The Hokkaido Gospel Broadcast Ministry (Hokkaido Fukuin Hōsō Kyōkai) facilitates the transmission of the gospel in Hokkaido through TV, radio, telephone and correspondence courses.

OMF was instrumental in helping establish the radio ministry (last year the TV ministry celebrated its 20th anniversary). The ministry operates independently of OMF Japan, though an OMF member sits on the board.

This OMF project is to facilitate the transfer of support gifts and mobilise other support for the Hokkaido Gospel Broadcast Ministry.

The Hokkaido Gospel Broadcast Ministry’s purpose is to reach out to people in Hokkaido who have no contact with the church or Christians. The TV programme’s audience ranges from 1-3% and the radio programme’s is on average 0.7%. Both figures exceed the proportion of evangelical Christians in Hokkaido. Many areas in Hokkaido are very sparsely populated and remote. Often there is no church at all and broadcast ministry is the most effective way to spread the gospel in these areas.

For more details please contact the Business Manager at jp.fm@omf.or.jp