The Central Region is organizing a two-day RE Teacher’s Workshop at Dallas Church, beginning at 9:00 AM on Saturday, February 8th, and concluding at 3:00 PM on Sunday, February 9th. The theme is “Succession: Preparing the next generation for the work of God.”

The workshop provides a wonderful opportunity for teachers to strengthen their faith and gain a better understanding of how to support our students. We strongly encourage all RE teachers including teachers-in-training to set aside time to attend and engage actively in this workshop.

Please click HERE to fill out the online registration and transportation form by January 19th, and click HERE to view the RETW schedule. Please adhere to this deadline to allow adequate time for finalizing the plan.

Should you have any questions, please contact your RE Coordinator. They will be glad to assist you.

May God bless us for a fruitful workshop and continue to guide us in this teaching ministry.

Edmonton Church membership has been growing and they have been facing challenges with the current chapel’s space limitations. Thank God that by His guidance, Edmonton Church is purchasing two properties, a chapel and a house next to the chapel, for $2.3 million CAD. While their current chapel building is being sold, they are looking to raise $1,530,000 CAD ($1,083,000 USD) by February 28, 2025 to help them complete the purchase.
Edmonton Church is now in a position to accept both offerings and loans. They intend to repay any loans within one year. Please refer to the attachment for details.

Please remember Edmonton Church in your prayers and participate in this sacred work.

Thank you very much for your generosity, love, and prayers!

The world has been violently turbulent in recent years under the extreme “weather” caused by wars, earthquakes, and climate change. It staggers like a drunken man. Believers in Japan have not personally met with the cruelty of the Russo-Ukrainian War, nor were they affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake at the beginning of the year. Yet the rising costs, currency depreciation, and fiercely competitive social environment, which seem to be irrelevant to faith, have an invisible impact on believers in the true church. Believers who live in this environment are like salmon trying to swim upstream in a torrent. Inevitably, their faith will collide with the torrent. They can only overcome by relying on the guidance of the Lord. 

Through the care of many coworkers at home and abroad, as well as the unswerving support of the International Assembly and Taiwan General Assembly, the holy work in Japan has been gradually established. 

This year, 

• a new deacon was ordained (April 20th);
• the Kansai House of Prayer was established as the Osaka Ikuno Church (May 5th);
• the Yokohama Church established Koyasu House of Prayer (May 11th);
• Spring Spiritual Convocations were held at various local churches and houses of prayer (end of April through the beginning of May);
• the Japan Coordination Center organized a hymnal fellowship and invited teachers and students from the Taiwan Theological Program who were visiting Japan to participate in the event (June 16th);
• Fall Spiritual Convocations were held at each local church and house of prayer (September). 
• Various church construction tasks were gradually completed at Sumida Church in Tokyo, and Tokyo Church’s Oyama Family Service is actively seeking for a chapel.

Thanks to the Lord’s guidance and care, the holy work in various places has prospered and developed. 

However, there are still many issues facing the churches in Japan, such as evangelism, the faith of the youth, and the succession of holy work. As the holy work carries on and the workers continue to follow up, they cannot help but sigh, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” The concept  “evangelize to drive pastoral care” compels us to make a breakthrough in preaching the gospel. We hope to enter a realm we have never entered before, and imagine the scenery behind that door to be full of wonderful grace. Hope gives us the motivation to strive forward; looking to the Lord Jesus Christ gives us the courage to do so. “I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following…” (Lk 13:33). 

The True Jesus Church in Japan must move forward. 

Praise and thank God, the IA will hold the International Youth Fellowship (IYF) in Taiwan from June
22 to 29, 2025. The theme for IYF 2025 will be “Rise and Walk through the Land.”
With the True Jesus Church in the end time, we would like to use this occasion to invite youths from all
over the world to come together to share and reflect in the God-given mission for the church and to
kindle our zeal through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Based upon the capacity of the hosting church, we will open registration to 250 youths (125 from Taiwan, 125 from other countries). Registration will close when the number of applicants reaches capacity. Please kindly refer to the attached registration information and form.

The fellowship event will have two parts:
1. June 22-26: Five-day sharing & fellowship
2. June 27-29: Three-day visitation & tour

All interested participants should read the information given and submit their registration form to their local church before March 15, 2025. Once the church council signs the form, it should be forwarded to the respective General Assemblies/Coordination Centers, which will then forward it to the IA Office in the U.S. (contact email: ia@tjc.org). Applicants should book their flight tickets and register online after receiving a confirmation letter.

May the Lord Jesus Christ move you to take this rare opportunity to meet and have fellowship with
brethren in Christ from various parts of the world!

By God’s grace and guidance, Calgary Church has the opportunity to purchase a new church building in a central area for their growing congregation. The purchase prize for the 32,000 square feet building is $3.1 million CAD. They also expect an additional $600,000 CAD needed to bring the building up to standard for occupancy. While their current church building is being sold, they are looking to raise
$1,500,000 CAD ($1,070,000 USD) by December 27, 2024 to help them complete the purchase.

Enclosed you will find supplementary information about the project and details on how to offer financial support.

Please remember Calgary Church in your prayers and participate in this sacred work.

Thank you very much for your generosity, love, and prayers!

Thank God that by His guidance, the True Jesus Church completed government registration in
Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The members in Budapest purchased a piece of land that had been designated for public welfare facilities. The estimated cost for the construction of a three-storey building (usable area: 580 m2) according to the current blueprint is approximately 1,100,000 Euros (about US$1,160,000).
With the joint effort from the members in Budapest and the European Coordination Center, they will have gathered 386,757 Euros up until the first quarter of 2025. They estimate a gap of 877,464 Euros (about US$930,000).

This holy work is of great significance in this current time and place, as Budapest can serve as a missionary bridgehead into Eastern Europe and is a very suitable location for annual spiritual gatherings, seminars, and youth spiritual training in continental Europe.
We urge our fellow brethren in the Lord to intercede for and participate in this holy work. For more information on this project and if you would like to offer financial support, please refer to the attachment or contact your local church.

Thank you very much and may God remember your love and generosity!

Praise and thank our Lord Jesus Christ that the growth in membership and growing need for space for regular worship services, fellowships, activities, and hosting regional events prompted an assessment, design and development of a construction plan for Garden Grove Church.

On November 23, 2024, Garden Grove Church approved to proceed with the demolition of the current chapel and side chapel and construction of the new chapel building with a budget not to exceed $6,850,000. Construction is expected to begin in February 2025, with an estimated minimum 10-month timeline for completion.

As of now, they are still short of around $4,072,150.92. They are writing to ask for your financial support and prayers. We would greatly appreciate and welcome your support in any amount.

Enclosed is the Garden Grove Church’s contribution request letter for your information.  Please remember them in your daily prayers and participate in this sacred work.

Thank you very much for your love and prayers. May God remember your generosity and love for His ministry.

Praise and thank our Lord Jesus Christ that the Sacramento Church has been growing in membership. At the current location, they often experience insufficient space (i.e. classrooms, dining, fellowship, and shower capabilities) for their needs and to host regional events. The Sacramento Church Congregation has approved the process of purchasing a chapel in the city of Sacramento, California. The purchase price is USD$2,200,000 and required renovation costs are estimated to USD$1,300,000 (major renovation on kitchen area, restrooms, adding shower facilities, and fencing/gate). The escrow is scheduled to close on January 25, 2025.

As of now, they are still short of around USD$2,690,000 due to pending sale of the current church.
The Sacramento Church would like to solicit loans and donations to complete the purchase and renovation.  They are writing to ask for your financial support and prayers. We would greatly appreciate and welcome your support in any amount.

Enclosed are the Sacramento Church’s contribution request letter with photos of the new building for your information.  Please remember them in your daily prayers and participate in this sacred work.

Thank you very much for your love and prayers. May God remember your generosity and love for His ministry.

*Updates in blue*

The mission of the True Jesus Church is to spread the gospel of salvation to all the world, to make all peoples disciples of the Lord Jesus, and to teach the disciples to obey everything the Lord Jesus commanded.

Thanks to the guidance of the Lord, the ministry of the true church continues to progress in the United States. There is a significant need for more full-time ministers to help with the holy work, including:

• Serving as stationed full-time ministers for each of the 29 churches and prayer houses in the United States;
• Ongoing work of sowing and watering in newly developed areas;
• Pastoral visitations to countries in Central and South America under USGA’s responsibility.

This is a call to recruit three theological students for the USGA 2026 Full-Time Theological Training Program (TTP) to be prepared and equipped for full-time ministry as preachers.
The training will begin in February 2026. There will be two opportunities for examinations to join the TTP training:

– Spring Exam
o Date of Examination: March 8th, 2025 at Phoenix Church
o Application Deadline: February 15th, 2025

– Fall Exam
o Date of Examination: October 11th, 2025 at Flushing Church
o Application Deadline: September 15th, 2025

Both exams are for the February 2026 start date for the TTP training.

Currently, there is already a lack of full-time ministers to cover the holy work listed above. In the coming years, there will be a significantly greater need for more, as three preachers will be retiring by the next minister rotation in 2029, and another 2 will retire in a few years after. At least four years of training are required to become a full-time minister, so it is especially important that we have theological students  recruited in for the 2026 TTP program.

For more information or if you would like to apply for TTP, please download the application guideline / fill in the application form.

Please keep the TTP recruitment in your prayers and encourage those who have a heart to serve the Lord to apply. May the Lord move some youths to repay the love and mercies that God has bestowed on them, and to take the opportunity to dedicate their lives to full-time ministry.

Report of the 3rd Cambodian Religious Education Teacher Training

The third Cambodian Religious Education Teacher Training was held at Phnom Penh Church from November 26 to 30, 2023. Looking back at the development of the True Jesus Church’s religious education in various countries around the world, we can see that our church attaches great importance to religious education and training. Teacher training is particularly important. The aim is to teach youth from all over the country who are interested in helping in religious education the importance of religious education, to understand the Christian life, to learn children’s hymns and teaching methods for Bible stories, and to train them to be teachers who can help shepherd the Lord’s lambs in their respective township or province.

This year, Phnom Penh religious education teachers held a meeting with full-time ministers to discuss several course topics. They came up with the following curriculum for the students’ spiritual cultivation and teaching skills development:

1. Do not love the world / O. Tera (2 sessions)
2. The Ten Basic Beliefs of the True Jesus Church / Saron (2 sessions)
3. A Christian’s Marriage Life, The Secret of Marriage, Purity Before Marriage / O. Tera (2 sessions)
4. Religious education textbook: E1 class, year 1, first quarter, God So Loved the World / Sis. Chhiv Sineth and Sis. Luo Saron
5. Special topic for evening service during the teacher training: “How to Correct Children’s Tendency to Become Worldly” / Resident Preacher

During the seminar, there was laying on of hands during the daily prayer sessions, and a total of two believers received the Holy Spirit. After the training, the “Telegram”  group was established as a platform for sharing teaching resources and to facilitate communication among the religious education teachers. Finally, on the evening of November 30, the resident preacher gave encouragement and bestowed to the trainees the certificates of completion.