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Japan is one of the least churched people groups in the world • Lets change that!

‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles, That You may bring salvation to the end of the earth.’
- Isaiah 42:6/Acts 13:47

Partner with us in God's mission for the least reached in Japan

Our Part in God's Mission

Rural Japan
Were rural Japan its own nation, it would be the least reached, least churched, least missioned nation in the whole world.Vibrant Communities of Jesus Followers (VCJF)
Our dream is to see and be part of VCJF in these least reached areas, where we will know Christ and make Christ known.The Roadmap
When we get to Japan, we are dedicating 2 years to full-time language and culture acquisition by immersion. Meanwhile, we will also be participating in VCJF with our children.
After this, we will go wherever God calls us to sow seeds. We have training from our churches and from Moorlands College & All Nations Christian College to teach, preach, evangelise, plant & lead churches, and more, always spirit-led and across cultural barriers; in the name and power of Jesus Christ.

The Barriers
Japanese faith, thoughts, and practices are complex, with a potent apathy towards the Gospel that makes evangelisation complicated. Buddhism, Shinto, and Taoism blend together for most Japanese people, and the functions of these faith practices are embedded in the culture.
Everything the Gospel has to offer is already addressed with a cultural counterfeit in Japan. We know that salvation is only in Jesus Christ, and we must stand up to proclaim that Jesus is Lord of all.Partner with us
We can't do this alone. We would love you to partner with us through prayer (and support - if God leads you to), so that together we can take Jesus's good news to more people in Japan.
Just as rock-climbers need someone holding their rope at the bottom of the cliff, we need a team with us to 'watch our back' as we go where Jesus has called us. Though we may be the ones flying half-way around the world to live on a different island among the Japanese, we need your prayers to do battle for us in the unseen realms as you lift us up before the Father. Prayers are powerful and effective (James 5:16b), and when you pray for our perseverance and encouragement, for God to protect us and go before us in our interactions, and for the enemy's deceptions to be broken so that God's Kingdom can be extended in Japan, that's when things will start to happen!
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Vibrant Communities of Jesus Followers (VCJF)

Since 2025, we have been working with Operation Mobilisation to get the gospel to Japan. OM are moving towards seeing VCJF among the least reached, our focus is on the least reached in Japan.We commit to sending prayer news regularly by email:

Every Month we have 30 minutes of prayer on zoom for Japan and our work in Japan.
Email us to find out the timings and detailsOur latest prayer news is available here as a sample, we encourage you to subscribe and support us regularly.

• a great guide on praying for any missionaries you know produced by OMF

Join Our Mission to Japan: Share & Support!

We are David & Angela McClatchey, bringing Christ’s love to Japan through long-term mission, needing £3,200/month and £5,575 in startup costs by March 2026. Your prayers, giving, and sharing our story, fuels God’s work!

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Meet the McClatchey Family

We are David, Angela, and our two children. We are a family with a heart for Japan, called to serve in rural areas where the Gospel is least heard. Our journey began with a deep love for the Japanese people and a desire to share the transformative power of Christ’s love.

With training from Moorlands College and All Nations Christian College, and support from Operation Mobilisation, we are equipped and eager to embark on this mission. Join us as we prepare to bring hope and light to the least reached communities in Japan.More about us on our OM page.

St Botolph's Barton Seagrave • Our Sending Church
David became a Christian at St Botolph's Church Barton Seagrave as a teenager, and we moved to Kettering to be part of this church in 2013 after getting married. We joined a small group and over the years have served - and still serve - in a variety of roles, as we enjoy worshiping the Lord together with our church family at the evening service (and occasionally the morning service). We are grateful for all of the support and accountability we have been receiving long-term from this wonderful evangelical Anglican church family in Barton Seagrave, Kettering.

Open Door Kettering • Our Sending Church
In 2017, a close family member introduced us to Open Door [Church] Kettering [ODK], which was originally a plant from St Botolph's in the 1990s, and we felt led to start attending their [morning] services. We joined this fellowship, got rooted into a small group & began serving in the church once we realised that this church had become 'home' as well. We are grateful for all of the support and understanding we have been receiving from this wonderful, multi-cultural, evangelical New Frontiers Catalyst church family in Kettering.

St Nicholas Dersingham • Supporting Church
After being introduced to St Nicholas through an OMF contact, St Nicholas started praying for us and invited us to visit. We have visited several times, with David preaching when we visit, and we now have several good friends & supporters in the church.

Your Church?!
We would love to visit you and your church and share about Jesus, Mission, Japan, and God's call for us to serve Him in Japan (usually in that order).If your church wants to adopt us after our visit - that would be fab, but even if not, it would still be wonderful to share about His work and love for those in Japan. We know God touches His chosen hearts to join us in partnering to reach the Japanese - regardless of whether that is individuals or whole churches.We are so thankful for our supporting Churches and friends, and we regularly pray for each of our supporters. We know the Biblical principle is that 'it is more blessed to give than to receive' (Acts 20:35), and we praise God in seeing His blessings on missionary-supporting-churches to thrive and grow in attendance and grow deeper into the Word. May that be your church too!Contact us if you want us to come speak at your church / small group / other event.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is your mission in Japan?
Our mission is to establish 'vibrant communities of Jesus Followers' (VCJF) in rural Japan, focusing on areas where the Gospel is least heard.How can I support your mission?
You can partner with us through prayer, sharing our story, inviting us to speak at your church or event, or by making a financial contribution through our donation page. Going to Japan is our part in God's mission.What are your fundraising goals?
We aim to raise £3,200 per month for regular ongoing support and £5,575 in one-time startup costs by January 2026.
Our fundraising progress:

How will the funds be used?
Funds will cover living expenses, ministry activities, travel, and other costs.

Percentages are approximate and may adjust based on exchange rates and needs. Additional fees (10% Home Office, 3% OM Int) are deducted from total support.Do you have a Visa to live and work in Japan?
We’re currently praying for and waiting for 100% of our startup costs (£5,575) and 80% of our monthly financial support (>£2,560) before sending our CoE application.

Weren't you working with OMF?
Yes we were. David went to Japan with OMF as a Serve Asia Worker in 2013 and we've been attending, serving, and speaking at events with and for them ever since. We're very grateful for over 10 years of meaningful cooperation with OMF.I sent support funds to you via OMF, what happens to that money?
You will have been contacted by OMF UK by now.If you did not choose to have your money returned to you, or given to the OMF general fund, then the third option is that your money will have been retained by OMF to send onward to OM. This is currently being negotiated.How can we support you financially today?
It would be wonderful if you are able to make monthly payments of any size by direct debit and, with gift aid, via Operation Mobilisation's payment platform.If you would prefer to give another way, please contact OM's financial team by email or by phone.

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Where are you based right now?
Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK. Conveniently close to main highways and railways. Roughly 1 hour away from London, Oxford, Cambridge, Leicester, Birmingham and happy to commute if your church would like a visit from us contact us today.We're comfortable with Zoom and Teams too if you're a little (or a lot) further away!William Carey, known as the "father of modern missions" played a crucial role in establishing the modern missionary movement, originating from Kettering, in the late 1700's.How can we keep up with your news?
We are committed to producing regular Prayer Newsletters, and you can subscribe for monthly emails or quarterly emails on this website.We also share prayer requests ad-hoc in a WhatsApp group, where only David & Angela can post.Every Month we lead a 30-minute Prayer Meeting on zoom, for our journey to Japan and for Japan herself. Not all participants pray out loud. Email us to find out the timings and details

Our Monthly Prayer Newsletter 🌖

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Would you prefer to stay in touch another way?
We also maintain an instant update WhatsApp group for prayer requests on-the-fly.
Every Month we have 30 minutes of prayer on zoom for Japan and our work in Japan.
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Our Quarterly Prayer Newsletter 🍂

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Would you prefer to stay in touch another way?
We also maintain an instant update WhatsApp group for prayer requests on-the-fly.
Every Month we have 30 minutes of prayer on zoom for Japan and our work in Japan.
Email us to find out the timings and details

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Your email address will be added to our list within 1 week, you should hear from us within 3 months; please send us a message if you do not hear from us.

Our Partnership, Sharing Jesus with Japan

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Confession Prayers

Psalm 91Father, we thank You that we (our family, our ministry) dwells in the shelter of the Most High,
and we abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
For we boldly say, decree and declare that the Lord—Lord Who Is Almighty and More Than Enough,
Yahweh Who Provides, Yahweh Who Heals, Yahweh Our Righteousness,
Yahweh Is Peace, Yahweh Our Banner, Yahweh Is There,
and Creator & Possessor of heaven & earth¹—is our God.Some boast in chariots and some in horses,
But we will boast in the name of Yahweh, our God.
He is our refuge and our fortress, our God, in whom we trust!It is He who saves us from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover us with His feathers, and under His wings we will take refuge;
His truth is a large shield and rampart.
We will not fear the terror by night, or the arrow that flies by day,
or the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of destruction that devastates at midday.A thousand may fall at our side and ten thousand at our right hand,
but it shall not come near us.
We will only observe with our eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
We have made Yahweh our refuge, the Most High our dwelling place.
Therefore, no evil will befall us, and no disaster will come near our tent.For He will command His angels concerning us, to guard us in all our ways.
They will lift us up in their hands, lest we strike our foot against a stone.
We will tread upon the lion and the cobra,
we will trample the young lion and the serpent.Because we have loved Him, therefore He will rescue us;
He will set us securely on high, because we have known His name.
We will call upon Him, and He will answer us;
He will be with us in trouble; He will deliver us and honour us.
With long life He will satisfy us, and He will show us His salvation.
Salvation is of the Lord. In Jesus' name.- Ps. 91:1-16; Ps. 20:7 LSB¹: Hebrew names and their first references: El Shaddai (Genesis 17:1), Yahweh-Jireh (Genesis 22:12-14), Yahweh-Rapha (Exodus 15:22-26), Yahweh Tsidkenu (Jeremiah 23:6), Yahweh Shalom (Judges 6:24), Yahweh Nissi (Exodus 17:8-15), Yahweh Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35), Qoneh shamayim wa’arets (Genesis 14:19).

Deuteronomy 28 BlessingsWe diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh our God, being careful to do all His commandments which He is commanding us today, Yahweh our God will set us high above all the nations of the earth. Therefore all these blessings will come upon us and overtake us if we listen to the voice of Yahweh our God:Blessed shall we be in the city, and blessed shall we be in the field.
Blessed shall be the offspring of our body and the produce of our ground and the offspring of our beasts, the increase of our herd and the young of our flock.
Blessed shall be our basket and our kneading bowl.
Blessed shall we be when we come in, and blessed shall we be when we go out.Yahweh shall cause our enemies who rise up against us to be defeated before us; they will come out against us one way and will flee before us seven ways. Yahweh will command the blessing upon us in our barns and in all that we send forth our hand to do, and He will bless us in the land which Yahweh our God gives us.Yahweh will establish us as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to us, if we keep the commandments of Yahweh our God and walk in His ways. So all the peoples of the earth will see that we are called by the name of Yahweh, and they will be afraid of us. Yahweh will make us abound in prosperity, in the offspring of our body and in the offspring of our beast and in the produce of our ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers to give us. Yahweh will open for us His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to our land in its season and to bless all the work of our hand; and we shall lend to many nations, but we shall not borrow.Yahweh will make us the head and not the tail, and we will only be above, and we will not be underneath, if we listen to the commandments of Yahweh our God, which He is commanding us today, to keep and to do, and do not turn aside from any of the words which He is commanding us today, to the right or to the left, to walk after other gods to serve them.He will give to us according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith; and that we, being firmly rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that we may be filled up to all the fullness of God.Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or understand, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.- Deu28:1-14; Eph3:16-21 LSB