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URI BRITO - Japan Needs Jesus: A Pastor's Shocking Discovery in a Dying Land


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Reverend Dr. Uri Brito serves as Senior Pastor of Providence Church and was elected Presiding Minister of the CREC in 2023. In this conversation he shares his recent 17-day journey through Asia, visiting CREC church plants in the Philippines and Japan while exploring how Reformed liturgical worship translates across wildly different cultures. The episode reveals surprising insights about global Christianity's future and the strategic church plant launching in Washington D.C.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
  1. The CREC has grown to 153 churches worldwide with surprising international expansion
  2. Reformed liturgical worship translates effectively across diverse cultural contexts
  3. Japanese culture shows remarkable openness to Western Christian influence among youth
  4. Becoming Protestant often means family rejection in non-Western cultures
  5. Common grace in Japan may be preparing ground for redemptive grace
  6. The CREC is launching strategic church plant in Washington D.C. in June 2024

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"How Should We Then Live" - Francis Schaeffer

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