formal inquiry and application process.

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Those who need a U.S.-based sending entity are encouraged to consider Reaching Japan Together (RJT) as your sending agency. Other alternatives, such as being sent directly by a local church, also exist.

Appointment Process

To apply to RJTA or RJTA and RJT, the first step is to send an inquiry e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. stating your interest in missionary service in Japan and giving a summary introduction of your background and sense of calling. Also indicate whether or not you already have a specific placement, sending entity, or both, and whether you are a new missionary or are already serving in Japan and would be joining from within Japan.

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Possibilities for Service

E-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to explore placement possibilities in Japan in light of your unique calling and giftings or with Japan-related questions.  Apply as far in advance as possible to avoid disappointment or delay.  Some of the actual and prospective possible opportunities are listed below.  They are subdivided into long-, mid-, and short-term opportunities.

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Qualifications

RJTA is broadly interdenominational so can accommodate a wide range of new and experienced missionaries from the broad array of charismatic and non-charismatic Protestant backgrounds as long as people share the same core beliefs regarding salvation and acknowledge the Bible as God's word.

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Not Called to Go?

Paul, led by the Holy Spirit, asks in Romans 10:15, “ . . . how shall they go unless they are sent?”

Missionaries have needs that the Lord works through other people to provide.

A study of scripture shows us needs in six areas in the missionary Paul's life that God worked through others to meet: moral support, logistical support, financial support, prayer support, communication support and re-entry support.

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