Japan - (Asia)
Information about Japan
Capital |
Tokyo |
Area |
377819 square kilometres |
Population |
126091000 |
Religions |
Shintoism and Buddhism 84%, others 15%, including Christians 1.577% (Prot 600,350, RCath 463,300, others 879,000) |
Christian (%) |
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Protestant (%) |
0.47 |
Reformed (%) |
Christianity first came to Japan in 1543. The first missionary efforts were suppressed by violent persecution and only survived in small communities. In the 19th century, with the beginning of the era of modernization, Prot missions from America and Europe entered the country (1859), among them several agencies belonging to the Ref tradition.
The first Prot congr was established in 1872. Congr of various Prot backgrounds followed. In 1923 the Christian Alliance of Japan was founded, which brought together Prot of different persuasions. Protestantism began to face the challenge of unity.
In 1941, shortly before the outbreak of the war with the United States, the United Church of Christ in Japan (Kyodan) was formed under the pressure of the government. It included 34 different denominations and had over 240,000 members. After the War, in 1945, several of these churches left the Kyodan and reconstituted themselves. The majority, however, stayed within the Kyodan. In the decades since the War, several new Ref denominations have come into existence.
Alliances
- National Christian Council in Japan
National Christian Council in Japan NCCJ - Northeast Asia Area Council
Churches
- Kambarando Choro Kirisuto Kyokai Nihon Chukai
Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Nihon Choro Kyokai
Presbyterian Church in Japan - Nihon Fukuin Kaikakuha Kyokai
Japan Evangelical Reformed Church - Nihon Kirisuto Kai
Christian Association in Japan - Nihon Kirisuto Kaikaku Choro Kyokai
The Reformed Presbyterian Christian Church of Japan - Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan
United Church of Christ in Japan Kyodan - Nippon Kirisuto Kaikakuha Kyokai
Reformed Church in Japan - Nippon Kirisuto Kyokai
Church of Christ in Japan CCJ - Seisho Kirisuto Kyokai
Biblical Church - United Church of Christ in Japan
- Zainichi Daikan Kirisuto Kyokai Sokai
Korean Christian Church in Japan KCCJ
- Japan Biblical Seminary
- Kansai Bible School K.C.C.J.
- Kobe Reformed Theological Seminary
- Nihon Kirisuto Kyokai Schingakko
Tokyo Theological Seminary
(Church of Christ in Japan Theological Seminary) - Tokyo Christian University
- Tokyo Graduate School of Theology
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