More than a half million Japanese have lost or evacuated their homes since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and a monstrous tsunami struck the island nation on Friday. Nearly 70,000 of the evacuees had fled homes near three nuclear reactors rocked by explosions that sent workers scrambling to prevent dangerous radiation leaks. Authorities warned another 140,000 residents... Continue Reading

While most Westerners often are preoccupied with causes of disaster — the questions of why God would allow an earthquake, for example — Eastern traditions like Buddhism and Shinto focus on behavior in reaction to tragedy. It is very important in Japanese life to react in a positive way, to be persistent and to clean... Continue Reading

Samaritans Purse and Churches Helping Churches have joined with many Japan-based evangelical mission teams, including Mission to the World and Presbyterian Mission International, to provide relief throughout the affected area of Japan. As we previously reported on The Aqulia Report, CRASH (an acronym for Christian, Relief, Assistance, Support, & Hope is the disaster relief arm... Continue Reading

Dr. Nielson will be leaving to become president of the newly formed Maclellan Center for Global Christian Education, an initiative of the Maclellan Family Foundations, which has been created to strengthen and advance the Christian education enterprise in the United States and throughout the world. At a meeting of the Covenant College Board of Trustees... Continue Reading

Lots of important news and details about the entire situation in Japan is contained in the following email which was sent by Pastor Shigeru Takiura (pastor of the Keiyaku RPC near Kobe, Japan) to Dr. Jonathan Watt, Executive Secretary of RP Global Missions, located in Pittsburgh. We will any further posts from the RPC churches... Continue Reading

The Richmond Study Center has formally defined their mission to bring gospel transformation to individuals and communities within the greater Richmond area by fostering serious consideration and discussion of a biblical worldview and its bearing on every area of life and culture. PCA Teaching Elder Chris Daniel was ordained by James River Presbytery to serve... Continue Reading

Danny Iverson left Japan, where he grew up, to return to the U.S. for college. Afterwards, he moved to New Jersey to work with his grandfather, Bill Iverson – a PEF Evangelist – and helped develop an inner city ministry. He then moved with his wife and children to Orlando where he is attending RTS... Continue Reading

Barna’s latest published divorce statistics say one-third of all adults, including “non-evangelical born again Christians,” have ended a marriage. Barna’s statistics are tied to its highly specific—and controversial—definitions of born-again Christians and evangelicals. It’s been proclaimed from pulpits and blogs for years—Christians divorce as much as everyone else in America. But some scholars and family... Continue Reading

PCA Missionary Tom Hudson provided the following information to The Aqulia Report this evening (Tuesday, 11:25PM EDST) The following is a report we received this evening from Rev. and Mrs. Koji Easaki. Koji is Japanese and is a graduate of Covenant Theological Seminary. He ministers in the Nagoya area, about 160 miles west of Toyko.... Continue Reading

You have, no doubt, watched the unfolding of the crisis in Japan following the massive earthquake and tsunami. We are grateful that our missionaries and their families are safe, but they are also grieving for this country whose people they love. Our missionaries and the churches with which they are affiliated are making an immediate... Continue Reading