About Us – PIONEERS JAPAN

Pioneers Japan

Pursuing church planting movements
in partnership with local churches

Pioneers is an international evangelical Christian mission agency with ten mobilization gateways around the world. Pioneers has been in Japan since 1988, and currently has six teams located here.

Check out our site for more information about our teams, ministries, and opportunities in Japan!

Statement of Faith

God

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Jesus Christ

We believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, His virgin birth, sinless life, divine miracles, vicarious and atoning death on the cross, bodily resurrection, ascension and exaltation, mediatorial work, and personal, imminent, and visible return in power and glory.

The Holy Spirit

We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who indwells all believers, enabling them to live holy lives and to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ despite opposition from the world, the flesh and Satan.

Scripture

We believe that the Holy Scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, were originally given by God, divinely inspired, without error, infallible, and are entirely trustworthy and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice.

Humanity

We believe that Adam and Eve, created in the image of God, were tempted by Satan, the god of this world, and fell; that their sin has passed to all people, who as a result are lost, are unable to save themselves from the wrath of God, and need to be saved.

Salvation

We believe that salvation is a gift of God to those who repent and personally believe in Jesus Christ; that it is accomplished by God’s grace through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.

The Resurrection

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they who are saved unto the resurrection of eternal life with God, they who are lost unto the resurrection of eternal condemnation separated from God.

The Church

We believe in the spiritual unity of all true believers, the Universal Church, the Body of Christ.

The Great Commission

We believe that Christ commanded the Church to go into all the world and make disciples of all peoples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and teaching those who believe to obey all that Christ commanded.

Core Values

Passion for God
Unreached peoples
Church planting movements
Ethos of grace
Local church
Team focus
Innovation and flexibility
Participatory servant leadership

Brief History