Welcome to Unfinished Community
A Church Home for the Church Homeless
PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR CHURCH BUILDING IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR USE UNTIL THE LAST SUNDAY IN JULY!
Currently, our worship services are in a different location every week, sometimes physical, sometimes online. Please check the Worship Info section further down this page for details!
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Church Address
Ashiya Christian Church
1-17 Kamimiyagawacho, Ashiya, Hyogo, 659-0061
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All services are always streamed live on our community YouTube channel, with live interaction via our community Discord server. Come and join us!
Church in a Different way
Have you found it more difficult to connect with church since the pandemic? Or maybe you've always had difficulty figuring how to connect your faith with the church communities around you. Here in the"Unfinished" community, we believe in taking the journey of faith together, in ways that are easier to manage amidst the craziness of our lives.
24/7 Fellowship
Our community isn't just a bunch of people who happen to be from the same town; our community is made up of people all around the world. While our church does have a physical location, most of our community fellowship happens when we come together as a community on our Discord server, discussing our faith journeys whenever we can, in a variety of different ways. This means that you can participate in the life of the community at any time, day or night, from the comfort of your computer, phone, or whatever. And, because we're an intentionally online-focused community, we're open to absolutely anyone, even if you're involved in a local community somewhere else. Everyone is welcome here!
Many Ways to Worship!
With members all over the world, we have a lot of different ways to worship. We have our twice-monthly worship service held at Ashiya Christian Church, where our community here in Japan comes together in dialogue to learn about God's word. We also have multiple ways of engaging in worship and study on our Discord server (including running conversations about faith, life, and just about anything else), and regular times of teaching and discussion shared through our podcast stream and YouTube channel. However you need to connect with God in your life, we can find a way to help!
A Little Help with Life
Want to practice speaking English or Japanese? Do you have a bunch of extra food to share with people near you? Do you just have some spare time, and want to share that with lonely folks? Do you just want to share some good news with people, or introduce someone to a hobby you have? Through our community, you can find ways to explore practical help and connection with people around the world!
What we're about
Upcoming Worship Services, Events, and Bible Studies
We are currently in a period of transition, as the current church building building is being demolished while the new one will not be available until late July. As such, every Sunday is going to be a different kind of experimental worship, as we try different formats, styles, and even locations. Check here every week for details on what crazy stuff we're going to do next!
Next Experimental Worship Service (English/Bilingual):
Sunday, May 17th, 2026 at 10:30am JST
(Saturday, May 16th, 2026 at 9:30pm EST)
FORMAT:
Live hiking expedition, leaving the church construction site at 8am
OR
Online worship, broadcast from the mountain top, at 10:30am
LOCATION:
Anyone joining the hike in person: Meet at the church at 8am. Bring plenty of water, and something to eat (since we will attempt communion on the mountain!)
Anyone watching from home: YouTube Livestream, as usual!
(Anyone wishing to attend in person is welcome, but should
contact Pastor Don personally if you need parking!)
The entire service will be live-streamed on YouTube as usual, but it will be a little barebones. Pastor Don will be broadcasting via mobile, so some of the usual features of worship (like the autotranslator, video cutaways, post-sermon discussion, countdown clock, and intro/outro videos) will not be available.
Next Semi-Hybrid Japanese Worship (with English Support provided):
Sunday, May 24th 2026 at 10:30am JST
(Saturday, May 23rd, 2026 at 8:30pm EST)
LOCATION TBD
Join us in-person wherever we happen to be, or online via our YouTube livestream and in conversation on the community Discord server!
Upcoming In-Person Events
We're without a building right now, but keep an eye on this space!
Bible Study
Following the rousing success of our Bible Study on Job, the poll results are in, we're keeping things going with a deep-dive into Acts! Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 28th, 2026 at 11:00am JST (Wednesday, May 27th at 10:00pm EST). Come join us on the Discord Server!
Unfinished Community Podcast
Most of what we're doing online now is on Discord, and on our podcast channel. Click the button below to check out our podcast, and stay current with what's going on at Unfinished!
(NOTE: Since Pastor Don kinda does everything with our online content right now, we haven't updated the podcast stream since switching to a largely livestream-based model. However, if podcasting is your thing PLEASE let us know, and we'll make him start updating it again!)
Unfinished Community Videos
Check out our YouTube channel below to find videos from our currently ongoing series "Back to Basics," wherein Courtney Fraley and Pastor Don work through the Bible one story at a time.You can also find the occasional sermon, some music, and other worship content as it comes available. Take a look!
Blog and Sermon Manuscripts
