The Japan Christian Yearbook, 1964 A Survey of the Christian Movement in Japan During 1963 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Japan Christian Yearbook, 1964: A Survey of the Christian Movement in Japan During 1963 Except where otherwise indicated, the respective writers of the articles are alone responsible for the views expressed. Their Opinions doubtless represent earnest convictions and as such are worthy of expres sion. It will doubtless be noted that this issue con tains some reference to non-christian or quasi-christian groups. It should be clearly understood that this is solely by way of record and in no sense an endorse ment of views which are an aberration from the verities of the Christian faith. In order to facilitate ready reference, the usual Report section has been eliminated and the material incorporated in the relevant articles. These have been arranged in four major sections, with a well qualified editor assigned to each. In view of the fact that certain topics have not received adequate treatment in recent years, and also in the interest of a broader ecumenicity, considerable background material is in cluded to supplement the account of developments in 1963. Owing to the great proliferation of Protestant de nominations since World War 11 it is obviously impossible to include a narrative report from each. In recent years such material has had chiefly to do with the larger denominations with long historical antecedents in Japan. Thus information concerning all the churches has been mainly restricted to the statistical tables. The present volume, however, in cludes an extensive account of a large number of groups by denominational families, with only the largest denominations treated as such. In addition, there is a directory of denominational headquarters, which includes the statistics of the number of churches in each group, membership and the number of Japan ese ministers and affiliated missionaries also indicated. With a number of groups failing to report annual statistics, and also refusing to reply to such inquiries, certain inaccuracies may be found and more accurate information will be welcome. Some of the larger denominations had the courage to purge their rolls in 1963, with the result that considerable membership losses are apparent in certain cases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.