John Livingston
Church/Ministry Name : Izumi Community Church
Location: Lexington, KY
Ministry Description/Vision: Izumi Community Church exists to share the good news with the roughly 2,000+ Japanese people and other internationals, and Americans connected to them which God has sovereignly brought to the area of greater Lexington, Kentucky. To see them come to faith and be built up and discipled so that they then can put down root and bear fruit back in Japan, or wherever the Lord may lead them.
Spouse: Yoriko Livingston
Family Information:
My wife Yoriko is the daughter of a Japanese pastor who served his whole life planting churches and bringing the gospel to the people of Japan. Yoriko and I have been ministering to Japanese and other internationals together since we were married in 1998. We have three children. Hope is 25 and is seriously feeling led to some form of international missions and has completed a number of short-term mission trips. Trueman is 22 and just graduated from Asbury University. He also has a heart for people and is considering next steps for his future including ministry options. Walker our youngest is 15 and homeschooled. All of our children are helping with this new church plant in various capacities and as they are able.
Worship Information
Primary Language: English, Japanese
Worship Attendance: 40
Total Membership: 21
Worship Location:
4300 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40515
Worship Times:
11AM Sunday Mornings
Website/Social Media:
https://izumicommunity.church/
Ministry & Prayer Update
Pray for us to be able to remain strong and finish strong in April and May; that is that we can remain strong and continue to see good things happening with all those we are ministering to until everyone starts moving, and taking vacations, and many students will be gone for the summer, or going home for good.
Pray also for a Chinese couple who we have been ministering to this past year. The husband is very close to making a decision, and seems to be doing everything he can to help is wife to come to that same place with him!
Pray for God to do the final miracle work that only he can do in the hearts of the many non-Christians who we have been clearly sharing the gospel with, some now more than two years with.
Pray for a certain couple and others we have leads on that are coming from Japan in the Fall to have a heart for working with us, and wisdom for us as the Pastor as we build relationships with them, and seek to engage them in an effective way which would be a blessing to them, and have the greatest impact.
Pray that God would help us to go on during the summer months despite a large number of people being absent, and that even though numbers may be smaller that great things will still happen with those who are here, and that we would see God drawing others to us during the summer months.
It has been three years since we did a follow up trip to Japan. And we will be doing a three week trip in June during which we will meet with many of those who have gone back over the years, and in particular the three who were saved and baptized by us in the last two years. Nodoka, Lilly, and Takako.
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