Sendai

We have returned from a 10-day ministry visit to Sendai. Thank you for praying for us. It was an enjoyable time for us to visit churches, fellowship with the missionaries and get to see the sights of Sendai city.

OMF currently has 2 churches in Sendai: Sendai Evangelical Christian Church (SECC) & Izumi Park Town Church (IPTC). Both churches are located in the suburbs at opposite ends of each other.

SECC is located in the southern suburbs next to a kindergarten and a primary school, which gives the church a huge potential for outreach. The church seems pretty close knit and you can sense the family warmness within the congregation. Please pray for this church however, as lately there had been a number of members with serious illnesses, which is preventing them from coming for Sunday services.

IPTC is stationed further up in the northern part of Sendai in a fairly new residential area which was developed some 20 years ago. It is presently using the premises of a kindergarten, but is looking toward buying a piece of property for a church building. The church is seeing an increase in attendances because the kindergarten teachers and childrens' moms are starting to visit regularly. Please pray too for this church as it goes through a period of transition. Apart from considering the purchase of property, one IPTC missionary couple is also retiring next year and would like to call a Japanese pastor God willing.