Directory
The 47 member missions and 28 endorsed ministries of JEMA. Everyone serving with a member mission is automatically a JEMA member, and member missions hold voting rights at JEMA meetings. Counselors, retreat centers, and practical help live on the Resources page.
Events
Retreats, prayer gatherings, and conferences across the community. Subscribe once — every event, in your own calendar.
Prayer
Okutama Prayer Summit
The annual gathering for extended prayer in the mountains west of Tokyo.
Member care
Fresh Waters Spiritual Retreat
Guided retreat for rest and renewal, with the Member Care ministry.
Women in Ministry
WIM retreats & days of prayer
Regional gatherings in Kanto, Kansai, and Tohoku — retreats, conferences, and coffee-chat-pray mornings.
Online
JEMA Online Prayer Gathering
Monthly, from anywhere. Pray for Japan with the whole community.
Event names from the live calendar, August 2026. The v2 build keeps the events system and adds an iCal feed.
Join
One membership, everything included: quarterly print Japan Harvest, the full online archive, the annual JEMA Directory, the JEMA Community, and member rates for events and email ads.
Via your mission
Included
Serve with one of the 47 member missions? You're already a JEMA member.
Associate
¥6,300/yr
¥7,500 per couple
For workers in Japan not affiliated with a member mission.
Overseas
US$75/yr
$135 / 2 yrs · $180 / 3 yrs
For alumni, senders, and friends of Japan missions worldwide.
Rates as shown on jema.org, August 2026. One application, one payment page — no more hunting.
Support the work
Gifts beyond membership keep Japan Harvest publishing, fund member care and prayer ministries, and keep seventy years of archive open to the community.