Peter & Wendi Thomson

With national partners, we develop Kingdom communities where community already exists.

Peter and Wendi Thomson have served as missionaries in Japan since 1988 and currently reside in western Japan. They joined the Sunrise family in 2012, after serving twenty-four years with Asian Access. These two missions have collaborated and partnered for decades to proclaim the love of Christ in Japan and throughout Asia.

The Thomsons are collaborating with national partners to bring Kingdom transformation to Japan. Their desire is to see the whole of society impacted by the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and do this through…

1. Supporting, and running, businesses based on Kingdom principles. Called “Kingdom enterprises”, these businesses allow the Thomsons and their Japanese co-workers to proclaim Christ in the context of everyday life. Instead of inviting people to a worship service, they take the Kingdom to the community.

2. Equipping and releasing disciples of Jesus who will impact their communities through simple models and materials. Their vision is to see believers equipped and released through discipleship to live in dynamic love -relationships with Jesus. Disciples reproducing disciples.

3. Supporting new Kingdom communities (the Church) as they are born. The Thomsons are working to see churches planted in businesses, schools, and local communities, anyplace where life happens. With Japanese co-workers, they are developing a network to support leaders and congregations using a “simple, organic” model for church life. The focus is on ‘lay’ leaders who will be able to rapidly multiply.

4. Models and plans that focus on everyday lives of the Japanese people. Their current focus is not on ‘professional’ clergy, but emerging leaders serving in businesses, schools and communities.

proclaim CHRIST

raise DISCIPLES

plant CHURCHES

Current Projects

Lifeway Fellowship

Lifeway Fellowship is a Japanese-speaking fellowship based on a ‘house/organic church’ model. We meet to pray together, read Scripture and listen to Jesus together, to equip and encourage one another, and to share a meal together.

We are an equipping network for people working in house/organic churches in the Kansai area. If you are part of a house/organic church, we can help equip you and your team in discipleship, leadership, prayer ministry, prophetic ministry, and healing ministry. We believe in simple, easily sharable materials and workshops which focus on experiential learning.

In addition to equipping house/organic churches, members of our team are available for:

  • Marriage Workshops
  • Life coaching
  • Business coaching
  • Training in teaching English and operating an outreach via English
  • Cross-cultural living (language acquisition, adjustment, etc.)
Flip Education Center

Flip is the name of our eduction center, through which we interact with our local community. We provide support to families through study programs, English classes, marriage and family workshops, and various activities. The education center is incorporated as a not-for-profit general association in Japan. Visit Flip’s site here.

life

‘life’ is an international bi-lingual fellowship that meets on the 1st and 3rd Sunday evening of each month. Bring your own dinner and join us for prayer, study and fellowship. Meeting locations rotate, so connect with us. All are welcome! Watch our ad.

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Galatians 6:9.

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Internship: Explore serving with us!

We are a growing team of committed followers of Christ who are passionate about loving Jesus and loving people. Do you have a heart for Japan? We welcome short-term teams that can help us tangibly love our local community. 1-2 weeks

Are you thinking about serving in Japan? We offer a 1-3 month internship that provides on-the-job training to help you discover where Jesus is a work and how you can join him.