Efficient Church

福岡アガペ教会 · 6 min read

"Devoted to destruction," the phrase makes people flinch. In Hebrew, herem means both "consecrated to God" and "set apart for total destruction."

Mission Évangélique Internationale (MEISTAD) · 7 min read

The turn of the new year always raises the same question: what needs to change in you for this year to be different?

Efficient Church · 8 min read

There are mornings when you look down at your feet and simply wonder, "Lord, where am I going?" You're walking, but you no longer really know toward what.

沼津シオン・キリスト教会 · 9 min read

Sermon from September 21, 2025 · Zion Church of Numazu (with the Yokohama congregation). Text: 2 Thessalonians 3.

Efficient Church · 12 min read

When you open your Bible to the book of Deuteronomy, you find Moses gathering all Israel before they enter the Promised Land.

神戸キリスト栄光教会 · 8 min read

Why give? Why devote your time, your money, your strength to God and to others? In this message preached at Christ Glory Church in Kobe, Pastor Susumu Kitayama invites you to see giving in a whole new light.

Efficient Church · 5 min read

The church is the one place in the world where you can truly be yourself, with no mask, no pretending. A place where what is imperfect does not matter, because the sinner there is fully forgiven.

Mission Évangélique Internationale (MEISTAD) · 7 min read

There are seasons in your life when the source you'd grown used to starts to run low. The stream that once flowed effortlessly ends up drying out. That isn't always a sign that God is abandoning you.

Efficient Church · 6 min read

In John 8:12, Jesus makes a statement that echoes across the centuries: I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

Efficient Church · 7 min read

Since childhood, one sentence has followed me: "You talk too much." It didn't come from my parents or my teachers, but often from the adults at Sunday school.

沼津シオン・キリスト教会 · 6 min read

There are days when words fail us. A loved one passes away, a trial settles in, a prayer seems to go unanswered, and we find ourselves, like a child, no longer knowing what to do with our cry.

沼津シオン・キリスト教会 · 9 min read

"The LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights" (Jonah 1:17).