What is CBI Friends?
CBI Friends is a U.S.-based non-profit organization founded in 2003 with the purpose of advocating for Christ Bible Institute (CBI) and, as of 2023, for 一般社団法人 CBI.
Christ Bible Institute is a Nagoya, Japan based organization that seeks to equip Christians in Japan for the work of Gospel ministry. It does this through its ministries: Christ Bible Seminary (CBS) - an evangelical seminary in the reformed tradition, the Joy of Japan Church Planting & Revitalization center (JOJC), CBI Counseling, and CBI Media - a web-ministry that creates, translates, and distributes a variety of resources designed to equip Japanese Christians to engage in gospel ministry and live faithfully in their daily Christian lives.
CBI Press began in 2015 with the publication of the Japanese translation of John Piper’s The Supremacy of God in Preaching. Over the next several years, CBI Press translated and published several more books including Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul Tripp and Caring for One Another by Ed Welch. In 2023, CBI Press, originally a ministry of CBI, became part of 一般社団法人 CBI (Ippan Shadan Hōjin CBI), a new general non-profit corporation, established to explore new ministry possibilities.
CBI Friends advocates for CBI and 一般社団法人 CBI by praying, connecting, raising resources, and empowering others as senders.