Juanita Bynum – Bishop Thomas Weeks III Give Christians in Japan a Bad Feeling?

There are four posts that are being read pretty heavily about Juanita Bynum – Thomas Weeks III.

They are

Juanita Bynum – Thomas Weeks III – Christians? Which Bible Are They Reading?,

Juanita Bynum Decides to file charges against husband Thomas Weeks III

andJuanita Bynum – Thomas Weeks III Make Christian Missionaries in Asia Cringe.

I thought I’d put my two cents in on these ongoings and

how they might relate to Japan.

When I lived in Japan, we offered Bible classes at all the language schools that we started. The teachers we hired were Christians and among other things we hoped for the chance to share our faith.

Unlike other religious groups in Japan who offered to teach English under pretenses of sharing their beliefs, we did are darndest to teach English well, to give the Japanese what they paid for and more AND, offer as an elective the chance to study the Bible with us, if they liked. No pressure…no subtleties.

English now….Bible then.

It was hard, because Japanese just aren’t interested.

Though missionaries might cringe in other parts of the world…they aren’t likely batting an eye in Japan over the Juanita Bynum and Thomas Weeks III affair….I think. I may be wrong.  Perhaps the news about these two just isn’t news at all in Japan.

The most difficult lesson I ever had to teach about the Christian life was when I had a group of Japanese students with me in a small town outside of Columbus, OH, in the heart of the Bible belt.

On three of four corners in this small town of 2,000 people were three different churches.

One of my students asked – “Sensei. Why are there so many churches so close together in such a small place?”

I can answer that question but it is beyond the scope of this post.

In light of the Thomas Bynum Affair…a more pressing and perhaps equally difficult question today might be “Sensei, why do Christians act this way?”

Yeah…why do they act this way?

And, so that everyone can see them do it.

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