Reaching Youths in Japan

A video depicting how missionaries and Christian workers are reaching the Japanese youths. This video is produced by Wolfgang Langhans.

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• Japanese
• youths
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• キリスト
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[sweetsweatyfeet]

Nothing fails more miserably than prayer. That the vast majority of Japanese want nothing to do with Christianity ought to tell you something. They have far more to teach you than the reverse.

[yastunt]

@Shamalai I was in Japan last year and was shocked to notice that 99.9 percent of Japanese are not practicing christians. Which is equivalent to saying that 99.9 percent of Japanese are going to get the shock of their lives when Yeshua returns. .My heart is for evangelism to the Japanese. I'm doing a degree at the moment in London in the hope of being an english teacher to adults. I hope to get a teaching job in Japan - and assist the Japanese church.

[leJiNX]

@eller522 that's wonderful.! I've also had that same feeling.!

[eller522]

Being Japanese and a Christian has led me think that God wants me to be a missionary. Weather its in Japan or somewhere else in the world. I don't know how I'm going to do this knowing that I am only a young teen. I also hope to become a pediatrician so that I can help heal the young while spreading the good news to Japan and other people across the world. I also don't know how to speak that well of Japanese even though I am 75% of me is Japanese.

[onimotoko]

@TheLegandaryUnderdog Yeah, I've felt that need for a few years now, though my interest started about 6-7years ago.

[TheLegandaryUnderdog]

I'm going to Japan eventually Lord willing. I've had a heart for Japan for more than three years now.

[socksumi]

@Shamalai You are making fallacious causal connections. Indeed I find it offensive to claim those without god belief are not happy and prone to suicide. You could not be more wrong. If you believe you have one shot at life you are motivated to value it more. The Japanese ARE a happy and industrious people.

But their culture does impose certain social demands and for some failure is looked upon with great shame. Suicide is more socially acceptable in Japan going back to the Samurai tradition.

[Shamalai]

@socksumi AND JAPAN is also one of the countries with the highest suicide rates...does that also have a strong correlation with atheism, indeed??

everyone need Jesus...whether they like to admit it or not...admit that requieres courage!!! ♥

[socksumi]

Yes... and though largest percentage of modern Japanese are atheist/agnostic, the culture and ethics are strongly influenced by Shinto, Buddhism and Samurai. Samurai emphasizes achievement, honor and chivalry (not unlike the old knights of England).

Christianity does not figure at all in Japanese culture. Less than 1% are Christian and most of the young Japanese who experiment or "convert" to Christianity soon abandon it (once they regain their senses within mainstream Japanese society).

[Dyakki]

You have a very good point! Though, there is a great deal of syncretism in Japan.