Lifehouse International Church | |
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Location | Tokyo |
Country |
Japan Hong Kong Indonesia |
Denomination | Australian Christian Churches |
Website | www.mylifehouse.com |
History | |
Founded | August 2002 |
Clergy | |
Senior pastor(s) | Rod and Viv Plummer |
Lifehouse International Church is an international Pentecostal church with locations across Japan & other parts of Asia. It is an Australian Christian Churches church and partner with the ARC Network of Churches.
The church was founded in 2002 by Rod Plummer and his wife Viv in Tokyo, Japan, with a team of 16 people. [1]
The church was originally named Jesus Lifehouse simplified to Lifehouse as they started to plant Churches in other countries.
Lifehouse Tokyo has seen consistent growth every year growing from the initial team of 16 people to over 2,500 in 2020. [2]
Lifehouse is affiliated with the Australian Christian Churches, which belongs to the Pentecostal tradition of Christianity. [3]
Lifehouse Church uses primarily original songs in their services, which is translated and sung bilingually in English and Japanese.
They have released several albums of bilingual worship music in recent years, which are available on Amazon Music, Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.
Albums include Revival, Direction, Overcome, Running Only After you, No Limit, All or Nothing, In Your Name Forward King of King and Celebrate. [4]
Lifehouse church holds a conference annually.[ citation needed]
The Lifehouse conference [5] is each year and is designed to promote the cause of the local church in Japan and across the world. The conference is attended by up to 3000 people from various countries.[ citation needed]
In 2011 Lifehouse Church initiated a free homestay program. Tōhoku Relief HomeStay is a Relief Program administered by LifeHouse International Church together with support and partnership from Air New Zealand, Qantas as well as partner Churches and HomeStay partners in New Zealand & Australia. [6] for school and university students affected by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.[ citation needed]
210 students were sent to America, Australia and New Zealand during August and September to stay with host families and attend English schools free of charge. [7] [8] [9]
Lifehouse Church worked with many partners to organize the program including American Airlines, Qantas, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Time Out New Zealand, Berlitz Language, ACC International Relief, TAFE NSW, the New Zealand Embassy and local churches throughout Australia, New Zealand and America. [10]
Lifehouse International Church | |
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| |
Location | Tokyo |
Country |
Japan Hong Kong Indonesia |
Denomination | Australian Christian Churches |
Website | www.mylifehouse.com |
History | |
Founded | August 2002 |
Clergy | |
Senior pastor(s) | Rod and Viv Plummer |
Lifehouse International Church is an international Pentecostal church with locations across Japan & other parts of Asia. It is an Australian Christian Churches church and partner with the ARC Network of Churches.
The church was founded in 2002 by Rod Plummer and his wife Viv in Tokyo, Japan, with a team of 16 people. [1]
The church was originally named Jesus Lifehouse simplified to Lifehouse as they started to plant Churches in other countries.
Lifehouse Tokyo has seen consistent growth every year growing from the initial team of 16 people to over 2,500 in 2020. [2]
Lifehouse is affiliated with the Australian Christian Churches, which belongs to the Pentecostal tradition of Christianity. [3]
Lifehouse Church uses primarily original songs in their services, which is translated and sung bilingually in English and Japanese.
They have released several albums of bilingual worship music in recent years, which are available on Amazon Music, Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.
Albums include Revival, Direction, Overcome, Running Only After you, No Limit, All or Nothing, In Your Name Forward King of King and Celebrate. [4]
Lifehouse church holds a conference annually.[ citation needed]
The Lifehouse conference [5] is each year and is designed to promote the cause of the local church in Japan and across the world. The conference is attended by up to 3000 people from various countries.[ citation needed]
In 2011 Lifehouse Church initiated a free homestay program. Tōhoku Relief HomeStay is a Relief Program administered by LifeHouse International Church together with support and partnership from Air New Zealand, Qantas as well as partner Churches and HomeStay partners in New Zealand & Australia. [6] for school and university students affected by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.[ citation needed]
210 students were sent to America, Australia and New Zealand during August and September to stay with host families and attend English schools free of charge. [7] [8] [9]
Lifehouse Church worked with many partners to organize the program including American Airlines, Qantas, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Time Out New Zealand, Berlitz Language, ACC International Relief, TAFE NSW, the New Zealand Embassy and local churches throughout Australia, New Zealand and America. [10]