In the shadows of skyscrapers and shrines, scores of office workers, students, and laborers stream out of train stations every morning and hurry along tree-lined streets. Order and efficiency rule; respect and social harmony guide interactions. Yet the cultural values that have long fascinated the West conceal a sobering reality.
Today, the Japanese remain the world’s second-largest unreached people group. Believers account for less than 0.5% of the population, a percentage that hasn’t changed in the last 500 years.
But it doesn’t have to stay that way. ABWE missionaries are sharing the gospel, planting churches, teaching in theological education, and more. What was once a small team on the southern island of Kyushu has now, in the last few years, tripled in size and expanded into Tokyo and the Kanto region.
With your help, gospel work in Japan—and across the world—can grow even more. The needs and challenges are great, but through ABWE missionaries, God is doing a mighty work.
Your partnership in the Global Gospel Fund makes this possible. When you give to the Global Gospel Fund, you’re not just supporting a program—you’re helping send and sustain missionaries who proclaim Christ where he is not yet known. It takes about $7,000 to identify, train, and deploy a long-term worker prepared for evangelism, disciple-making, and church planting among unreached peoples. A recurring monthly gift helps keep nearly a thousand workers on the field with the care, training, and resources they need.
The impact is real. Last year, more than 555 new believers were baptized in 91 nations where ABWE missionaries are serving. Your generosity fuels this outreach. Every gift strengthens missionary families, trains national leaders, multiplies churches, and pushes the gospel into places where few have ever heard the name of Christ.
As you give, you help send laborers into the harvest—men and women who are planting new churches, discipling new believers, and taking the gospel to the nations.
