Every year, the IA Training Department compiles and circulates a list of national youth training and
fellowship events around the world, so that youths from other countries can also sign up
and attend those events.

International youth exchange not only broadens the youths’ spiritual perspectives, but also
helps them to acquire the truth in the Bible, grow in spirit, and set their foundation of faith,
which facilitates the next generation’s cooperation in the global ministry. This will form a correct mentality towards faith, marriage, and the value of life, and also help youths to find their spouse within the Lord.

Attached please find a list of 2025 youth training and fellowship events in various countries.
We encourage all youth to attend these events. For details, please contact the respective unit referred to in the list. To register for any of these events, please follow the application procedure of the hosting GA/CB with its respective registration form or apply with this registration form.

*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.

Enclosed is the updated 2026 TTP application form and application guidelines.
Below, three ministers share their own journey towards full-time ministry and God’s blessings along the way:

 

 

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.

 

In recent years, the church in Singapore has seen an increasing number of cross-border nuptial unions. This nudges us to think of a more global role we can play in our ministry. We became aware of the pitfalls of a “mature” church in the sense of aging workers, complacency, lack-lustre ministry with run-of-the-mill activities.

Full-time ministers form an important core of a vibrant church. In terms of succession, there has been no new enrollment into full-time ministry for more than a decade. Instead of just making calls on the pulpit to enrol for full-time ministry, we planned a 5-week mini “internship” commencing in May 2024.

On the hardware front, land-scarcity in Singapore poses a seemingly insurmountable challenge to the setting up of more church locations. Of our 4 churches, only two operate in self-owned properties designated for religious use. The other two, namely Sembawang and Serangoon, congregate at rented premises. We have yet to find a viable way to branch out and establish more churches in different parts of the country.  Nevertheless, the Singapore Coordination Board remains determined to overcome the challenge, and fresh plans have been made to boost funding from all local churches so as to increase our options for church development.

Improvements on our internet ministry continue to make headway. New initiatives include:

• Instagram: Creation of the platforms; experimentation with posting and creating posts
• Videos: Experimentation with creating podcasts
• YouTube: More frequent uploads of sermons and choir presentations
• TJC Website Articles: Began drafting Q&A articles to bring traffic to our website.

Church situation as of December 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assistance by workers from abroad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assistance abroad by Singapore Ministers 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TJC Singapore Internet Ministry enhancements

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. 

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.