building up of the body of Christ” Ephesians 4:12
G.E.M.s represents the combined work and ministries of the Gordon family living in Japan. This family photo was taken at the wedding of our daughter Micah Joy to Akihiro, 8/6/11. Sarah is to the left & Ricky to the right of the couple.
Living Way Church (LWC)
Ricky & Sarah work together as missionary-pastors of LWC overseeing the life of some 100+ believers from 10 different countries. The church, which celebrated its 23rd Anniversary May 12, 2011, is the foundation for all the other ministries that follow.
Loving Decisions [Ai no Kesshin]
Sarah is the Director of this all-volunteer agency that helps women and children in crisis. Ako is Sarah’s
indispensable assistant and interpreter as they have to continually deal with hospitals and city and state governments. We have placed 180+ infants and children with Christian adoptive families. For the past two years we’ve averaged 7 babies at a time in foster care in our house. Everyone helps with the babies (out of necessity).
Shachah & Performing Arts
Catherine and Elizabeth have taught ballet classes and choreographed performances for church. 8 years ago they formed Shachah, a modern dance troupe commu-nicating the gospel through music and dance. For the past 8 summers they have performed throughout Japan and toured Indonesia in 2009.
The Shulamites, an Unreached People
Our church is partnering with other churches to reach the Shulamites, code name for an ethnic group of almost 20 million people who do not have a single church among them. They suffer under the oppression of two demonic forces: one anti-God & the other anti-Christian.
Central City Ministry (CCM)
For over 3 years now our church has reached out to the ever increasing homeless/jobless population of our city. About 12 men have received Jesus. Some have been baptized and attend church faithfully.Indian Evangelical Team (I.E.T.)
LWC is the Japan home base for I.E.T., India’s largest indigenous Christian work. All funds from Japan to support orphans and Christian workers in India are channeled through the church.
To contact the Gordons in Japan:
Mailing Address: TelPh/Fax: 81-54-247-94112-13-7 Karase, Aoi-ku Cell(Ricky): 81-90-8957-8152
Shizuoka-shi 420-0937 Cell(Sarah): 81-90-2578-4074
U.S.# rings in Japan: 205-533-8726
Ricky’s Blog for more Detailed accounts of life & work:http://gordonjapn.blogspot.com/
Podcasts of Bilingual messages: http://www.lwcshizuoka.com/Living_Way/Home.htmlCheck out Ricky & Sarah’s FaceBook sites, too!
E-Mail: Gordonjapn@gmail.com
All contributions should be sent to:
DCF-Missions
2054 John D. Odom Road
Dothan, AL 36303 For: Japan__
[All contributions are tax-deductible]
