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!

The current status of the churches in Canada:

 

 

 

 

Calgary Church

Calgary Church has grown significantly since 2017, with membership increasing from 60 to 111 as of this year. We’ve also seen a steady stream of truth-seeking friends regularly attending services, aiming to guide them towards baptism in Christ. This growth has prompted us to seek a larger chapel to support our expanding congregation and holy work.

With the growing membership, there has also been an increased number of children, which  has led to a shortage of Religious Education (RE) teachers. We are working to train more teachers and other workers like hymn leaders and pianists. 

Because of the growth in our church, this year’s AGM marked the first time we increased the number of our church council members from 5 to 7. With the increase in council members, we are still discovering our roles and responsibilities, working on how to divide up the work and collaborate more effectively. A larger congregation means that more resources are needed to help take care of the members here. We pray for the Lord to give us wisdom, patience, and strength.

Although members have stepped up to help where needed, we still often struggle to hold pastoral and training activities due to sharing our resident preacher with Edmonton Church and additionally with the IA/CCC.

This year’s theme, “Rebuilding the Wall,” has been central to our activities and was also the central theme in our Spring Evangelical Service and Spiritual Convocation (ESSC). Our 2024 Spring ESSC began on a Friday afternoon, which was a first for us. Thank God, we saw strong participation despite members’ busy schedules. 

A youth camp was recently held to promote fellowship among the youth in Edmonton and Calgary Church. We hope to strengthen teamwork among the youths so they can take up the baton of leading the church in the near future.

 

Edmonton Church

Thank God, Edmonton church is growing with new truth seekers and members moving here. We currently have truth seekers from China, Canada, and Vietnam. Many have come because they were looking for churches that follow the Sabbath. We pray that they will continue to seek salvation and be baptized soon.

In the past few months, we have begun to form a formal evangelical team to help truth seekers specifically. We have also begun a married couple fellowship that meets once a quarter and a “Big Brothers Big Sisters” fellowship that runs at the same time (so that children have something to attend). The feedback for both events has been positive and enthusiastic.
 
Edmonton Church has been looking for a larger building. The current building does not have a kitchen, fellowship or classroom space. A Lutheran church was up for sale, and the congregation approved its purchase at the beginning of the year. Two other bidders made offers. Unfortunately, the Lutheran church decided to sell to one of their existing tenants for a lower price. Although this purchase was unsuccessful, our building committee continues looking for suitable properties. May God continue to guide us in this endeavor.

 

Vancouver Church & Burnaby Church

Vancouver and Burnaby Church have restarted family services in 2024; thank God for members willing to open their house for family service. Family service is important for members to fellowship in the word of God and a good opportunity to invite truth seeking friends.

Various training events were conducted jointly with Burnaby and Vancouver Church. Sermon speaker training was held on June 30. Hymn leader, pianist and usher training was held on July 21. Thank God for the willingness of members to support holy work–we all need to work together for the glory of the Lord Jesus. 

The second renovation phase continues at Burnaby Church. We have received the building permit from the City for the renovation of RE class rooms and two more showers for a total of three showers, enabling Burnaby to hold events such as student spiritual convocations.

 

Montreal House of Prayer

Montreal House of Prayer is located in a French-speaking area in Canada.  There are about 24 registered members, and about 14 members attend Sabbath service regularly.

There were 8 Montreal members and 4 Ottawa members who joined the East Region Youth Fellowship. Thank God, this was a particularly good fellowship opportunity for them. We were all very joyful to see each other. 

 

Toronto Church

There are about 300 active members in the Toronto church, and the number of people attending Sabbath services is about 160 to 180. The goal is to branch out soon.

In May, Toronto Church hosted a youth camp for the East Region youths. Thank and praise God, there were more than 80 participants from the East Region. The youths had a very wonderful fellowship, worshipping together through hymn singing and Bible studies, as well as attending team building activities. 

 

Kitchener/Waterloo House of Prayer

There are about 42 active members in Kitchener/Waterloo House of Prayer, and the number of people attending Sabbath services is about 40. Waterloo has many college student truth seeking friends who are important targets for our gospel ministry.

Kitchener/Waterloo House of Prayer has recently started a church wide sports activity after some Sabbath services. Thank God, it became a good opportunity for the young children to bond with the adults in church by playing sports. 

 

Ottawa Family Service Place

The Ottawa Family Service Place consists of three families, with a total of 8 members. On Sabbath, they mainly hold online services. During the bi-weekly pastoral visits, the preacher will participate in online services at the Montreal House of Prayer.

May God continue to guide the holy work in Canada. All glory be onto the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.

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).

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).

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:

1. 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.
2. Actively preach the gospel.
3. 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.

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.

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.

 

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!

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