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A US citizen, grew up in Hiroshima/Japan where the Atomic Bomb was dropped. He never once heard the name of Jesus. When he was 15, he moved into his Uncle David & Auntie Shawna's house in South Carolina, he heard about the greatest news through the life they lived and the words they spoke. It blew his mind and he was shaken by the impact of this news but at the same time, anger rose up as he saw all the Christians at church with big smiles on their faces. He thought to himself "How can they keep this goodness only to themselves? None of my family and friends know about this! This is not fair!" That is when God spoke to him and said "You tell them then." He was called to reach the unreached nation where there is less than 1% Christians. Join us in dropping a GRACE BOMB to see that 1% turn into 100%.
Brand Sato
God gave us this verse to confirm our calling. Fear of the LORD from the west has already happened. But his glory will rise from the land of the rising sun - JAPAN.
Isaiah 59:19 NKJV
So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.
Background...
Brandon moved to Dallas from Tokyo in January 2022 with his wife, Samantha and two young kids. They moved here after hearing from the Lord to build Kingdom allies. At this time, Japan does not really have a strong network connecting all the churches and pastors together. Brandon is a U.S citizen who was raised in Japan. There are less than 1% of Christians in Japan and he along with his wife have been called and are committed to share the gospel to Japanese people. The Japanese church began as an evangelical online ministry and they soon realized that the people getting saved had no church near them that they could attend. They began to provide an online community for people who currently do not have a local church, they believe they will have a physical location in the future. Due to the time zone, they run their church on Saturday evenings which is Sunday mornings in Japan.
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Translator and Project Manager with Bible League International, translating the Bible into Japanese "ALIVE translation" funded by Gateway Church
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Translator at Joseph Prince Broadcast Ministry in Japan for 3 years
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Young Adults & Chinese/Korean Pastor for 5 years at Lifehouse Tokyo
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Helped to start Hillsong Tokyo as part of the launch team
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Started a Government subsidised International School and within 4 years, sold it to one of the largest public companies in Japan
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Started an online Evangelical Ministry that became an Online Church for Japanese people
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Married for 11 years with 2 beautiful kids
What we do:
Online Discipleship
Youtube LIVE Sermon
Tiktok
Evangelism
Digital Community
Metaverse Community
593 people got saved💖 」
Our Leadership
Ayumi Hirano
Assistant Director
Saki Burkhalter
Creative Director
Haru
Experience Director
Brand Sato
Senior Pastor
Samantha Sato
Pastor
Why us?
1. Brand and the leadership team grew up in Japan and knows the ins and outs of this nation's culture and its needs
2. Brand and his wife Samantha have experienced and been trained to build a church to become the most influential in Japan
3. Churches in the western world operate differently in the east and Brand along with his team have seen the road blocks to growth and believe they have a solution
4. When it is more difficult to create a sense of community online, we have built a successful digital church gathering
Plan
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We are working towards starting a Bible School for people with 0 foundational knowledge about Christianity
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We are planning to expand our reach in SNS
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We want to create multiple organic gatherings in homes
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We plan to have a physical location in Japan for Church/Evangelism Center
How to be an ally 🏰
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Advice - Become an advisor, share your wisdom with us!
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Insight to operation - Tours and insights to your church operations
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Resources - Resources that would help build our church
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Finance - Finance, your support would 100% go into evangelism purpose
LAND OF THE RISING SON
「 1499 people responded✋
Here are some of the stories💕
When I just became a Christian I found pastor B on YouTube. His passionate and straight forward preaching moved my heart. I knew he had a zoom video community after his message and decided to try it. I joined and I had a great time. We shared what we learnt from that day’s message, testimonies and about God’s grace in our daily lives. I think that it’s really wonderful that I can talk about God and encourage our faith with Japanese sisters and brothers in Christ even when I’m in America and going to an American church. Through this church, God strongly reminded me that I’m a part of Christ's body. Not only worshipping God every Sunday, as a Christ follower and by using my talents, what can I do to glorify God? Our church keeps giving me a chance to think about it. I feel like God is training me to change from a fan to a true follower of Christ through our church.
Saki
I had the opportunity to pick up the Bible and read it, but it was difficult to understand what I read, so I searched for various explanations on YouTube and came across Pastor B's channel who spoke in the same local dialect as me. He spoke in a way that was easy to hear especially for young people. Through this church I have learnt to forgive myself. I have been able to also forgive my family, friends, and various other people from the bottom of my heart. Life just got a whole lot easier.
Ichiro
Aya
Before finding this church, I was somehow searching on YouTube to see if there were any Christian-related videos that would be easy for me to get into. I saw Pastor B's channel and was impressed. From there, I became interested and began to watch and follow it. Suddenly I felt closer to God and to the Holy Spirit. I came to understand the true meaning of repentance and how to pray and the heart of worship. I read the entire New Testament for the first time and I felt happy really understanding the meaning of Christmas. I never properly understood the tithe but now I can understand it and obey it faithfully. My circle of christian friends has increased and was able to really experience the grace of God through others. I used to think that miracles were only in the Bible, but I was shocked that they were still happening today. Lastly, I came to understand that God's love for me is greater than my parent's love for me.