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Course Requirements:
The course does not require any face-to-face interaction, so you can participate wherever you live.
Course Description:
This eight-week study program will help you understand the complexity of the Japanese religious landscape and provide principles to help share the gospel.
Format for Course:
1. Reading:
i. Sowing The Gospel Seed in Japanese Soil. $6.99 at Amazon.
ii. Operation Japan, is available in paperback format and ebook. An expanded digital version is available on request for $5. Request for Operation Japan Digital Version. There also are two FB groups in Japanese and English.
3. Practical Application:
4. Interviews:
Two interviews with Japanese and one with foreigner. If a Japanese person is not available, a contact will be provided.
5. Visit a Japanese Church.
6. Writing:
1. Weekly Observations (Approximately 200 words): Due every Saturday 11:59pm. “What I Have Learned.” This will be submitted on-line and posted on www.rjcnetwork.org, accessible by password only.
2. Students will read reports from other students weekly and make comments.
7. Attend two Conference Call Discussions.
Class Schedule
Week 1 Religion in Japan
Week 2 Understanding Japanese Worldview
Week 3 Understanding Japanese Beliefs
Week 4 The Five Japanese Belief Systems
Week 5 Religious Practices and Motivations
Week 6 Sowing the Gospel
Week 7 Towards Christian Advance in Japan
Week 8 Sowing and Harvesting Practices
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