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*[https://www.google.com/maps/search/salvation+army+church+japan/@29.4174756,125.173126,5z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Salvation Army churches in Japan'''] | *[https://www.google.com/maps/search/salvation+army+church+japan/@29.4174756,125.173126,5z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Salvation Army churches in Japan'''] | ||
===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
==''Seventh-day Adventist Records'''== | =='''Seventh-day Adventist Records'''== | ||
===Writing for Records=== | ===Writing for Records=== | ||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/search/adventist+church+japan/@28.84876,125.1239855,5z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Seventh-day Adventist churches in Japan'''] | *[https://www.google.com/maps/search/adventist+church+japan/@28.84876,125.1239855,5z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Seventh-day Adventist churches in Japan'''] | ||
=='''United Church of Christ (Kyodan) Records'''== | |||
===Writing for Records=== | |||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/search/kyodan+church+in+japan/@31.3746063,152.0936689,3z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Kyodan churches in Japan'''] churches in Japan'''] | |||
===Historical Background=== | |||
The United Church of Christ in Japan is the largest Protestant denomination in Japan. It is a union of thirty-three diverse Protestant denominations forcibly merged by the Japanese wartime government on June 24, 1941. The UCCJ, which is a Japanese Independent Church, is a member of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Currently, the church has some about 200,000 members and 1,725 congregations served by 2,189 pastors. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: Japan]] [[Category:Church Records by Country]] | [[Category: Japan]] [[Category:Church Records by Country]] | ||
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