Next Steps Projects Overview

New Deeper & Further Ministry Projects

• Strengthening families with the gospel: We plan to translate and publish Parenting by Paul Tripp, along with three gospel-focused children’s books, in an effort to come alongside parents as they strive to pass the gospel to the next generation.
• Enhancing the CBI library: To optimize the library’s usefulness to both students and local pastors, we intend to implement a reliable library software system and bring on a part-time staff member dedicated to the library.
• Hosting a church revitalization conference: We aim to host a conference for 50–100 pastors, providing a forum for Japanese pastors to define what church revitalization looks like in Japan and spur each other on to pursue this calling.
• Developing our translation capability: We will develop and implement a whole new approach to translating CBI Media articles by simultaneously training AI models for better-quality translation and cultivating translators who are prepared to use these tools.

Campaign Need

The total cost for these four projects comes out to $199,941

1. $92,010 for the “strengthening families with the gospel” project.
   By God’s grace, we have already received a 1:1 matching grant for this effort!
2. $25,000 for the library enhancement project.
3. $30,000 for the church revitalization conference project.
4. $52,931 for the translation development project.

*Any funds raised over our goal will be used CBI’s Deeper & Further Initiative