About us English of New Hope International Fellowship Osaka

New Hope International Fellowship Osaka is a Protestant Christian church. Our church was started in October, 2005 as a branch church of Honolulu Hawaii's New Hope Church.
Sunday services are held bilingually, using English and Japanese in dramas, videos, member's testimonies and Gospel dance. Messages address the problems related to everyday life, are easy to understand and we learn how the teachings of the Bible can be applied to our lives.
At New Hope, we want everyone to be encouraged and we desire that each person will come to know our savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Please come as you are! Also, please come and hear the Good News of God's love.
We warmly welcome you and look forward to your coming.

Born and raised in South Korea, Sangchol Lee received Jesus Christ as his personal savior as an 18-year old college freshman. In 1994, upon graduating from Daegu University, he joined Campus Crusade for Christ, one of the world’s largest global mission organizations, where he faithfully served the Lord for 15 years as a full-time staff member. During his tenure at Campus Crusade for Christ, he helped pioneer new campus ministries at three different universities. He then went on to study Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, where he earned his Master of Divinity. In 2001, he served as Youth Pastor at Dream Community Korean Church in Irving, Texas, where he was later anointed Associate Pastor. At Team Church in Fort Worth, Texas, he later received church planting training. After undergoing missionary training in Orlando, Florida, he was sent to Japan as a missionary for Campus Crusade for Christ International in 2005. In October 2008, he was appointed Senior Pastor of New Hope Osaka. He lives in Osaka with his wife, Mina, and his two sons, Joseph and Abraham.

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1. We believe that every person, Christian and non-Christian alike, is valuable to God and to his Kingdom.

• Because people are eternally valuable to God, they are to us as well. Responsible evangelism will always be our cause and ongoing discipleship will always be the core of the ministry. 【Mt. 18:14 / Mt. 25:45 / 2 Peter 3:9】

2. We believe that “Doing Church as a Team” is God’s design for effective ministry.

• A spirit empowered serving with the willing hearted involvement of every person is vital to God’s plan being accomplished. 【Eccl. 4:9-12 / Ps. 133:1 / Eph. 4:11-16 / 1 Peter 2:4-9】

3. We believe that a simple presentation of Jesus Christ in creative ways will impact and transform lives.

• Relating to our culture through redeeming the arts while remaining true to the Scriptures is a balance we will always keep. This allows us to present the Gospel in such a way that reaches the heart. 【1 Cor. 9:22-23 / Acts 17:22-34】

4. In keeping with the great commandment, we believe every member should commit to a lifestyle of consistent spiritual growth with honest accountability.

• A genuine love for God is always the first priority. Every Christian should yearn for continual spiritual growth. Therefore, discipleship through small groups, accountability, and open honesty is critical to maturing in our faith. 【Mark 12:29-31 / Acts 2:44-47 / 1 Peter 2:2 / 1 Timothy 4:7-8 / Prov. 27:17】

5. We believe that every member is a minister who has been given gifts to be discovered, developed, and deployed.

• We are a gift-based, volunteer driven church. Each believer will find his greatest joy and fulfillment when serving in his spiritual gifts and passion. Every believer is created for ministry, gifted for ministry, authorized for ministry, and needed for ministry. 【Mark 10:45 / Eph. 2:10 / Romans 12 / 1 Cor. 12:14-20】

6. We believe that God is worthy of our very best. Therefore, a growing spirit of excellence should permeate every activity.

• Not perfection but excellence with consistent evaluation and willingness to improve for the sake of the kingdom of God are distinctive of growing ministries. 【Ps. 78:72 / Dan. 5:12 / Col. 3:17 / Ecc. 10:10】

7. We believe that genuine love and caring relationships are key to the life of every endeavor.

• Refusing to give audience to a spirit of complaining we will instead be courageous in solving every problem in a way that honors God and builds biblical character. We value healthy relationships by protecting the unity of the spirit in our church. 【James 1:2-3 / 1 Peter 3:8-9 / 1 Cor. 13:8 / Romans 16:17 / Eph. 4:3】

8. We believe that the most effective evangelism happens through people inviting people.

• We believe that a life will reach a life. Each believer develops genuine relationships with friends and family and extends an invitation to them. Evangelism gets to be a normal, natural lifestyle of winning others to Christ, one by one. 【Pr. 11:30 / John 1:43-45 / John 4:28-30】

9. We believe in identifying and training emerging leaders who are fully committed to Christ and who will reach their generation with the Gospel.

• God is raising up men and women who will take the baton of godly character, authentic faith, and servant-hearted leadership into the next generation.【2 Tim. 2:2 / 1 Tim. 3:1 / Titus 1:5-9 / Ps. 78:6-7】