Pray that God changes the spiritual condition of the affected areas of the earthquake. The areas affected by the earthquake and tsunamis of Miyagi, Fukushima, and Ibaraki are some of the most spiritually needy places in Japan. With over 4.9 million people yet only about 9,000 active Christians (about 0.15%) in 454 churches. Fukushima has the lowest average worship attendance with only 19 per church. There is one city and 44 towns still with no church.
Pray for CRASH relief efforts as they assess needs and resources and begin mobilizing people for relief efforts
Other agencies are very active and networking together.
Amen–But please also pray for Iwate Ken, also one of the MAIN prefectures impacted by the tsunami and the LEAST churched among all the tsunami impacted prefectures. Miyagi, Fukushima, and North Ibaraki Ken all need more churches, but each have a higher percentage of churched towns than Iwate Ken–and a lot more missionaries. Iwate Ken does not have a single JEMA-listed missionary. So please remember all four prefectures in your prayers. If interested in exploring becoming a church planting missionary in Iwate Ken in particular, please email me at dawndb1@hotmail.com. If interested in committing to pray for the unchurched areas of any of these prefectures, please email rjcpn@hotmail.com to express interest in adopting one of these for long-term prayer and in receiving quarterly prayer updates.
Those who want more details on praying for individual cities that are being ministered to by Christian relief agencies could visit http://groups.google.com/group/Pray4Japan for details on some churches and cities in the hard hit regions. Also http://www.gospelrest.com has some basic information on the whole area.