【KNL No.411】A Christmas Message on Luke 15:3-7 （1）
【KNL No.411】Kyodan General Assembly Elects New Officers（2）
【KNL No.411】Greetings from the Newly-elected Church Officers （3）
【KNL No.411】Kashiwagi Church’s Food Pantry（4）
【KNL No.411】Support for Evacuees from Ukraine — We will Accompany Them（5）
【KNL No.411】Educating Children in the Love of God（6）
【KNL No.411】11th WCC General Assembly Convenes……
Executive Council Report
The third Executive Council meeting of the present 42nd General Assembly Period (Sept.27.2022-Oct.28.2024) took place Dec.5-6. This was the first in-person meeting since the new administrative structure was implemented. The first item on the agenda was a report by newly elected Kyodan Moderator Kumoshikari Toshimi on “dealing with the issues faced by the Executive Counc……
The Committee for Programme and Project Support (ProPro Committee) of the Evangelisches Missionswerk in Solidaritat (EMS) met in Stuttgart, Germany, Sept. 19-21, 2022. Though the Kyodan received support before that, ever since the Great East Japan Disaster in 2011, EMS has sent much financial aid to the Kyodan. In addition, it has supported the work of both the Buraku Liberation Center and Asian ……
After a hiatus of nine years, the 11th World Council of Churches' General Assembly was held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 8, 2022 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Japan was represented by five delegates from its four member churches: the Kyodan, the Korean Christian Church in Japan, the Anglican Church in Japan, and the Orthodox Church in Japan. The Kyodan delegates were Nishinosono Michiko, chair of the Commissio……
by Sakashita Michiaki, pastor
Asagaya Higashi Church,
Principal, Asagaya Kindergarten
Takasaki Yoshiki started Asagaya Kindergarten in October 1925, and it became a government-licensed facility a year later. Takasaki was a pastor in the Nihon Kirisuto Kyokai (Japan Christ Church) denomination, which was absorbed into the Kyodan in 1941. Following the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, he was invol……
They have arrived in Japan in the midst of hardship and at great risk,
and we will work hard to respond to their needs.
by Yokoyama Yuria, executive director
The National Council of YMCAs of Japan
Partnership Project/Humanitarian Aid
Member, Mitaka Church, Nishi-Tokyo District
The Beginning of Support
On Feb. 24, 2022, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. Soon after that, the National ……
Shinto no Tomo’s Special Feature: Drawing Close and Being Drawn Close
Kashiwagi Church’s Food Pantry
How a service begun by three members of a lonely aging church,
separated from local community fellowship, spread.
by Fujimori Yoshimitsu, member
Kashiwagi Church, Church of Christ in Japan……
Serving Together as One Church in Christ
by Kyodan Moderator Kumoshikari Toshimi
I became the pastor of Akita Narayama Church in Akita Prefecture, Northeast Japan in 1984. Four-and-a-half years later, as the 100th anniversary project of the church, we founded Akita Sakura Church, where I have been the pastor ever since. Agriculture is the main occupation there, and during the winter it snows a l……
The 42nd Kyodan General Assembly was held at Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo Ikebukuro from Sept. 27 to 29, 2022. Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the assembly was postponed for two years in succession, so it had been four years since the last assembly. The theme this year was “Acts of Love Stemming from Worship — Promoting Japanese Evangelism in the Midst of Trials.”
The most important issue on the agenda……
by Okamura Hisashi, pastor
Takahata Church, Nishi Tokyo district
Member, executive council
Merry Christmas! Let us rejoice and give praise for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and wait in hope for His coming again.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of all mankind, is the shepherd who searches everywhere for a single sheep until He finds it. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people……
