Fundraising for Oyama Place of Worship in Japan
Thank God, Tokyo Church has established a branch, which is Oyama Place of
Worship. They are planning to buy a church building and the relevant purchase procedure is to be completed before Oct 10, 2025.
The shortage of fund is about 792,000 USD. For details, please refer to the attachment.
Please encourage the brethren in your country to assist the contribution as one family in
Christ, and remit the collected fund to the following account before October 10, 2025 and
leave a note as “Establishment fund for Tokyo Church”.
Beneficiary’s Bank Name: MUFG BANK, Ltd.
Beneficiary’s Bank Address: 4-11-1, KOTOBASHI, SUMIDA-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN
130-0022
Swift Code: BOTKJPJT
Beneficiary’s Account Name: Religious Corporation, True Jesus Church NIHON
SOUKAI
Beneficiary’s Branch / No.: Kameido Kitaguchi (085)
Beneficiary’s Account No.: 0054212
Please remember this holy work in your prayers and may may the Lord Jesus Christ
continue to guide and bless us in this good work. Thank you!
2025 National Adult Theological Seminar (NATS)
The 2025 National Adult Theological Seminar (NATS) will be held from November 10-16 at Hillsborough Church in New Jersey. Please arrive before 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 9th and attend the Opening Ceremony at 8 p.m. The seminar will conclude on Sunday, November 16th after lunch and cleaning.
Registration guideline:
- The registration will remain open at http://events.tjc.org until September 25th.
- Only registrants who plan to attend more than 5 days will be accepted. Full-time participation is highly recommended.
- If you have graduated from NATS, you will be placed on a waiting list first. The notification of your acceptance will be sent out after September 25th.
- If you are a truthseeker, please seek approval from the church council and the Coordinator before registering.
- If you prefer to register by registration form rather than online, please email the completed form to natsadmin@tjc.org .
To alleviate the burden of arranging transportation for the hosting church, all participants who are arriving by plane should fly in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). Participants coming from the same church are encouraged to fly together as a group. It will be helpful if you are willing to arrange your own arrival transportation.
The theme of this year’s NATS is “Keeping Salvation”. In addition to the combined classes, there will be two sets of classes for you to choose from. Please choose Class A or Class B when you register.
Combined Courses | Water Baptism, Foot Washing, Keeping Salvation–Ten Commandments & Life |
Class A |
Book of 1 Corinthians, A Lifelong Nazarite–The Life of Samuel ● Class A is taught at a fast pace and in-depth. Only full-time participants will be accepted. Completing homework is required. |
Class B | Book of Esther, Book of Philippians |
If you have any questions, please contact natsadmin@tjc.org or Pr. Enoch Hou at houtsengmf@gmail.com .
Please remember the NATS in your prayers. May God be with you and bless you abundantly!
Attachment 1: 2025 NATS Rules and Regulations
The 23rd Africa Ministry Training Course (AMTC)
Please read the following instructions before submitting applications to AMC.
This training seminar is planned and conducted by WHDWM, UKGA and AMC according to the Work Plan of the WHDWM of the IA to provide logistical support and to allow opportunities for members to participate in the missionary work in Africa. The complete gospel has reached many countries in Africa. However, assistance and manpower are still needed in equipping local sacred workers, setting up the local RE system, and establishing church building constructions.
1. To attend The Africa Ministry Training Course, the applicant must meet the following requirements:
a. Has been a baptised member for at least three (3) years, is aged 21 years or above, has received the Holy Spirit, is of pure faith, and has good conduct.
b. Is able to communicate fluently in English and any other relevant languages.
c. Is experienced in one or more of the following: Religious education, sacred music, counselling, sermonising or construction.
d. Preferred: Youth Theological Training Course (YTTC), National Youth Theological Seminar (NYTS) graduate or their equivalence.
e. All approved voluntary workers will have completed the Africa Ministry Training Course (2 years) and approved by AMC.
2. Application Procedure:
a. To attend this AMTC, Applications can be found on the AMC website: uk.tjc.org/amc/amtc
b. All applications must be submitted online by: Sunday, 21st September 2025 at 23:59 PM UTC
c. Local Church Councils are required to submit endorsement for every first time attendee received via the AMC website (uk.tjc.org/amc/amtc)
d. Approved applicants will be officially informed by the Western Hemisphere Department of World Mission by the beginning of October 2025
e. Airfare will be covered by the attendee.
3. Training Course
a. Venue: London Church
b. Date: 4th to 9th January, 2026
c. Registration: 4th January (morning of)
d. Languages to be used in class: English
e. Course Descriptions:
i. Lectures (38): Discernment, The Holy Spirit, One True Church, The Sabbath and Spiritual Cultivation.
ii. Practical sessions (4): sharing and VT presentations
f. Capacity: 50 (if approved by AMC, on a first come first serve basis)
Please pray for this event. Also, please encourage and recommend potential candidates to enroll for the Training Course.
2024 Korea General Assembly Update
In 2024, the newly appointed executive committee of the Korea General Assembly began its term. Headed by the chairman, Pr. Myung Jo Heu, the committee members began to serve their two-year term together with the holy workers and council members of the various local churches. Accordingly, the Korea GA held a practical training workshop at their training center for holy workers on February 18th. There were 129 members coming from all over Korea. With the encouragement themed “The Spirit of Service”, Chairman Heu explained the regulations of the church, introduced the different departments (pastoral, evangelical, general affairs, financial affairs, and religious education), and provided training on the different departments. The training concluded with a prayer that each worker would serve the Lord with all their heart and mind in the positions entrusted to them, such that the church would prosper and grow, to receive commendation from the Lord as good and faithful servants (Photo 1).
- 1. 2024 Holy Workers Training Workshop
- 2. College students visit Taiwan churches
Religious Education Department
The College Freshman Youth Visitation to Taiwan took place from August 25th to 29th, with twenty participants visiting various churches in Taiwan. Through fellowship with the local members, they were able to create beautiful memories during their visitation. We hope that in the future, these youths may grow in their faith and be instilled with a sense of mission to be faithful workers of the church. We also thank the Taiwan General Assembly for their hospitality, love, and support throughout this visitation trip. Additionally, the Religious Education Department is developing and promoting camps for students in their last year of junior high and senior high students, as well as nationwide camps for college freshmen, with the intent of fostering students’ growth (Photo 2).
Evangelical Department
In order to strategize evangelical initiatives, Korea GA established Jeju Island Evangelical Missionary Center; now, its efforts are gradually and continually coming to fruition. On September 8, 2024, the second baptism of the year was held. We had beautiful weather. With gratitude, three truth seekers received water baptism and gained new life, experiencing the rebirth as children of God. A total of four were baptized this year, one having been baptized earlier in the year. Believers from Cheon An Church and Dae Bang Church also attended the baptism, blessing the new believers. One of those who were baptized that day was Brother Wu, who had received the Holy Spirit on the Sabbath Day prior to the baptism and was filled with the Holy Spirit. We hope that everyone can keep Jeju Island Evangelical Missionary Center in their prayers. May the Lord open the doors of the gospel and give them the power to save souls (Photo 3).


Information Department
This year, a new book was published to help believers live a life of faith. This book was published by the Taiwan GA during the pandemic to encourage and promote family worship everywhere. The content of this book includes methods of family worship, vivid testimonies, and examples of family altar and worship. I believe this book will be a very good resource for families currently establishing worship in their households and provide a more challenging opportunity for families who have yet to begin family worship due to lack of experience or prior knowledge. We once again thank the Taiwan GA for providing this book (Photo 4).
Theological Training
Last year, on December 25, 2023, the 18th Theological Seminary Graduation Ceremony was held during the College Youth Spiritual Convocation (CYSC). After four years of training, two students graduated from the 18th theological training program. The ceremony was attended by many college students as well as the General Assembly’s executive committee members, local church members, and the theological students’ families. Together, they encouraged their hard work over the past four years and offered their blessings for the glorious journey God had given them. Please pray for these two workers who have been training over the past four years, that God’s power and help may continue with them always (Photo 5).

On February 7, 2024, the opening ceremony for the 19th cohort of the theological seminary was held at the General Assembly. This time, about 40 individuals attended, including 4 new theological students, their family members, the GA committee members, theological seminary staff, and instrumentalists from Jeon Ju Church, offering their congratulations and encouragement. After entering into the program, they first visited local churches around the country to understand each church’s current situation before officially beginning their theological training. I hope that they will become useful vessels for God’s work, sanctifying themselves, being filled with the word of God, becoming soldiers for Christ, and preparing for God’s call (Photo 6).

2024 Overview of the Holy Work in Central and South America
Central and South American Coordination Center 2024 Church Report
There are still many unreached areas in Central and South America. In order to meet the needs of the ministry at each location, ministers make regular pastoral trips to various church service locations every year. In addition, we are increasing the use of the internet to assist every location with regular pastoral care, religious education, and other ministries.
Overview of the Holy Work at Each Church Location
Mexico Service Location:
As of October 13th, the number of baptized members at Mexico Service Location was 32, with 10 to 15 people regularly attending Friday night and Sunday Bible study services, and about 10 people attending the Sabbath services. In April this year, we bought a house in Mexico City to be used as a place of worship, which is currently undergoing renovation. Once the renovation is completed, we can move to the house we bought to hold services.
Mexico Service Location’s future development goals:
- There will be some transformation in the future. Having our own building will be of great help to pastoral care, preaching, training, and religious education. In the future, we need to improve the believers’ spiritual knowledge through various training and seminars so that more people can actively participate in the holy work.
- Actively preach the gospel.
- Register with the Mexican government’s Public Registry and actively complete the registration procedures.
Dominican Republic Service Location:
The renovation of the church building in the capital still can’t be carried out. We sincerely ask for everyone’s intercession in this matter.
Argentina Church:
Due to the impact of the pandemic and the financial crisis, believers have moved to other regions. Those who remain are still actively working for the mission entrusted by God – “but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8, NASB).
In terms of pastoral work, we continue to have wonderful pastoral experiences. We make regular monthly visits to the seven districts in the Greater Buenos Aires area and arrange visits to more remote areas in the provinces every year.
In terms of evangelism, there are still many believers with family members who have not yet believed in Christ; to bring them to the Lord is a goal that the church needs to actively work towards in the future. There are also local believers and truth-seekers who only speak Spanish, so evangelism in Spanish is something that needs to be actively strengthened in the future.
As for religious education, we thank God for giving the church many religious education students. Currently, the church has a complete religious education program, with classes for Kindergarten, Elementary 1 and 2, and Junior 1 and 2. Every winter and summer break, we hold student spiritual convocations to nurture the next generation. We also use online distance learning to assist religious education in other regions, and hold regular spiritual cultivation and training seminars for RE teachers.
There are still many unreached territories in the vast Central and South American regions. Hence, we hope that the elders and brethren will pray for the holy work in Central and South America.
Launch of Pastoral Resources Website
We are pleased to announce that a new website has been created for the USGA Pastoral Department to provide better access to various pastoral resources. The website can be accessed at: edu.tjc.us
Over the years, the Pastoral Department has developed a wide range of materials covering different aspects of Christian living, such as Religious Education resources, servitude guides, youth ministry, and more. However, many of these materials have not been easily accessible or well utilized due to the lack of a centralized location.
To address this, the newly launched website consolidates these valuable resources in one place for the benefit of all members. We will update the website periodically with additional resources and photos.
We encourage all churches to explore and promote the use of this website, whether for personal spiritual growth, religious education, or ministry training.
Should you have any questions or feedback regarding the website, please feel free to reach out to the Pastoral Department. May God continue to guide and strengthen His church through His word and truth.
New Zealand Holy Work Update 2024
Starting in 2024, many new immigrants began to enter New Zealand for employment. It was difficult for them to find employment due to a lack of opportunities. Thank the Lord, this situation brought many new truthseekers to our local churches to attend services and pray to the Lord to guide their future path. There were also brothers and sisters from Samoa who traveled back and forth between the two places in search of their children’s future. The Lord led many people to come from afar, giving the church a new look, and allowing brothers and sisters to care for each other and help everyone adapt to life in New Zealand.
Thank God for arranging two resident pastors after coordination among the three churches last year. It is expected that one pastor will be responsible for Auckland Church, West District Prayer House, and North Shore Prayer House; the other pastor will be responsible for East Auckland Church and the newly established East District Service Point and Christchurch. Due to the shortage of preachers, Auckland Church has recruited four retired preachers to assist in the work, namely Eld. Chenguang Tsai, Pr. Changwei Lin, Eld. Yingchu Li, and Pr. Thomas Hong. This has greatly helped Auckland Church in promoting various holy works. During evangelical services, many people came to church, experienced the Holy Spirit and its transforming power, which showed the abundant grace of God.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of East Auckland Church as well as the completion of Christchurch Church’s new chapel. Hence, a thanksgiving service and a dedication ceremony were held at the respective churches. Thank God that the church has entered a new stage after the pandemic. In terms of evangelism, each church has gradually built up a regular pattern for its evangelical work, which includes gospel tea fellowships and monthly evangelical services. The East District family service began in January 2024 and was held in the homes of different brothers and sisters. After six months, East Auckland Church rented the Highland Park Community House, a municipal activity center, to hold church services on Sunday nights. Since then, the number of people attending this Sunday night church service has been about 20. Brothers and sisters serve enthusiastically. May the Lord preserve and further the holy work of each church so that truth seeking friends can continuously participate in church services and share the benefits of the gospel.
This year, we have paid several visits to fellow believers in remote places as planned. We are grateful to many missionary workers, such as Pr. Fook-Fah Chong and Pr. Ezra Chong, who showed much care and concern for New Zealand and visited believers together, which has strengthened many people’s faith and their love for the Lord. The IA Executive Council members and many preachers took time out to care for the holy work in various places in New Zealand so that the churches received a lot of help and the believers were edified. These visits allowed many members to feel the church’s care and God’s grace, which made them especially grateful for God’s care and protection.
With the improvement of each church’s hardware facilities, the number of people attending services gradually increases and the gathering points in various places are progressively expanding. If the Lord is willing, He will lead everyone to enthusiastically attend services so that the church can gradually attract more people to come before the Lord to praise and worship Him together with us. May glory be given to His holy name. Hallelujah, Amen.
Strengthen the Foundation and Repair the Walls: The Current Situation of Moscow Church
The theme of the church’s ministry this year (2024) is “Strengthen the Foundation and Repair the Walls.” Starting from March, the church’s ten articles of faith were repeatedly reviewed in the Friday evening services in order to strengthen the believers’ understanding and confidence in the church’s basic beliefs. Before each church service, all believers recited the Ten Articles of Faith once. The third round of study was completed at the end of October.
The two-month interpretation training course started on January 28, 2024. It was held twice a week for two hours each time. Participants prayed earnestly before and after the course. The sisters who served as speakers carefully selected the sermons used for interpretation practice. The three students also took the classes seriously and studied hard. On March 30th, interpretation for Sabbath services resumed after more than eight years.
A brother who came to Moscow to study vocal music five years ago actively preached the gospel to his classmates. More than a dozen college students, who were directly or indirectly led by him, came to attend Sabbath services and youth fellowships. Two of them were baptized this summer. This gave a big boost to the church’s evangelism and youth ministry. Moscow Church baptized four people this year, including two college students whom Moscow Church entrusted to the church in China to baptize them when they returned home for their summer break.
Earlier this year, a church worker from China, who was visiting relatives in Russia, assisted the Moscow Church with a two-day youth spiritual convocation, a two-day New Year spiritual convocation, and a one-day ministers training. Deacon Zephaniah from the UK was once again able to obtain a visa and came to Russia to assist with the ministry from August 16 to September 2, 2024. During this period, he helped with a five-day student spiritual convocation and a one-day religious teacher training. On August 31st, we held a baptism, foot washing, and Holy Communion. Two people were baptized, and 29 people partook of the bread and the cup.
On July 7, 2024, the European Coordination Center held a meeting to approve Moscow Church’s application to join the European Coordination Center (hereinafter referred to as ECC). On July 22nd, the chair of the ECC and a preacher held an online meeting with the chair of Moscow Church. Starting from 2025, Moscow Church will perform its duties in accordance with the regulations of the ECC, and the ministry plan will be coordinated and arranged by the ECC. On September 9th, Moscow Church received the Chinese version of the regulations that the ECC had recently translated. It is hoped that after joining the ECC, the various holy works of Moscow Church will be more standardized and complete.
Thanks to the Lord’s protection and care, the believers of Moscow Church are all safe despite the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. Thank and praise the Lord Jesus!
San Diego Chapel Purchase Update
The USGA has received the chapel purchase update from San Diego House of Prayer as attached. We would like to relay this exciting news and urgent requests to all the US churches and houses of prayer for your financial support and prayers. Please remember this holy work 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.
Attachment 1:
SDHoP Chapel Purchase Update (5_22_2025).docx
Attachment 2:
Details about the new chapel including pictures
2nd Call for USGA 2026 Full-Time Theological Training Program Recruitment
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 the USGA’s responsibility.
This is a call to recruit two more theological students for the USGA 2026 Full-Time Theological Training Program (TTP) to be prepared and equipped for full-time ministry as preachers. One theological student has already been accepted, and this is a call for two more to join. The training will begin in February 2026.
Application details are:
- Date of Examination: October 11th, 2025
- Location of Examination: Flushing Church
- Application Deadline: September 15th, 2025
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 two 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 for the 2026 TTP program.
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.
Enclosed are the updated 2026 TTP application form and application guidelines. Below, you can find TTP recruitment videos:
May the abundant grace of our Lord Jesus be with you always!