On Dec. 30, Dale submitted TMC’s EFC of Japan (EFCJ) membership application. We at TMC have always been an informal part of the EFCJ, especially the Kanto (greater Tokyo) South District. But this application moves us toward becoming an official EFCJ church. By Jan. 10 the EFCJ Board had approved our application. So during the Feb. 1-3 EFCJ Annual General Meeting, delegates from the approximately 70 EFCJ churches will vote whether to accept TMC as its newest member. Dale will be attending in order to represent TMC, taking two others from TMC with him.

Dale has been told by the chairman of the Tokyo Central City Ministry, a group of 24 EFCJ churches, that once TMC becomes an EFCJ church, they will help us find a Japanese pastor for our Japanese ministries. They might also be able to financially support him. PTL!