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In post-disaster Japan, local Christians and missionaries have been serving the Japanese people in loving and generous ways. And in the midst of providing food and clothes, heating and shelter, counselling and rebuilding, one ministry has touched lives in a remarkable way - reaching out through craft.
"Japanese people never talk about reconciliation, they talk about harmony. The two are completely different things. With reconciliation you say, 'There's a problem and we need to fix it'. With harmony you say, 'There is no problem'."
In 2011 Shigenori Oshima from KGK in Japan spent a year studying at Moore Theological College in Sydney and observing the AFES model of ministry. KGK stands for Kirisuto[Christ]-sha[-ian] Gakusei[students] Kai[association] and is the Japanese branch of IFES. Shige spoke with CMS missionary Kellie Nicholas about the ministry of KGK and the challenges of gospel work in Japan.
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