Brett Rayl

Executive Director & Team Leader of CBI Japan. PhD student in Religion and Theology, VU Amsterdam.

[Brett Rayl @brettrayl]

Grateful for the opportunity to highlight the glorious importance of the existing church in places like Japan.

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

“Indigenous churches in unreached places are often small and struggling, but for a people group who needs the gospel, these churches can make all the difference in the world.”

Brett Rayl opens missionaries’ eyes to churches we may easily overlook. https://t.co/E3HoqP7qt8

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@iamfujimura Print hangs in my living room!

[CBI (Christ Bible Institute) @cbijapan]

【ハリネズミのハナ、いじめに立ち向かう/ Halle Takes A Stand】

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Thankful for the opportunity to write this article for @desiringGod and to be able to share a reminder of God's powerful work of redemption in Japan that has largely been forgotten.
https://t.co/fPJfk06chN

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Prayers appreciated as we begin plans for CBI/MTW's first supply run for churches and Christians in Ishikawa. We will meet with the CBI team and CBS students tomorrow to pray and make plans to respond to an urgent request we received from churches in Ishikawa! More soon!

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tradition. May the Lord turn all of our eyes to Christ alone for salvation. 7) For all believers in Japan to know how to love and serve our friends as we learn more in the coming days.

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Thanks to all who are praying for Japan after the earthquake today. CBI is located about 3 hours south of Ishikawa, which is in the same Chubu region as Nagoya. We have multiple friends and CBS graduates in that area.

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6) For the Lord to turn all people to himself in the midst of this leading to the salvation of many. Lots of people were at temples and shrines for the New Year as the earthquake struck. This is a spiritually dark season in Japan as so many look march off to worship idols out of

[OMF International @OMF_Int]

Please join us in prayer for #Japan after the earthquake and tsunami warning there earlier.

Pray for protection, for those affected and for the emergency response.

Live updates from @BBCNews: https://t.co/M0FNRal8Jb

#PrayForJapan

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Pray for Ishikawa and the West Coast!

[Japan Today News @JapanToday]

'It hurts my heart': Japan's Kanto massacre, 100 years on: This week Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that… #japannews #japantoday https://t.co/pV1FwWPaQE

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Thankful for the invite to write an article for Radical. I hope it’s helpful for anyone considering an opportunity in Japan. https://t.co/NKhibiKikx

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Apparently, he was also a respected fisherman, because this plaque in Seattle was created in his honor. And U.G. stands for "Ulysses Grant".

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U.G. Murphy (1869-1967) was a Methodist missionary to Nagoya who played a significant role in the anti-brothel movement in Japan by helping a young woman test a law which said contracts made with people under the age of 20 were invalid.

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Murphy returned to the US in 1908 for health reasons and became a major advocate for Japanese-Americans on the West Coast against US internment policies during WWII. He also help them find jobs after they were finally released.