Church planting is accomplished in partnership with the Evangelical Free Church of Japan (EFCJ).   We aim to plant healthy, reproducing, locally autonomous churches that reach out globally.  Ministry activities include evangelism, teaching, discipling, baptizing, local church administration, and developing leaders.

Currently EFCMJ missionaries are involved in five church planting efforts. From south to north:

Okinawa: Naha EFC is a work of the Home Missions Committee.  It was started by EFCMJ missionaries, Dale & Sandra Roth.  

Kyushu: Maebaru is the second church plant in Fukuoka, on the southern island of Kyushu.  The Maebaru work was started September, 2002. We have three missionary households ministering in that work.

Kanto: Higashi Murayama is a work started by the Tokyo Musashino Chapel.  The EFCMJ provided a missionary to assist in that church plant in 2000.

Tohoku: Sendai was started as a national project in 1989.  Sendai planted Furukawa five years later.   In June, 2002 we sent a missionary family to start a new church plant in Tomiya Cho. 

Hokkaido: Sapporo was started as the 50th anniversary project of the EFCJ in 1999.  Three years later, the Sapporo EFC has become self supporting. They have also services and small groups meeting in Chitose, about one hour by car, south of the Sapporo Church.  

Click here for a map and list of personnel and their primary areas of ministry.  Some missionaries have websites with additional information about them selves and their ministry.