We had the opportunity to head to Tokyo earlier this month to attend Passion 2010. Passion is a conference held both in America and around the world for young adult Christians, with the intention of uniting in prayer and worship for a spiritual awakening in our generation. (In America, is it held once per year in Altlanta and this year's attendance was about 23,000 people!)
Many great people in Christian Music put this together: Chris Tomlin, David Crowder, Charlie Hall, and Louie Giglio speaks at the event.
Passion Tokyo (photo from Passion blog)
Tokyo's conference has a bit of a different vibe because it is such a non-Christian nation. It is a time for worship and prayer for Japan as well as the world, but it is also open for non-Christians to come and learn about the faith. We sang songs in english and a bit in Japanese, and Louie Giglio gave a great message about God's love being personal to each person and how he can use you to make a difference in the world.
(photo from Passion blog)
Our church took a group of 10 people, some new Christians, and some still considering the faith. We took the Bullet Train up to Tokyo together and had a blast together! The Tokyo Passion Conference had 3,000 people! It was amazing for us to see such a large group of Christians gathered together at one time. Some day soon, wouldn't it be great to see a gathering of more like 20,000 Japanese Christians at an event like Passion?
Our group
A picture of just the ladies.
It was such a fun time to hang out with each other. Not to mention a great encouragement to see so many Christians in one place. I think it was encouraging for the Japanese Christians from our church as well. It was a powerful night, and it just reminded us that God is working in Japan to reveal himself to his people.
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