Reaching People In Different Cultures - Michael and Rachel Sawka Pt 2
Into The Fire
English - February 28, 2022 22:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBChristianity Religion & Spirituality discussion catch the fire christian duncan smith god kate smith toronto partners in harvest theology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On today's episode, we are joined for the 2nd time by our friends Michael and Rachel Sawka.
They share with us how cultural differences can influence and determine how you connect with people and reach them for Jesus. We have to relate to people where they are at and inside of the culture they have been brought up in. Michael and Rachel articulate this so well.
Michael and Rachel have been missionaries in Japan since 1999. Michael was raised in Japan as a missionary kid and Rachel was raised in the UK by parents who were Senior Pastors. They have been working with Ron and Teddy Sawka (Michael's parents) and the ministry they established in Japan since 1999. In 2004 Michael and Rachel took over leadership of the local church and in 2015 a network of churches in Japan called Arise5. In 2019, God led them to connect with Catch The Fire and with Ron and Teddy Sawka, they decided to join, as a network, and become a part of the Catch The Fire family. In April 2020, CTF Japan was established and later that year CTF Hong Kong and CTF Taiwan. Michael and Rachel became the senior leaders of the Catch the Fire Asia sphere in 2020.