Multiplying Churches in Japanese Soil

Hope and Strategy for Multiplying Churches in Japan’s Unreached Fields Since the beginning of missionary efforts in Japan in the sixteenth century, the Japanese church has experienced periods of quiet flourishing and periods of intense persecution. Arguably, however, it has never managed to take root as a truly indigenous church-despite great effort toward that aim. In Multiplying Churches in Japanese Soil , John Mehn asks the question: Why? What factors have contributed to the Japanese remainin